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:
Downtown Comeback
Public Safety
Education
MOCA Grantees by Agency
Mayor’s Office on African Affairs (MOAA)
African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
KanKouran West African Dance Company
Multicultural Community Services
Renaissance Center for Culture and Education
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
Mayor’s Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
Building Bridges Across the River
Congress Heights Community Training and Development Corporation
DC Affordable Law Firm
DC Strings Workshop, Inc.
DC Theater Arts Collaborative (DBA Anacostia Playhouse)
Dreaming Out Loud, Inc
The Dance Institute of Washington
Bright Beginnings
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Washington
Mayor’s Office on Asian & Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA)
Asian American Youth Leadership Empowerment and Development (AALEAD)
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA)
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
Collaborative Solutions for Communities
Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital
DC Bilingual Public Charter School
Following Francis dba Francis on the Hill
Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Junior Tennis Champions Center
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc
MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet Inc.
Multicultural Career Intern Program
Multicultural Community Service
National Hispanic Council on Aging
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Salvadoran Cultural Institute/Casa de la Cultura El Salvador
Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, Inc.
The Dance Institute of Washington, Inc.
The Family Place Public Charter School
Mayor’s Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Affairs (MOLGBTQA)
Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc.
Equality Chamber of Commerce | DC Metro Area
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)
CASA for Children of the District of Columbia
The DC Center for the LGBT Community
Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
The Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism and Partnerships (Serve DC)
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
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
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
Empowerment Legal Services – Empowerment IJLS Project
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
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) – DC Children’s Legal Services
Whitman-Walker Health – De Colores (DC) Legal Access Initiative2020 DC HOPE Community Grant
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
Please find the application openings and submission deadlines for the MOCA grants:
Focus Area |
Criteria |
Application |
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FY25 African Community Grant |
Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $15,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 African American Community Grant |
Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $10,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY24 Multicultural Summer Youth Employment Program | Deadline: 5/31/2024 Funding: $15,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 Asian & Pacific Islander Community Grant | Deadline 6/14/2024 Funding: $40,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 LGBTQIA Community Grant | Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 LGBTQIA Violence Prevention & Response Team (VPART) Grant |
Deadline: 8/5/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 Immigration Justice Legal Services (IJLS) Grant
|
Deadline: 6/28/2024 Funding: $400,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 Latino Community Development Grant
|
Deadline: 6/14/2024 Funding: $50,000 Notice of Funding | Request for Applications | FAQs | Application Links |
CLOSED |
FY25 Returning Citizens Access to Jobs Grant
|
Deadline: Extended- 7/26/2024 |
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 2025.
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 |
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Streets for People Grant
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RFA | 3:00 pm September 5, 2024 |
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FY2025 MYRIDES TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
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NOFA | RFA | 12:00 am (PT) September 6, 2024 |
FY25 CBCAP – Home Visitation and Parent Education & Supports Program
|
NOFA | RFA | 2:00 pm September 6, 2024 |
Stormwater Retention Credit Purchase Agreement Program Management and Expansion
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NOFA | 11:59 pm September 6, 2024 |
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Lean Transformation of Primary Care
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NOFA | 3:00 pm September 10, 2024 |
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Green Infrastructure Maintenance FY25
|
NOFA | 11:59 pm September 12, 2024 |
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Career Ready Scholars Program (CRESP) Grant
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NOFA | Attachment | 5:00 pm September 13, 2024 |
Job Readiness Training Grant
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NOFA | Attachment | 5:00 pm September 20, 2024 |
Meet Our Team
Mayor's Office on African Affairs
(202) 727-5634
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
George Garcia
Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs
[email protected]
(202) 671-1525