Funding Alert: November Edition 1

The Funding Alert is a bi-weekly resource produced by Serve DC highlighting grant opportunities and resources for community-based, faith-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and District Government agencies. 

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 Funding Features

The Bowser Administration, Deputy Mayor for Education, and the Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes (OST Office) has launched a Request for Applications (RFA) for the FY24 My Afterschool DC (MADC) Grant Competition, a new initiative and special competition. The primary vision of the MADC grant program is to ensure universal access to afterschool programming for any youth enrolled in an identified priority DC public or DC Public Charter school and who is interested in participating in an afterschool program at the listed priority school.

This FY24 Out of School Time MADC RFA invites high-performing, fiscally responsible, schools or nonprofits that plan to focus on youth development and that serve school aged children and youth through OST programs, to apply. The OST Office anticipates awarding up to $3.1 million in total awards through the MADC competition.

Applicants must be one of the following:

• A youth-serving organization with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a minimum of two (2) years at the time of submission and an established partnership(s) with at least one MADC priority school(s);
• A DCPS school identified as a MADC priority school that has an established partnership(s), for MADC, with at least one youth-serving organization with a 501(c)(3) status; or
• A DC Public Charter School identified as a MADC priority school who may apply on behalf of themselves or in partnership with at least one youth-serving organization(s) with a 501(c)(3) status

Deadline: 5:00 pm - Monday December 4, 2023

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Board Position: 3-year Term on Serve DC's Commission for National and Community Service: 

Serve DC is looking for engaged residents to join the Commission for National and Community Service. The Commission's purpose is to encourage community service and volunteer participation as a means of community and state problem-solving; to promote and support voluntary citizen involvement in government and private programs throughout the District of Columbia; to develop a comprehensive vision and strategic plan for community service initiatives in the District of Columbia; and to serve as the District's liaison between national and other state organizations in concert with the District of Columbia strategic plan. 

Interested residents engaged in the nonprofit, youth, philanthropic, business, and labor communities are particularly encouraged to apply. 

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The Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser

Funding Opportunities

Education, Youth and Families

Action Grants | Heart Warming Projects

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Available Funding: $500 Deadline: Dec 31, 2023

Information and Practice Needs Relevant to Late Talking Children | National Institutes of Health

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Available Funding: Up to $275,000 Deadline: Nov 19, 2024 

Community and Economic Development

Environment 

Infrastructure

Resources and Other Opportunities

Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments Job Board 

Free VIRTUAL Legal Clinic for Start-up Nonprofits

Thursday, October 19, 2023 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. ET

OR

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET

D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center is holding two free virtual legal clinics to help aspiring nonprofit founders go over the legal requirements for starting up.

**This event is only for organizations seeking to organize in Washington, D.C., that have not organized already in another state, AND that have not yet received 501(c)(3) status.**

ABOUT THE CLINIC: This is not a training. Attorney volunteers will meet with you one-on-one and walk you through several questions regarding your organization's current status, in order to identity your next steps toward becoming a legal entity.

Nonprofits can learn how to incorporate with DLCP, the process for obtaining 501(c)(3) status from the IRS, and early stage corporate governance best practices. 

WHO SHOULD REGISTER: A board member, executive director, or founder of a nonprofit that has not yet applied for 501(c)(3) status.

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