Grants and Funding Opportunities
United Way’s grantmaking supports programs and initiatives in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties.
United Way of Central Maryland promotes equity, creates opportunity, and improves lives.
Our nearly 100 years of service to the people of Greater Baltimore has taught us what it takes to change our region for the better. We are proud to be a source of support, compassion, and hope for people who work hard but still can’t make ends meet. We strengthen families and communities by taking on systemic challenges and increasing access to basic needs – in health, housing, economic advancement, education, and more.
United for Good Nonprofit Resiliency Grant
United Way of Central Maryland’s United for Good Nonprofit Resiliency Grant is an opportunity for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that support the basic needs of individuals and families in Central Maryland to receive grants ranging from $2,500 to $25,000. Organizations who are facing urgent challenges, and who have total annual operating budgets of under $5,000,000, may apply for funding directly aligned with one of following priorities:
Application Deadline
Grant applications for this grant opportunity must be submitted by Monday, December 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST through our online grant application portal. Grant award announcements will be made in mid-January 2026.
Application Access and Materials
The Request for Proposals (RFP) can be found here: United for Good Nonprofit Resiliency Grant RFP (PDF)
Click here to access the online application.
Application Support
Nonprofit Resiliency Grant Information Session:
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 11:00 a.m.– 12:15 p.m. EST on Zoom
Agencies wishing to apply are strongly encouraged to attend this session. Register here.
Technical Support: If you need assistance accessing or using United Way’s grant application portal, please submit questions/requests for support via email to [email protected] with the subject line RFP Technical Assistance. We will make every attempt to respond, up to the submission deadline.
2025 Neighborhood Grants
Applications are now closed. The Neighborhood Grant is not available this year. Please consider our new United For Good Nonprofit Resiliency Grant funding opportunity.
The 2025 Neighborhood Grant provides funds to organizations with total annual operating budgets of $500,000 or less.
Grants focus on community-centered projects that are:
2024 Changemaker Challenge
The United Way of Central Maryland Changemaker Challenge is a social innovation competition to highlight and award ideas in Central Maryland. Changemaker Challenge is not available this year. Please consider our new United For Good Nonprofit Resiliency Grant funding opportunity.
