The 2025 Summer Strong DC RFA invites high-performing, fiscally responsible, nonprofit organizations that focus on youth development and have a history of success with increasing participants academic knowledge, skills, and behaviors and serve school age children and youth with summer programs to apply.
Donor Name: Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes (OST Office)
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Organizations applying must serve youth through a positive youth development approach. Organizations may serve children and youth who reside outside the District of the Columbia; however, Summer Strong grant funds may only be applied to children and youth who reside within the District. For this RFA, the term youth will be used to describe both children and youth.
The intent of this grant is to support high-quality summer programs that offer educational, enriching, social, emotional, and physical health opportunities and activities for youth throughout the District and that support their holistic growth and development (academic, social, emotional, physical, and mental health). The OST Office is seeking to fund youth serving organizations that provide intentional opportunities that help youth reach developmental outcomes and have meaningful roles in their community.
Focus Areas
Organizations’ primary vision and program focus must be on serving District youth with intentional opportunities that help youth reach positive youth developmental outcomes and to have meaningful roles in their community. Applications must clearly define how the program measures and defines outputs and outcomes to support youth in achieving positive youth developmental outcomes.
Funding Information
Grant awards are contingent on the availability of funds. The OST Office anticipates awarding up to $1.4 million in total awards. Applicants may request up to $100,000. The OST Office maintains the right to adjust the grant award and funding amounts.
Grant Period
The grant period is from June 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants may apply for only one 2025 Summer Strong DC Grant award. Organizations who applied and were awarded funding from other OST Office grants, except for My Afterschool DC (MADC), are not eligible for 2025 Summer Strong grants. MADC grantees may apply to extend their afterschool programming to serve the same youth served by MADC and/or additional youth during the summer months.
- Organizations must have a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a minimum of two (2) years at the time of submission. Applicants must submit 501(c)(3) designation letters from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
For more information, visit OST Office.
