Community Grant Program

About

Each year Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration distributes $7 million dollars in funding to qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) in the District of Columbia through the outreach offices of the Mayor’s Office on Community Affairs (MOCA). These outreach offices manage community grant programs and work with grantees to implement programs focused on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Priorities for District residents:

Downtown Comeback

Empowering the District of Columbia to remain a city for people of all ages and at all stages of life, means fighting to protect the middle class. When washingtonians across all eight wards have access to job opportunities and can afford to build a better life for themselves and their loved ones in the District, our residents and communities are stronger.

Public Safety

Public safety serves as a foundation for living a healthy and happy life. We want to create significant, lasting change and not just to reverse these rising trend, but to reduceany type of violence, including gun violence, and ultimately end it. Continuing to support our residents through investments in education, housing, and economic development will improve the quality of life of residents.

Education

Schools are the heartbeat of our communities, and every community deserves a great school. Every child should have the opportunity to reach their full potential and to pursue their dreams. This starts with the basics, such as reading and math. Recreational activities such as sports, art, civic engagement, and youth engagement, will impact the health and well-being of our residents and students.

MOCA Grantees by Agency

Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)

An Open Book

Mary's Center

Nigerian Center

Renaissance Center for Culture and Education

The Dance Institute of Washington

Uptown Community Initiative

Washington English Center

Third District Citizens Advisory Council

Accessibility, Inc.

Associates for Renewal in Education

GOODProjects

Open Goal Project

Washington English Center

Ethiopian Community Services and Development

Mayor’s Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Affairs (MOLGBTQA)

DC Safe Haven

Latin American Youth Center

Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.

Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)

Whitman-Walker Institute

Capital Pride Alliance

Equality Chamber Foundation

Equality Chamber Commerce

Joseph's House

Mosaic Theater Company of DC

Seabury Resources for Aging

Story District Inc.

Washington Improv Theater

D.C.'s Different Drummers

Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Rainbow History Project

The DC Center for LGBTQ Community

District Bridges

Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, D.C. Inc

HIPS

La Clinica del Pueblo

National Hispanic Council on Aging

Wanda Alston Foundation

Washington Blade Foundation

DC Volunteer Lawyers Project

Destination Tomorrow

Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, Inc.

The Hope Foundation Reentry Network Inc.

Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc.

Washington Hospital Center Corporation

Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)

Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)
Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)
Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs (MORCA)

The Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships (Serve DC)

Serve DC annually awards nearly $4 million in AmeriCorps grants to District-based organizations committed to using national service to address critical needs in public safety, education, environment, and disaster relief. Serve DC funding supports nearly half of the 1,400 AmeriCorps members who serve in every Ward of the District at non-profit and community-based organizations, working to fight poverty and advance economic opportunity and academic achievement.
After-School All-Stars
Center for Inspired Teaching
City Gate
City Year
Higher Achivement
Jumpstart
Kid Power, Inc.
Latin American Youth Center
The Literacy Lab
The National Reentry Network
Reading Partners
Relay Graduate School of Education
Teach for America
Teens Run DC
Washington AIDS Partnership

Immigrant Justice Legal Services Grant (IJLS)

Under Mayor Bowser’s leadership the Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs and the Office of the General Counsel are excited to announce the following list of organizations that will serve as grantees under the FY 25 Immigrant Justice Legal Service (IJLS). These 23 IJLS grantees will provide legal services on a pro bono and low bono basis to DC residents in need of assistance.

