Funding Opportunities
This page lists (by application deadline) available grant opportunities, fellowships, awards and special requests for proposals in the community development field.
For more possiblities, check out the Governor's Grants Office website, the awards and fellowships page on the Enterprise Community Partners website, the local requests for proposals page on the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers website, and GrantStation.com.
If you have a funding notice to post, please contact Meredith Mishaga, BNC Program Officer.
- BGE Green Grants
- Opportunity Collaborative Education and Engagement Sub-grants
- Parks & People Foundation Fall 2013 Grant Round
- Wells Fargo Homeownership Grant Program
- Chesapeake Bay Trust Mini Grant Program for Community Engagement and Restoration
- Green Affordable Housing Preservation Fund
- Maryland Small Grants Program
- BGE Green Grants
Application deadline: May 10, 2013
BGE Green Grants are now being offered to local communities within the BGE service area. Grants will be considered for new and existing programs within the following focus areas: conservation, education, energy efficiency, pollution prevention, and community activism, as well as requests for funding that clearly demonstrate improvement in environmental efforts of the community. For more information...
- Opportunity Collaborative Education and Engagement Sub-grants
LOI deadline: May 22, 2013
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council, on behalf of the Opportunity Collaborative, is seeking Letters of Interest from organizations in the Baltimore region interested in engaging the public on behalf of the Collaborative. Approved organizations will be eligible to receive engagement sub-grants from the Collaborative. The Collaborative will undertake three rounds of engagement and will select a team of sub-grantees from the list of approved organizations to perform engagement activities during each of the three rounds. For more information...
- Parks & People Foundation Fall 2013 Grant Round
LOI deadline: June 28, 2013
Application deadline: July 26, 2013
Parks & People's community greening programs can help community residents to grow strong roots. Using a community organizing approach to neighborhood revitalization, residents develop ideas and implement projects to improve their communities through hands-on greening projects that provide multiple environmental benefits. Grants may provide small seed funding to encourage community-led greening projects to start small, and grow over time. For more information...
- Wells Fargo Homeownership Grant Program
Application deadline: April 30 OR July 31, 2013
The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation provides financial resources to local nonprofit housing organizations to create sustainable homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income people. Areas of interest include: construction/rehab, buyer education and counseling, foreclosure counseling and prevention, subsidies, and home repairs. For more information...
- Chesapeake Bay Trust Mini Grant Program for Community Engagement and Restoration Projects
Application deadline: rolling
The 2012-2013 Mini Grants Program is designed to engage Maryland citizens in activities that raise public awareness and participation in the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. Mini Grant proposals for Community Engagement requests are accepted on an on-going basis until funds for this fiscal year are exhausted. For more information...
- Green Affordable Housing Preservation Fund
Application deadline: none
The National Housing Trust Community Development Fund provides below market loans to affordable housing developers who seek to incorporate green building techniques when rehabilitating existing affordable housing. Under this program, a portion of the loan will be forgiven when the developer demonstrates that they have incorporated practical, environmentally friendly design elements in the property's rehabilitation plan. For more information...
- Maryland Small Grants Program
Application deadline: none
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has implemented the Maryland Small Grants Program, for nonprofits seeking general operating grants of up to $50,000 a year for two years. All that's required is a simple, five-page proposal, and The Weinberg Foundation will quickly review and respond. In most cases it takes only 50 days to go from "Our application is enclosed" to "Your check is in the mail." For more information...
