The City of Baltimore has launched the Community Catalyst Grants Program (CCG) to support locally driven community development work.
Donor Name: City of Baltimore
State: Maryland
City: Baltimore
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Community Catalyst Grants are intended to:
- Value neighborhoods. Support community-based efforts that support residents as they take the lead in their communities’ redevelopment plans and projects.
- Promote equity and community development in long-disinvested neighborhoods. Funding emerging and established organizations in historically disinvested neighborhoods provides critical financial support to community-based initiatives that need it most.
- Be flexible. Applicants will identify their priorities for funds, whether it is increasing staff, retaining consultants, updating equipment, creating cooperative enterprises, or helping to finance a project that achieves a community identified need.
Funding Information
- Total project cost limit: $4 million.
- Emerging Organizations: up to $200,000.
- Established Organizations: up to $150,000.
Grant Period
24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include community development corporations, umbrella organizations, neighborhood revitalization organizations, faith-based organizations, merchant associations and other organizations that have a valid 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) status or that have received a temporary determination from the IRS. Organizations that do not have a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) status can apply through an eligible Partner Applicant or a Fiscal Agent.
- Eligible applicants must provide proof of their business entity’s status of good standing with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). DHCD reserves the right to require organizations with annual operating budgets of $100,000 or less, or who have been operating for 12 or fewer months to identify a Fiscal Agent or to partner with an eligible applicant.
- For-profit developers may apply for a grant provided they are partnered with an eligible Primary Applicant and the eligible applicant plays a significant role in the project including equity participation and/or other comparable financial benefits.
For more information, visit City of Baltimore.
