Monocacy Foundation Grant

The Monocacy Foundation Grant provides essential funding to support Frederick County residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Grants cover expenses like vacations, adaptive equipment, and employment training that are often overlooked by other funding sources.

Applying for Funding
The Monocacy Foundation was established in 1995 to provide funds to help bridge the funding gap to Frederick County citizens who have an intellectual/developmental disability. Grants are given to meet medical, educational, and recreational needs or wishes not covered by other funding sources.
History and Rationale of The Monocacy Foundation
The Monocacy Foundation firmly believes that people with developmental disabilities have the right to a life, enriched with social and recreational opportunities, preferences for where and with whom they live and dignity in dying.
The Monocacy Foundation desires to provide persons with developmental disabilities in our community a path to enrich social and recreational opportunities — to a place where dignity is not hampered by financial means. Your contribution helps others cross that bridge, and will make a substantial difference.
A natural outgrowth of Community Living’s mission, The Monocacy Foundation was established in 1995 to provide money to persons with developmental disabilities to cover some expenses not otherwise funded.
Examples of these expenses include:

• Vacations
• Over-the-counter medications
• Pet ownership costs
• Adaptive or specialized medical equipment
• Employment training

Eligibility

Our qualifications for individual grant applicants live in Frederick County, have a diagnosis of a developmental/intellectual disability; provide financial information.Our qualifications for organizations  operate in Frederick County and have ties to the IDD community.

Ineligibility

What we do NOT fund RespiteRentCar repairsElectric bikesAdvocate/legal feesTransportationHome improvementAppliancesFurnitureFuneral expensesHearing aidsDental & medical expensesMedical & therapy copays (Pt, Ot, Speech, etc)