Community Grant Program

About

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:

More Democracy

Washington, DC is the seat of America’s democracy, but there’s more we can do to make sure that all voices are heard in DC – right now.

Fight For The Middle Class

Ensuring Washington, DC remains a city for people of all ages and at all stages of life means fighting to protect the middle class.  When Washingtonians have access to opportunity and can afford to build a good life for themselves and loved ones in DC, our neighborhoods are stronger.

End Gun Violence

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 trends, but to reduce gun violence and ultimately end it.

Reimagine Downtown

We have the opportunity to reimagine a Downtown where residents, workers, and visitors can live, work and play in vibrant centers of activity for all.

All Students On A Pathway To Success

Schools are the heartbeat of our communities, and every community deserves a great school.  Every single child should be able to achieve their fullest potential, and to pursue their dreams – starting, simply, with the vital grade-level reading and math. 

DC's Future

Looking to the future, the District of Columbia will continue to position itself as a global and forward-thinking leader in the way we choose to serve those who live, work, and play in our city.
MOCA Grantees By Agency

MOCA  Grantees by Agency

Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)

Mayor’s Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA)

Mayor’s Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA)

Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA)

Accessibility Inc.

An Open Book Foundation

Ayuda

Bread for the City, Inc.

Capital Area Assets Builders

CARECEN -

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.

City Blossoms

Collaborative Solutions for Communities

Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital

Day Eight

DC Affordable Law Firm

DC Bilingual Public Charter School

DC SCORES

DC Volunteer Lawyers Project

Dialogue on Diversity

District Bridges

Following Francis dba Francis on the Hill

FreshFarm Markets, Inc.

Gala Hispanic Theater

Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation

HOLA CULTURA

Housing Counseling Services

IN Series

Jubilee Housing, Inc.

Jubilee JumpStart

Junior Tennis Champions Center

Kid Power, Inc

La Clinica del Pueblo

Latin American Youth Center

Latino Student Fund

Legal Counsel for the Elderly

Life Asset

Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc

MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet Inc.

Multicultural Career Intern Program

Multicultural Community Service

My Sister's Place

National Hispanic Council on Aging

National Housing Trust

One Common Unity, Inc.

Open Goal Project

PEN/Faulkner Foundation

Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities

Reading Partners

Salvadoran Cultural Institute/Casa de la Cultura El Salvador

San Miguel School

Sitar Arts Center

Spanish Education Development

Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, Inc.

Teatro de la Luna

The Dance Institute of Washington, Inc.

The Family Place

The Family Place Public Charter School

The Washington Ballet

Thrive DC

Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC

Tzedek DC, Inc.

University Legal Services

Uptown Community Initiative

Vida Senior Centers

Washington English Center

Words Beats and Life Inc

Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.

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

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 23 Immigrant Justice Legal Service (IJLS). These 25 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 (CAIR) Coalition – DC Detained Immigrant Representation Program

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

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington – Immigration Legal Services

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

DC Volunteer Lawyers Project (DCVLP) – Representation & Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Families (RELIEF)

Empowerment Legal Services – Empowerment IJLS 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

Many Languages One Voice (MLOV) – Immigrant Justice Program

Mil Mujeres, Inc. – Mil Mujeres Legal Services

Nigerian Center, Inc. – Nigerian Center Immigration Access Program

Renaissance Center for Culture and Education – Renaissance Immigration Services

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

Available Funding

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

Focus Area

Criteria

Application

FY24 African Community Grant

*CLOSED* Deadline: 8/11/2023
Funding: $15,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed
FY24 African American Community Grant
 
*CLOSED* Deadline: 8/11/2023
Funding: $10,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed
FY24 Latino Community Grant *CLOSED* Deadline: 8/11/2023
Funding: $50,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications  | FAQs | Application Links
Closed
FY24 Asian & Pacific Islander Community Grant *CLOSED* Deadline 8/11/2023
Funding: $40,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed
FY24 LGBTQIA+ Community Grant *CLOSED* Deadline: 8/11/2023
Funding: $50,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed

FY24 LGBTQIA+ Violence Prevention & Response Grant

Deadline: 9/15/2023
Funding: $50,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed

FY24 LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competency Training Grant

 

Deadline: 9/15/2023
Funding: $50,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links
Closed

 

FY2024 Immigrant Justice and Legal Services Grant

 

Deadline: Closed
Funding: $3,500,000

Notice of Funding | Request for Applications
Closed

FY24 Returning Citizens Access to Jobs Grant

 

Deadline: 9/15/2023
Funding: $50,000
Notice of Funding | Request for Funding | FAQs | Application Links

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 2023.

