Help Your Neighbor Fund
Funding Amount
$250 - $1,000
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Rolling application process (applications accepted continuously)”
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Geography
- Serving Harford County residents
Overview
Geographic Scope: Harford County, Maryland
Purpose: Provides emergency financial assistance to senior citizens, families, and individuals in need in Harford County.
What is Funded:
- Utility assistance
- Housing assistance
- Transportation assistance
- Prescription assistance
- Food assistance
What is NOT Funded:
- Direct cash assistance to individuals
Award Details:
- Minimum: $250
- Maximum: $1,000
- Grants awarded to nonprofit organizations and programs only (not individuals)
- The severity and urgency of need and the impact of financial support on an individual's or family's ability to remain independent should be the determining consideration in providing support
Contact Information:
- Phone: 443.371.6062
- Email: info@cfharfordcounty.org
- Address: 57 E. Broadway, First Floor, P.O. Box 612, Bel Air, MD 21014
How to Apply
Application Process
- Rolling application process (applications accepted continuously)
- Application available on website as "Help Your Neighbor Fund Application"
- Submit to Community Foundation of Harford County
Required Information:
- Organization must be a nonprofit serving Harford County residents
- Specific emergency assistance category (utility, housing, transportation, prescription, or food)
- Details on how grant will address emergency needs of individuals/families
- Description of impact on recipient's ability to remain independent
What Community Foundation of Harford County Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 20
- Total given
- $578K
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,000–$129K
- By dollars: Maryland 95%, District of Columbia 3%, Georgia 2%. Top recipient cities: Bel Air, MD; Aberdeen, MD; Baltimore, MD.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Boys and Girls Clubs of Harford and Cecil · Aberdeen, MD
Assistance
$129K
Inner County Outreach Inc · Aberdeen, MD
Assistance
$103K
Harford Community College Foundation Inc · Bel Air, MD
Assistance
$50K
Y of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD
Assistance
$50K
First Fruits Farm · Freeland, MD
Assistance
$38K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Hardship
- Nonprofits
- Seniors
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