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:
Arts & Creative Economy
Civic Engagement
Education
Health & Wellness
Jobs & Economic Development
Public Safety
Youth Engagement
MOCA Grantees
Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)
Asylum Works
Ethiopian Community Center
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Life Asset
Mary’s Center
Multicultural Community Service
Renaissance Center for Culture and Education
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition
Your Ethiopian Professionals Network
Mayor’s Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA)
BUILD Metro DC
College Bound Inc.
The Community Enrichment Project
DC Greens Inc.
The Nicholson Project
Recreation Wish List Committee
U.S. Black Chamber of Commerce
Mayor’s Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA)
Asian Pacific American Film
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
Chinatown Service Center
Hepatitis B Initiative
Housing Counseling Services
Reaching All HIV+ Muslims in America
Uptown Community Initiatives
Washington English Center
Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA)
AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Asylum Works
Bancroft Elementary PTO.
Barbara Chambers Children's Center
Bread for the City, Inc.
Byte Back
Capital Area Assets Builders
CARECEN Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
Casa Ruby
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
CENAES
City Blossoms
Collaborative Solutions for Communities
Columbia Heights Day Initiative DBA District Bridges
Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital
DC Bilingual Public Charter School
DC Language Immersion Project
DC SCORES
FreshFarm Markets Inc.
GALA Inc Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos
Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation
HOLA CULTURA
Horizons Greater Washington
Housing Counseling Services
Jubilee Housing
Jubilee Jumpstart
Junior Tennis Champions Center
Kid Power, Inc
La Clinica del Pueblo
Latin American Youth Center
Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DC
Latino Student Fund
Life Asset
Mary's Center
Mi Casa Inc
Multicultural Career Intern Program
Multicultural Community Service
My Sister's Place, Inc
National Hispanic Council on Aging
One Common Unity, Inc.
Open Goal Project
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Reading Partners
Rosemount Center
Salvadoran Cultural Institute/Casa de la Cultura El Salvador
Spanish Education Development
Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc.
Teatro de la Luna
The Dance Institute of Washington
The Family Place
The Family Place Public Charter School
The Next Step Public Charter School
The Washington Ballet
Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC
Tzedek DC, Inc.
University Legal Services
Uptown Community Initiatives
Vida Senior Centers
Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc.
Washington English Center
Words Beats & Life
Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
Mayor’s Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Affairs (MOLGBTQA)
Latin American Youth Center
Metro DC Community Center
Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates & Leaders (SMYAL)
The Wanda Alston Foundation
Total Family Care Coalition
Young Playwrights’ Theater, Inc.
Bread for the City, Inc.
Byte Back
The Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships (Serve DC)
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)
African Communities Together (ACT)
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
Asylum Seeker Assistance Project
Ayuda: Consultation and Representation Expansion Program
Ayuda: Community Legal Interpreter Bank
Briya Public Charter School: Immigration Legal Services and Education for the Briya Public Charter School Community
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition: DC Detained Immigrant Representation Program
CARECEN
Casa Ruby: Immigrant Justice Legal Services
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington: Immigration Legal Services
DC Affordable Law Firm: DC Comprehensive Immigration Legal Services Project
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project: Relief: Representation & Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Families
KIND Inc.: Unaccompanied Immigrant and Refugee Children: Access to Justice and Protection in Washington, DC
Latin American Youth Center: LAYC Immigrant Justice Program
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: Immigrants’ Rights Legal Services Project
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International: TASSC Legal Services Program
Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC: Adult Workers Immigration Legal Services Resources Project
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants: USCRI DC Children’s Legal Services
Whitman-Walker Health De Colores Legal Access Initiative
2020 DC HOPE Community Grant
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 FY2021 grants:
Focus Area |
Criteria |
Application |
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Deadline: 8/7/2020 |
Closed |
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Deadline: 8/7/2020 |
Closed |
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Deadline: TBD |
Closed |
LGBTQ Youth Empowerment And Self-Sufficiency (YESS) |
Deadline: TBD Funding: TBD Request for Proposal | Notice of Funding |
Closed |
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Deadline: 8/7/2020 |
Closed |
Asian & Pacific Islander Community | Deadline: 8/7/2020 Funding: $55,000 Request for Proposal | Notice of Funding | FAQ | Pre-Bidder's Presentation |
Closed |
Immigrant Justice and Legal Services |
Deadline: 9/4/2020 Funding: $2,500,000 Request for Proposal | Notice of Funding |
Closed |
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Deadline: 5/29/2020 |
Closed |
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Deadline: TBD |
Closed |
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Deadline: 11/2/2020 |
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 2021.
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 [email protected].
Public Notices | Summary | Application Packet | Submission Deadline |
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2021 Apprenticeship Information Training Intermediary Initiative Department of Employment Services |
5 pm February 26, 2021 |
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2021 DOEE Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant Department of Energy and Environment |
NOFA | RFA | 11:59 pm March 1, 2021 |
DC High Water Mark Project Department of Energy and Environment |
NOFA | RFA | 11:59 pm March 1, 2021 |
RiverSmart Schools Schoolyard Conservation Program Department of Energy and Environment |
NOFA | RFA | 11:59 pm March 5, 2021 |
FY 2021 DC Local Equity, Access and Preservation Funds (DC LEAF) Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development |
NOFA | RFA | 4 pm March 15, 2021 |
FY 2021 Ending the HIV Epidemic Department of Health (DC Health) – HIV/AIDS Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration |
NOFA | 6 pm March 19, 2021 |
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2021 Maternal, Infant and Childhood Home Visiting Program Department of Health (DC Health) –Community Health Administration |
NOFA Amended | 6 pm March 19, 2021 |
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FY 2021 Reentry Services Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants |
NOFA | 11:59 pm March 21, 2021 |
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FY 2021 Equitable Capital Access Fund Grant Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development |
NOFA | 4 pm March 22, 2021 |
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FY 2021 Healthy Schools Grant Office of the State Superintendent of Education |
NOFA | RFA | 3 pm April 6, 2021 |
FY 2021 Green Zone Environmental Program Department of Energy and Environment |
NOFA | 11:59 pm April 9, 2021 |
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FY 2021 AmeriCorps State Formula Grant Competition Serve DC, the Mayor's Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships |
NOFO | 5 pm May 7, 2021 |
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FY 2021 General Workforce Development Department of Employment Services |
NOFA | 5 pm September 30, 2021 |
Meet Our Team
Thomas Yabroff
Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 795-0104
Semhal Hagos
Mayor's Office on African Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 727-5390
Lionell Gaines
Mayor's Office on African American Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 727-5390
Ly Le
Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 365-4013
Eduardo Pedromo
Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 671-2826
Leandrea Gilliam
Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 727-7149
Grant Tanebaum
Immigrant Justice Legal Services Grant Program
[email protected]
Jenny Kessler
Serve DC - The Mayor's Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships
[email protected]
(202) 724-2229