Sharing Montgomery Fund Grant

The Sharing Montgomery Fund Grant, administered by The Greater Washington Community Foundation, supports nonprofits in Montgomery County focused on low-income residents. With a commitment to racial equity, the fund prioritizes basic needs, economic mobility, and community wealth building. Grants provide flexible operating support, allowing organizations to address urgent community needs exacerbated by the pandemic. By fostering partnerships and empowering BIPOC-led initiatives, the program aims to close the racial wealth gap and enhance overall community well-being.

For nearly 25 years, The Community Foundation’s Sharing Montgomery initiative has provided support to high-impact nonprofits serving Montgomery County’s low-income residents.
Use of Grant Dollars
Sharing Montgomery grants will provide flexible general operating support for work serving Montgomery County’s low-income residents. Nonprofits may apply those resources wherever the need is greatest to advance their missions. Grants to regional organizations will be earmarked to support efforts in the county.
Grant Making Priorities
Given needs persisting across our community, Sharing Montgomery is focused on helping the people and areas within the county that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Ultimately, we seek to align our grants and partnerships to advance our new strategic goals focused on closing the racial/ethnic wealth gap which undermines the health and stability of our entire community. Therefore, Sharing Montgomery’s grantmaking priorities for this year include:
Basic needs which support an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., access to resources for health and mental health, food security, housing, and interventions which help families transition from crisis to recovery). Economic mobility resources that enable people to chart a pathway out of poverty (e.g., access to education, training, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, etc.).Individual and Community Wealth Building opportunities which empower people with the financial and social capital needed to build wealth so they can weather crises and pursue their dreams.
The Sharing Montgomery grantmaking program is happening within the context of The Community Foundation’s new 10-year strategic plan grounded in the values of Racial Equity and Inclusion and a vision to close the racial wealth gap in the region’s most underinvested neighborhoods.
We invite applicants to speak boldly and honestly about their efforts to address systems and policies that contribute to disproportionate negative outcomes for BIPOC people and communities. To this end, we are also actively looking for opportunities to support BIPOC-led organizations and the places where they do their work.

Eligibility

The Sharing Montgomery Fund provides grants to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations with programs or services which directly serve low-income children, youth, adults, families, and/or seniors living in Montgomery County. Organizations headquartered outside the county are eligible to apply.