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.
- Baltimore City Mayor Fellowship
- MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Awards
- 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows
- MECU Neighborhood Events Grants
- Open Spaces Sacred Places National Award Program
- Green Affordable Housing Preservation Fund
- Maryland Small Grants Program
- Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowship
Application deadline: March 5, 2012
The Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowship is a ten week full-time placement in a Mayoral office or agency. Fellows will be assigned to projects that focus on a myriad of public policy issues and challenges. Mayoral Fellows will complete their projects under the direction of senior level government officials. For more information...
- MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Awards
Application deadline: March 11, 2012
MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are partnering for the eleventh year to recognize, sustain and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries. For more information...
- 2012 Baltimore Community Fellows
Application deadline: March 12, 2012
OSI-Baltimore is now accepting applications for the 2012 class of Baltimore Community Fellows! The Baltimore Community Fellowships program seeks dynamic activists and social entrepreneurs interested in implementing projects that address problems in underserved communities in Baltimore City. For more information...
- MECU Neighborhood Events Grants
Application deadline: March 30, 2012
Does your community dream of organizing a project like a street festival, flea market, health fair or block party? The MECU Neighborhood Event Grants program distributes funds to qualified neighborhood associations and community-based, nonprofit groups for the purpose of strengthening neighborhoods through producing special events. For more information...
- Open Spaces Sacred Places National Award Program
Webinar Q&A Session: February 28, 2012
Application deadline: June 29, 2012
The Open Spaces Sacred Places National Awards will fund cross-disciplinary teams of designers, research social scientists and community-based organizations to create and study a series of new public green spaces designed with the specific intent to provide the opportunity for a deeper human experience through a personal connection to nature. 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...
