The Montgomery County Office of Grants Management is soliciting grant applications for the County’s 2024 Cost Sharing Capital Grants (CSCG) Grant Program from qualified nonprofit organizations.
Donor Name: Montgomery County Office of Grants Management
State: Maryland
County: Montgomery County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Arts Facility Capital Grants (has its primary mission or objective as the exhibition, presentation, production or performance of, and/or education in, an arts and/or humanities discipline, and/or provides support services to artists and/or scholars and/or arts and/or humanities organizations) – $1 million total available
- $750,000 to match appropriated Maryland State Bond Bills (or other forms of Maryland State capital funding)
- $250,000 for other, small Arts Facility Capital Projects
Non-Arts Capital Grants – $2 million total available
- $1.25 million to match appropriated Maryland State Bond Bills (or other forms of Maryland State capital funding)
- $750,000 for other, small Capital Projects.
Funding Priorities
The goal of this program is to support capital projects led by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that provide access to resources, direct services, historical preservation, cultural enrichment, and/or other benefits to Montgomery County residents. OGM expects a large number of applications and total funding requests that will greatly exceed the amount of resources available for FY24 CSCGs. To help applicants make their proposals more competitive, priority in awarding funding will be given to projects that demonstrate:
- A commitment to and impact on Underserved populations in Montgomery County. If targeting an Underserved population or community, applicants should explicitly demonstrate the following in their proposal:
- A strong understanding of their target population’s/community’s needs;
- How this capital project will help meet these needs through resources, direct services, historical preservation, cultural enrichment, and/or other benefits;
- How these benefits will be provided in technically, culturally, and/or linguistically proficient way to the target population/community; and
- A broad base of impact through their proposal to their target population/community.
- Readiness to immediately, or quickly, begin project implementation. Applicants should explicitly outline in their proposals other funding streams contributing to the capital project, the status of each of these funding streams, the current stage of planning/implementation, and overall how the capital project is on track to begin implementation in the next 3 – 9 months.
- Ownership of or a long-term commitment to the asset being improved. Applicants should explicitly demonstrate that they own (or intend to buy) the land, building, or other asset that they are seeking funding to improve. If the organization has a long-term (5+ years) commitment to a space owned by a jurisdiction (i.e. State, County, city, or other municipality) or other institution (i.e. house of worship, higher education institution, etc…) then that should also be clearly demonstrated in the application. In short, this Grant Program is less likely to fund capital projects that will involve rented or leased space.
Funding Information
Award sizes will vary with a minimum award of $25,000 and a maximum award of $100,000 for the Small Capital Grants categories and $1,000,000 for State Matching Capital Grants categories. The County may choose to provide a multi-year award, up to a maximum of three (3) years, with future fiscal year funding contingent on satisfactory project progress and Council appropriations. This grant program does not commit Montgomery County to make an award.
Target Populations
The target populations for this Grant Program are Montgomery County residents and is intentionally very flexible. Priority in awarding funding will be given to projects that demonstrate a commitment to and impact on Underserved populations1 in Montgomery County.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet all of the following conditions:
- The organization must have a Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or be a collaboration between two or more entities with at least one having this status;
- The organization must be currently registered and in Good Standing with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT);
- The organization’s capital project must be, or planned to be, located in Montgomery County; and
- Current Montgomery County contract or grant award winners must be current on all reporting obligations for other awards and those reports must reflect.
For more information, visit MCOGM.
