FY24 Community Grants Results
The FY24 Community Grants review and awarding process is complete with Notification Letters sent to all applicants.
The Office of Grants Management (OGM) received over 310 applications with the value of requests totaling nearly $50 million with less than six million available for awards; an 8.5 to one ratio of requests received to funds available. Given the large number of Review Committee members, the extraordinary competitiveness of the grant program, and the inevitable variances in scoring trends between reviewers, OGM adopted a statistical rescaling methodology used by other grantors to mitigate these reviewer scoring variances. The final list of award winners was determined by a combination of Reviewer Average Rescaled Scores, Funding Category applied under, consensus on Overall Funding Recommendation, consensus on Filling County Gaps, and consensus on Underserved Community Base. After applying this methodology, Review Committee members' scores resulted in recommended support for 119 applications with a total average recommended funding of nearly $17 million. This amount exceeded available funds by over $11 million. Only 47 proposals were recommended and approved for funding with the limited resources available.
The full list of award winners in pdf format may be downloaded here.
Program Details:
The Office of Grants Management is soliciting grant applications for the County’s FY 2024 Community Grants Program from qualified nonprofit organizations providing direct services to or advocacy for Montgomery County community members. Both the County Executive’s FY24 Recommended Budget and the County Council’s FY24 Approved Budget (Resolution 20-184) provide $5.75 million to nonprofit organizations for unique, innovative programs to cover special community needs that are not otherwise addressed by other County funding or efforts. Funding may be awarded to new initiatives or to projects supported by Community Grants in previous fiscal years. FY24 Community Grants applicants may request funding between $50,000 and $375,000. The performance period of these grant awards will be from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Applicants may submit multi-year funding proposals of up to three (3) years but funding beyond the first 12 months will be contingent on both satisfactory project performance and future Council appropriations.
The target populations for this Grant Program are Montgomery County:
Youth: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County's youth community;Seniors: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County's senior community;Residents who have Disabilities: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of County residents who have disabilities; andResidents who are members of Underserved Communities: $1,258,128 is available to nonprofit organizations from underserved communities who have unique insights into their local challenges and can develop the best programmatic solutions address them.Key dates for this program are:
Application Opens: Thursday June 29, 2023Application Closes: DEADLINE EXTENDED to Sunday August 20, 2023 at 11:59 PMProgram Documents:
To learn more about the program eligibility, application questions and scoring criteria: Click here to download the full FY24 Community Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity document in .pdf format. (NOTE: extended due date is August 20)MS Teams Live July 6, 2023 Virtual Information Session:Click here to join or view a recording of the eventClick here to download the slide deck from the FY24 Community Grants Program Information Session on Thursday July 6, 2023.In addition to submitting this application, organizations should also do the following:
Register and create a profile on this platform for each team member who will be working on your application. Click on the green "Register" button in the top right corner to get started.Verify that your organization is registered with the Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT). Click here to go to the SDAT Business Express site to confirm. Even if your organization is registered in another jurisdiction, you must be registered with SDAT for Montgomery County to finalize an award with your organization.If your organization is not in Good Standing with SDAT, take the necessary steps to get back into Good Standing. SDAT will advise what steps are required. Montgomery County cannot finalize an award with you or organization if you are not in Good Standing. Your application for a grant could be disqualified if you are not in Good Standing.Register with the Montgomery County Central Vendor Registration System (CVRS) by clicking here. If you or your organization receives an award from the County then you will need to be registered with CVRS to receive payments.Questions about the application process can be directed to Ali Hoy, Outgoing Grants Program Manager of the Office of Grants Management, by calling 240-773-3384 or emailing ali.hoy@montgomerycountymd.gov.
FY24 Community Grants
FY24 Community Grants Results
The FY24 Community Grants review and awarding process is complete with Notification Letters sent to all applicants.
The Office of Grants Management (OGM) received over 310 applications with the value of requests totaling nearly $50 million with less than six million available for awards; an 8.5 to one ratio of requests received to funds available. Given the large number of Review Committee members, the extraordinary competitiveness of the grant program, and the inevitable variances in scoring trends between reviewers, OGM adopted a statistical rescaling methodology used by other grantors to mitigate these reviewer scoring variances. The final list of award winners was determined by a combination of Reviewer Average Rescaled Scores, Funding Category applied under, consensus on Overall Funding Recommendation, consensus on Filling County Gaps, and consensus on Underserved Community Base. After applying this methodology, Review Committee members' scores resulted in recommended support for 119 applications with a total average recommended funding of nearly $17 million. This amount exceeded available funds by over $11 million. Only 47 proposals were recommended and approved for funding with the limited resources available.
The full list of award winners in pdf format may be downloaded here.
Program Details:
The Office of Grants Management is soliciting grant applications for the County’s FY 2024 Community Grants Program from qualified nonprofit organizations providing direct services to or advocacy for Montgomery County community members. Both the County Executive’s FY24 Recommended Budget and the County Council’s FY24 Approved Budget (Resolution 20-184) provide $5.75 million to nonprofit organizations for unique, innovative programs to cover special community needs that are not otherwise addressed by other County funding or efforts. Funding may be awarded to new initiatives or to projects supported by Community Grants in previous fiscal years. FY24 Community Grants applicants may request funding between $50,000 and $375,000. The performance period of these grant awards will be from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. Applicants may submit multi-year funding proposals of up to three (3) years but funding beyond the first 12 months will be contingent on both satisfactory project performance and future Council appropriations.
The target populations for this Grant Program are Montgomery County:
Youth: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County's youth community;Seniors: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of the County's senior community;Residents who have Disabilities: $1.5 million is available for programs targeting the needs of County residents who have disabilities; andResidents who are members of Underserved Communities: $1,258,128 is available to nonprofit organizations from underserved communities who have unique insights into their local challenges and can develop the best programmatic solutions address them.Key dates for this program are:
Application Opens: Thursday June 29, 2023Application Closes: DEADLINE EXTENDED to Sunday August 20, 2023 at 11:59 PMProgram Documents:
To learn more about the program eligibility, application questions and scoring criteria: Click here to download the full FY24 Community Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity document in .pdf format. (NOTE: extended due date is August 20)MS Teams Live July 6, 2023 Virtual Information Session:Click here to join or view a recording of the eventClick here to download the slide deck from the FY24 Community Grants Program Information Session on Thursday July 6, 2023.In addition to submitting this application, organizations should also do the following:
Register and create a profile on this platform for each team member who will be working on your application. Click on the green "Register" button in the top right corner to get started.Verify that your organization is registered with the Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT). Click here to go to the SDAT Business Express site to confirm. Even if your organization is registered in another jurisdiction, you must be registered with SDAT for Montgomery County to finalize an award with your organization.If your organization is not in Good Standing with SDAT, take the necessary steps to get back into Good Standing. SDAT will advise what steps are required. Montgomery County cannot finalize an award with you or organization if you are not in Good Standing. Your application for a grant could be disqualified if you are not in Good Standing.Register with the Montgomery County Central Vendor Registration System (CVRS) by clicking here. If you or your organization receives an award from the County then you will need to be registered with CVRS to receive payments.Questions about the application process can be directed to Ali Hoy, Outgoing Grants Program Manager of the Office of Grants Management, by calling 240-773-3384 or emailing ali.hoy@montgomerycountymd.gov.