Any DC residents in need of legal help with an immigration matter may contact the organization(s) below. To get in contact with these organizations, please click on the organization’s name below to be directed to their respective website and retrieve their contact information:

African Communities Together (ACT) – DC Immigration Legal Program

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute (ADCRI) – Legal Services for Arab and Muslim Residents of Washington, DC

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center – Immigration Legal Services for the District’s Asian Pacific Islander Immigrant Community

Asylum Works – Low Bono Legal Access Initiative

Ayuda – Community Legal Interpreter Bank

Ayuda – Consultation and Representation Expansion Program

Bread for the City – Legal Representation for Immigrant Survivors Project

Briya Public Charter School – Immigration Legal Services and Education for the Briya Public Charter School Community

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) – Immigrant Justice Legal Outreach and Services

DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF) – DC Comprehensive Immigration Legal Services Project

DC Volunteers Lawyers Project

Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), Inc. – Access to Justice: Free Immigration Legal Services for Unaccompanied Immigrant and Refugee Children in Washington, DC

Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) – Immigrant Justice Program

Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia – Immigrants’ Rights Legal Services Project

Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital - Immigration Relief and Refugee Welcome Agency

Mil Mujeres, Inc. – Mil Mujeres Legal Services

Nigerian Center, Inc. – Nigerian Center Immigration Access Program

Tahirih Justice Center - Immigrant Survivors Fleeing Gender Based Violence

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC) International – TASSC Legal Services Program

Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC (TUWDC) – Adult Workers Immigration Legal Services Resources Project

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) – DC Children’s Legal Services

Whitman-Walker Health – De Colores (DC) Legal Access Initiative

2020 DC HOPE Community Grant

The Mayor's Office of Community (MOCA) solicited grant applications from District based 501(c)(3) community-based organizations (CBOs) serving the District of Columbia residents--to help implement community social distancing engagement and public health awareness outreach efforts based on federal funding provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Bowser Administration is dedicated to reopening the District of Columbia and in order to do so; our community-based organizations are crucial partner to assist in engaging with our vulnerable populations across all eight wards about COVID-19 related resources, services and guidelines in order to flatten the curve.
African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
Anacostia Coordinating Council
Asian American LEAD
Bread for the City, Inc.
Bright Beginnings, Inc.
Byte Back
Capital Youth Empowerment Program
CARECEN
Casa Ruby
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
CENAES
Central Community Development Corporation
CentroNia
Children's National
Christian Tabernacle of God, Inc.
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development
Columbia Heights Day Initiative DBA District Bridges
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
Community College Preparatory Academy
Community of Hope
Congress Heights Arts & Culture Center dba Central Community Development Corporation
DC Dream Center
DC Jobs with Justice
Echelon Community Service
Empower DC
Ethiopian Community Center
Exodus Treatment Center
Faith for the City
Fiesta DC
GOOD Projects
Greater Washington Urban League
Healthy Babies Project
Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington DC
HOLA CULTURA
Homes for Hope, Inc.
Jah Kente International, Inc.
La Clinica del Pueblo
Latin American Youth Center
Leadership Council for Healthy Communities
Many Languages One Voice
Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, Inc.
Mary's Center
Miriam's Kitchen
Momma's Safe Haven
National Association for the Advancement of Returning Citizens
NCS Systems, Inc.
Neighbors Consejo
One Tent Health
Palisades Village
Pathways to Housing DC
Prevention of Blindness Society
Reese Adbarat DSK Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Renaissance Center for Culture and Education
Rich Capital Concepts
Rising Sun Programs
Rockson Community Development Corporation
Run Hope Work
Sasha Bruce Youthwork DC
Saving Our Next Generation
SLK Health Services Corporation
SOME, Inc.
Special Olympics District of Columbia, Inc.
Step Afrika!
Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation, Inc.
The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens
The Wanda Alston Foundation
The Washington City Orphan Asylum
Thurgood Marshall Child Development Center
Tutoring Cafe
Uptown Community Initiatives
Us Helping Us
Vida Senior Centers
Voices for a Second Chance
Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc.
Washington Literacy Center
Yaay Me, Inc.

