The Frederick County Community Partnership Grant program awards competitive grants to non-profit organizations serving the needs of County residents.
Donor Name: Frederick County
State: Maryland
County: Frederick County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/08/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This program awards competitive grants to non-profit 501 (c)(3) community organizations providing and delivering services to Frederick County residents that correspond with the priority funding areas.
Priority Areas
Applications will be accepted to target the following priority areas:
- Addressing Homelessness and Housing Solutions, such as housing insecurity, affordable housing opportunities, financial literacy, and initiatives to help people age in place
- Quality of Life initiatives, such as childcare, support for seniors, youth empowerment and engagement, programs that increase community inclusion and belonging, and transportation innovation
- Public Health, such as programs addressing food insecurity, mental health, behavioral health, substance use disorder, intimate partner violence, health equity, and maternal health
- Supporting the Arts, such as expanding access to cultural enrichment, using the arts to build bridges and make connections, placemaking, and providing community arts programming.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be:
- In operation for a minimum of 3 years – the business must have had operating activities for the past 3 consecutive years which includes generating revenues as well as operating and administrative expenses activities.
- A 501(c)(3) agency (except churches, fraternal and/or civic organizations, homeowner’s associations, labor unions, cemeteries, volunteer fire departments and cannot be private, political, or public foundations).
- Provide a majority of direct services to residents living within Frederick County.
- In good standing with the IRS, the Maryland Secretary of State’s Charitable Division, and the Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT).
- Organizations may not be:
- Churches
- Fraternal and/or civic organizations
- Homeowner’s associations
- Private, political, or public foundations
- Labor unions
- Cemeteries
- Volunteer Fire Departments
- Local Municipalities.
For more information, visit Frederick County.
