Georgia Avenue/Rock Creek East
Family Support Collaborative
Healthy by Choice. Empowered by Knowledge. Connected to Community Support
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Community Mini-Grants
The Community Mini-Grants* are designed to support residents and small organizations within the Collaborative service area whose projects further our 
mission to help children, youth and families become healthy by choice, empowered by knowledge and connected to community support.
Below is a listing of our most recent grantees:
mission to help children, youth and families become healthy by choice, empowered by knowledge and connected to community support.Below is a listing of our most recent grantees:
- Nativity Youth Center - $3,000 for tuition assistance for low-income families to attend their summer camp program.
- Catholic Charities of Washington - $3,000 to provide workplace English classes for immigrants.
- Family and Child Empowerment Services, LLC (FACES) - $3,000 to provide mentoring support for young men ages 12-17.
- Raising Expectations, Inc. - $3,000 in support of their Youth Art Gallery Showcase Project at the DC Superior Court.
- TEAM Music Camp - $3,000 for musical instrument instruction for students in grades 4-6.
To be eligible for a grant you must:
- Be a resident, small community organization or faith-based institution within one of the following Ward 4 neighborhoods: Brightwood, Brightwood Park, Lamond Riggs, Manor Park, Petworth or Takoma Park. (Please note, we cannot fund projects that teach religious doctrine.)
- Be or become a member of the Georgia Avenue Collaborative. For our membership application, click here.
- Propose a program, not a one day event, that provides recreation, education, enrichment or support to individuals in the target neighborhoods.
- Complete an application describing how you will plan and carry out your project or activity and the objective you hope to achieve.
- Provide a budget for your project.
If funded, grantees must participate in a 2-hour training on child abuse and neglect issues, including sexual abuse and molestation prevention.
*At this time, the mini-grants program is on hiatus. Please check with our office about future grant cycles.