Available Funding

Please find the application openings and submission deadlines for the MOCA grants:

Focus Area	Criteria	Application
FY25 MOLA Summer Youth Experience Program Grant	Deadline: 4/11/2025 Funding: $15,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 African American Community Grant	Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $10,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 Black LGBTQIA+ History Preservation Grant	Deadline: 1/21/2025 Funding: $75,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 Asian & Pacific Islander Community Grant	Deadline 6/14/2024 Funding: $40,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 LGBTQIA+ Community Grant	Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 LGBTQIA+ Violence Prevention & Response Team (VPART) Grant	Deadline: 8/5/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 Immigration Justice Legal Services (IJLS) Grant	Deadline: 6/28/2024 Funding: $400,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 Latino Community Engagement Grant	Deadline: 3/07/2025 Funding: $150,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Applications \| FAQs \| Application Links	CLOSED
FY25 Returning Citizens Access to Jobs Grant	Deadline: Extended- 7/26/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding \| Request for Funding \| FAQs \| Application Links \| Extension to Receive Applications	CLOSED

Each year we are in need of volunteers to review grantee applications for each of our outreach offices.

Interested in being a Grant Reviewer?

Please complete the Grant Reviewer Form to sign up to become a grant reviewer for fiscal year 2025.

Funding Alerts and Grants Clearing House

Funding Alert

We know how important it is to have access to capital to support mission critical operations. The Funding Alert, a free resource produced by Serve DC, highlights grant opportunities and resources for community-based, faith-based, 501 (c) (3) nonprofits, and District government agencies. In response to the District’s current public health emergency, the Funding Alert also includes coronavirus (COVID-19) related funding opportunities!

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District Grants Clearinghouse

The Mayor’s Office on Volunteerism & Partnerships is the electronic clearinghouse for all District of Columbia government grant notices. See the chart below for current notices.

DC government agencies with requests or questions relating to the District Clearinghouse should contact grants.servedc@dc.gov.

Public Notices	Summary	Application Packet	Submission Deadline
Ward 6 DC Main Streets Support Grant Department of Small and Local Business Development	NOFA		2:00 pm April 14, 2025
FY25 DC Locally Made Manufacturing Grant Program Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development	NOFA		5:00 pm April 14, 2025
FY25 Emerging Retail Initiative Grant Program Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development	NOFA		5:00 pm April 14, 2025
FY25 Great Streets Retail Grant Program Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development	NOFA		5:00 pm April 14, 2025
2025 DOES Pathways to Public Service Program Department of Employment Services		RFA	3:00 pm April 18, 2025
College Fellowship Department of Employment Services	NOFA		3:00 pm April 18, 2025
FY25 MBSYEP Career Exploration Department of Employment Services	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm April 18, 2025
FY25 Youth Pathways to the Finance Industry Department of Employment Services	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm April 18, 2025
BOSS Up Department of Employment Services	NOFA		3:00 pm April 25, 2025
Tech Force Department of Employment Services	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm April 25, 2025
Colorectal Cancer Control Program Department of Health	NOFA	RFA Attachments	3:00 pm April 29, 2025
FY25 PATH Department of Employment Services	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm May 5, 2025
Rental Support and Homeless Diversion Grant Department of Human Services	NOFA	RFA	4:00 pm May 5, 2025
FY25 Senior Work Readiness Department of Employment Services	NOFA		3:00 pm May 12, 2025
OSSE FY2026 Adult and Family Education (AFE) Consolidated Competitive Grant Office of the State Superintendent of Education	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm May 21, 2025
OSSE FY2025 SOAR Facilities Grant Office of the State Superintendent of Education	NOFA	RFA	3:00 pm May 23, 2025
FY25 Chinatown Lease Incentive Grant Program Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development	NOFA		4:00 pm May 30, 2025
Small and Accessible Grant Department of Energy and Environment	NOFA		11:59 pm May 30, 2025
FY2025 Families First DC (FFDC) Project DC Child and Family Services (CFSA)		Ammendment
FY25 Vitality Fund Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development	NOFA		5:00 pm July 31, 2025