Grants

The Abell Foundation awards grants to nonprofit community partners working to improve the quality of life in Baltimore. We provide seed funding for innovative pilots, support for ongoing community programs and services, and funding for capital projects. In addition to providing grant funding, the Foundation supports our nonprofit partners through connection to our local and national networks, as well as our team’s deep experience in and knowledge of Baltimore as it relates to our program areas.

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Eligibility and Review Criteria

For all nonprofit organizations seeking grant funding, regardless of the request amount. 

Small Grants Process

For grant requests of $10,000 or less.

Reviewed on a rolling basis. There is no deadline to apply.

Regular Grants Process

For grant requests greater than $10,000.

Reviewed at one of the Foundation’s five annual Board meetings.

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Considering Applying?

First-time applicants with grant requests greater than $10,000 should submit a short letter of inquiry prior to submitting a regular grant application. For guidance on what to include in your LOI, please reference our frequently asked questions.

Submit an LOI

Ready to Apply for a Small Grant?

For first-time or returning applicants with grant requests of $10,000 or less. We accept and review small grant applications on a rolling basis. There is no deadline to apply for a small grant.

Start a Small Grant Application

Ready to Apply for a Regular Grant?

For returning applicants and those who have a verified fit with the Foundation’s priorities for requests greater than $10,000. Regular grant applications are reviewed at one of five Board meetings each year.

Start a Regular Grant Application

Returning to a Saved Application or Submitting a Report?

Log into the grant portal below to return to your saved application or submit a report for a previously awarded grant.

Return to Your Application or Submit a Report

See Our Past Grants

Institutes for Behavior Resources.

$75,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the completion of renovations to the new headquarters of the R.E.A.C.H. mobile drug-abuse treatment program, the first full-service mobile drug-abuse treatment program of its kind. The new headquarters allows for more effective communication and coordination, efficient use of personnel resources, and a dispensing area on-site for methadone and buprenorphine.

I Can’t We Can, Inc.

$100,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For general support of residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs at the new I Can’t We Can (ICWC) Counseling Center in the Park Heights community. ICWC will be able to double its capacity over a three- year period to serve up to 600 clients.

Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.

$50,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For continued support of Dee’s Place, a 24-hour substance abuse recovery facility serving residents in East Baltimore. As a key partner in the Threshold to Recovery initiative, Dee’s Place offers counseling, auricular acupuncture, wellness, case management, mental health services, referrals for jobs and housing, and 12-step meetings through the night, from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.

Girl Scouts of Central Maryland

$5,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
To provide additional transportation for the Beyond Bars Program, an initiative for girls whose mothers are incarcerated at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup and the Baltimore Pre-release Unit for Women.

Episcopal Housing Corporation

$60,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For staffing costs of a real estate development project manager to expand the capacity of local service providers to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing.

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