Sharing Montgomery Fund
Application Process
For this grant cycle, the Montgomery County Community Foundation will make between $150,000 - $200,000 in grants through the Sharing Montgomery Fund. Grants may support special projects or continuation funding, including general operating support. The average grant will be $5,000.
Last year, the Sharing Montgomery Fund gave $160,000 in grants to 39 organizations, which was part of the $5.3 million total given to county organizations through all of the Community Foundation’s family, corporate and community leadership funds in that same period. The grant list of the Sharing Montgomery Fund is widely shared with the MCCF donor community to interest these families and businesses in directly supporting some of the best nonprofits working with vulnerable residents.
FY10 Letter of Inquiry Guidelines
Click here to download a copy of the FY10 Letter of Inquiry Information, which includes:
s Sharing Montgomery Fund Letter of Inquiry Announcement s Format for FY10 Letters of Inquiry s FY10 LOI Cover Sheet* s A Sample Budget s Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
*You may also download the FY10 LOI Cover Sheet separately as a WORD document or a PDF.
Letter of Inquiry Submission Process and Deadline
Please note that there are two changes to the Letter of Inquiry submission process this year.
(1) We are moving to an online submission process. Requests must be submitted to mccfstaff@cfncr.org on or before the close of business (6 pm) on Tuesday, August 4, 2009.
Please note that we can only accept Microsoft WORD, Excel, or PDF documents. Please avoid inserting headers, footers, or page numbers into your files. Also, please do not zip your files to send via email.
(2) In addition to the three-page letter of inquiry and required attachments, all applicants must include the FY10 Letter of Inquiry Cover Sheet. To download a copy of the LOI cover sheet, click here for either a WORD version or a PDF.
Sharing Montgomery Grant Cycle Timeline
Please be sure to read the FY10 Letter of Inquiry Information and review the FY10 schedule before submitting a letter of inquiry:
July 16, 2009 (2:30 PM – 4 PM): MCCF will host an optional information session to answer questions about the application and review process. The information session will be held at the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations located at 8720 Georgia Avenue (Suite 303) in Silver Spring. Please contact mccfstaff@cfncr.org or 301-588-2544 to RSVP.
August 4, 2009 (6pm): All letters of inquiry and required attachments must be submitted via email to mccfstaff@cfncr.org on or before 6 pm on August 4th.
October, 2009: All applicants will be notified in writing by early October if your organization has been selected to submit a full proposal.
December 1, 2009 (6pm): All proposals and required attachments must be submitted via email. The MCCF staff and Grants Committee members will visit applicants invited to submit full proposals to see their programs in action, either between October and early December or January and February.
April 1, 2010: Applicants invited to submit a proposal will be notified in writing by April 1, 2010 about funding decisions.
Questions
Please click HERE for answers to frequently asked questions about the Sharing Montgomery Fund grant cycle and application process.
We also will answer questions at our optional information session on Thursday, July 16, 2009 from 2:30 PM – 4 PM at the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations located at 8720 Georgia Avenue (Suite 303) in Silver Spring. Please contact mccfstaff@cfncr.org or 301-588-2544 to RSVP.
You may also contact Anna Hargrave at ahargrave@cfncr.org or 301-588-2544 x 14. |
A Regional Affiliate of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
