FY22 Community Grant Update 

Considering the Montgomery County's difficult financial context and based on discussions between Council staff and the Office of Management and Budget, the FY22 Community Grants process will:

• Attempt to maintain FY21 funding levels in FY22 for all Community Grant NDA and base shifted programs, subject to affordability;  
• Not consider any new programs or program enhancements for FY22;  
• Reduce the administrative burden on nonprofits by forgoing an FY22 application process;

OMB and departments will review existing reporting for each program and, if necessary, will make recommendations to the County Executive for:

• potential reductions
• additional shifts into base budgets.  

Organizations or programs that are found to be no longer in compliance or meeting their contractual obligations will lose funding.  The County Executive will include specific recommendations for renewal of FY21 programs in his FY22 Recommended Budget on March 15, 2020.  The County Council will manage their own review of recommendations and finalize awards in the FY22 budget resolution in May.

Contract Monitors will be reaching out to FY21 grant recipients as needed.  An application or reporting will not be collected through this platform.

If you have any questions please contact Rafael Murphy at Rafael.murphy@montgomerycountymd.gov or 240-777-2775.

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Montgomery County FY21 Community Grants

On May 21, 2020 the Montgomery County Council approved the County’s FY21 operating budget, including Community Grants.  This action capped the FY21 Community Grants process that began in December of 2019.  County Council Mid-Year and Final Reports are NOT required for FY21 Community Grants and will not be collected through this platform.  Grantees should work with their Department Contract Monitors to outline their reporting requirements for their grant.

The full Council resolution can be found on the County Council website. Each of the NDA: Community Grant, Community Services Grants, and Cost-Sharing/Capital Grants can be found in Section G starting on page 36 of the pdf.  

Resolution # 19-472: Approval of and Appropriation for the FY 2021 Operating Budget of the Montgomery County Government 

For easier reference, you can view the full list of Community Grants, Capital/Cost-Sharing Grants, and Community Services Grants in the pdf below.

FY21 Approved NDA: Community Grants (Community, Capital/Cost Sharing, and Community Services Grants)

FY21 Community Grants that moved into the base budgets of departments are not easily identifiable in Section G and are listed in the pdf below for transparency.

FY21 Approved Community Grants Shifting to Department Base Budgets 

The FY21 County Council Approved budget did not include any funding for New Programs.  These applications remain active and may be considered in the future.