The 2026 cycle of the RACE to Rebuilding Trust & Community Grant is now open.
Donor Name: Arlington County
State: Virginia
County: Arlington County (VA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/13/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The RACE to Rebuilding Trust & Community Grant is intended to support Arlington nonprofits in implementing programs or projects in direct response to demonstrated community or human service needs identified through their experiences.
Grant funds also may be used to support the day-to-day functions of organizations that demonstrate how such funding will enable their operations to better meet the direct needs of residents in the communities they serve. Through this grant, Arlington County intends to eliminate, reduce, and prevent racial and/or social inequities and disparities to improve outcomes for those who have been historically marginalized.
Objectives
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) developed an organizational change model to guide jurisdictions as they strive to achieve racial equity. Comprised of several steps, this approach is based on normalizing racial equity concepts and conversations, organizing, and partnering with staff, leaders, and community participants to act, and operationalizing these community values into measurable policies, practices, and procedures. Likewise, it is important to assess outcomes to gauge both baseline conditions and determine progress. Thus, GARE’s framework shapes the following objectives of the RACE to Rebuilding Trust & Community Grant:
- NORMALIZE: Trust in community-based organizations to define the needs of their communities and articulate how County funding can be used to support root cause-oriented projects and services.
- ORGANIZE/OPERATIONALIZE: Co-develop with community leaders a transparent and competitive process with built-in mechanisms to support applicants and awardees from the launch of the grant announcement through awardee reporting and project completion.
- ASSESS: Commit to track and measure outcomes and strategically manage long-term systemic impact in BIPOC communities, while addressing organizational and cultural change in how the County supports its residents.
- ASSESS: Create a system of structured accountability and reporting that includes the perspectives of community members and directly aligns with the awardees’ specific project goals.
Funding Information
The FY26 funding involves a tiered grant approach, meaning that organizations with operating budgets of $250,000 and above will answer a specific subset of questions and may request funding up to $150,000. Organizations with operating budgets of $249,999 and below will answer a different subset of questions and may request up to $75,000 of funding.
Grant Period
This Agreement will take effect on July 1, 2025, and terminate 12 months thereafter (“Grant Period”) unless an extension is mutually agreed upon.
Who may apply?
Arlington nonprofits are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Arlington County.