Funding Alerts and Grants Clearing House

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

 

FY24 DC Family Fun Destinations 2.0 Grant Program
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
March 29, 2024

 

FY24 Downtown Recovery Grants
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
March 29, 2024

 

FY24 Emerging Neighborhood Grants Omnibus (Great Streets, Neighborhood Prosperity Fund, Locally Made)
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
March 29, 2024

 

2024 MBSYEP Youth Pathways to Healthcare Grant
Department of Employment Services

 

NOFA

RFA

Attachment

3:00 pm
April 1, 2024

 

Green Zone Environmental Program Watershed Protection Projects
Department of Energy and Environment

 

NOFA   11:59 pm
April 1, 2024

 

FY24 Gun Violence Prevention Mini-Grants
Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement

 

NOFA RFA 8:00 pm
April 9, 2024

 

Community Program Grant Administration
Department of Parks and Recreation

 

NOFA

RFA

Attachment

5:00 pm
April 12, 2024

 

FY 2024 Latino Community Engagement Grant
Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
April 12, 2024

 

DC Energy Storage Grant Program (DCESGP) Round 2
Department of Energy and Environment

 

NOFA   11:59 pm
April 12, 2024

 

FY24 Resilient Food System Infrastructure Fund Administrator
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
April 15, 2024

 

DOEE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) grant application
Department of Energy and Environment

 

NOFA   11:59 pm
April 15, 2024

 

Trail Ranger Program
District Deprtment of Transportation

 

NOFA   12:00 pm
April 19, 2024

 

FY24 DHS FSA Youth Extended Transitional Housing Program
Deprtment of Human Services

 

NOFA RFA 5:00 pm
April 24, 2024

 

2024-2025 Serve DC AmeriCorps State Formula
The Mayor's Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships (Serve DC)

 

  RFA 5:00 pm
April 27, 2024

 

SNAP-Ed Approaches to Direct Education
District of Columbia Department (DC Health) Community Health Administration (HAHSTA)

 

NOFA   5:00 pm
April 30, 2024

 

SNAP-Ed Approaches to Healthy Eating and Active Living Environments
District of Columbia Department (DC Health) Community Health Administration (HAHSTA)

 

NOFA   5:00 pm
May 7, 2024

 

 

OSSE FY2025 PKEEP High-Quality Designation Application
Office of The State Superintendent of Education

NOFA   4:00 pm
May 17, 2024

 

OSSE FY2024 SOAR Act Facilities Grant
Office of The State Superintendent of Education

 

NOFA   3:00 pm
May 20, 2024

 

National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program Fiscal Year 2024 Grant
District Deprtment of Transportation

 

NOFA   5:00 pm
May 24, 2024

 

 

 

Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team

Pedro Mojica
Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs

[email protected]

202-230-8651

 

Semhal Hagos

Semhal Hagos
Mayor's Office on African Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 727-5390
 

Julie Norris, Grants Management Specialist (MOAAA)

Julie Norris
Mayor's Office on African American Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 442-8162
 

 

Lap Nguyen
Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 727-3120
 

Ricardo Espitia
Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs
[email protected]
(202)714-4769
 

LeAndrea Gilliam, Program Analyst & Housing Specialist (MOLGBTQA)

George Garcia 
Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 671-1525
 

 

 

Rold Louis
Serve DC - The Mayor's Office on Volunteerism and Partnerships
[email protected] 

 


 

Mayor's Office of Community Affairs
Community Grant Program