Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The City of Orlando is offering grants to schools and non-profit organizations for projects that offer educational enhancement, academic enrichment, and mentoring for their city’s youth.
The Mayor’s Matching Grant provides schools and non-profit organizations resources to implement projects they typically would not be able to fund. The Mayor’s Matching Grant (MMG) program was established to promote partnerships and collaborations with businesses, religious institutions, non-profit agencies and other community resources to provide youth programs that improve academic achievement, reduce youth crime and invest in the foundation of safe communities.
Focus Areas
Grants are awarded to high quality out-of-school opportunities for youth in the following areas:
- Education
- Academic
- Athletic
- Civic Engagement
- Mentoring Opportunities
Funding Information
Grant funds are available bi-annually, with awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 that are matched dollar for dollar by the applicants using a combination of cash, in-kind contributions and volunteer labor.
Ineligible Projects
- Computers
- Office equipment
- Capital improvements or renovations
- In-school programs (programs offered during school hours)
- Administrative and/or indirect costs that are more than 15% of the school or non-profit organization’s grant request
- Pre and/or post-award expenses
- Theme park tickets
- Projects that discriminate or exclude participants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, mental or physical disability. Access must be open to all segments of the community.
- Third party or other “pass through” organizations
- Faith-based organizations/programs, unless there is a non-faith-based service that is available to all segments of the population.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public or Private Schools
- Federally Tax Exempt 501(c) 3 Organizations
- Successful grant proposals should represent innovative and promising ideas, reach a significant number of children or youth, and demonstrate broad-based community support.
- Applicants must clearly describe the specific activities they will offer to engage youth in a positive pro-social peer environment.
- The activities and programs described in the project proposal are designed to address educational enhancement, academic enrichment, public safety, crime prevention or anti-violence activities within the City of Orlando. The activities have youth programming with the majority of program participants residing in the City of Orlando.
Criteria
- Project must offer high-quality educational, academic, civic engagement or mentoring opportunities for youth during non-school hours
- Applicant cannot be a current recipient of a Mayor’s Matching Grant
- Applicant must be in existence for at least one year
- Applicant must ensure dollar-for-dollar match of the grant request using a combination of cash, volunteer labor and/or in-kind goods or services
- Project must take place within the Orlando city limits
For more information, visit City of Orlando.
For more information, visit https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/Get-Involved/Non-Profits-and-Community-Organizations/Mayor%E2%80%99s-Matching-Grant-Program