Community Grant
A grant intended for a wide range of uses, including paying for utilities, fundraising, board and leadership development, salaries, meeting expenses, materials, or supporting a specific project/program.
Blair Unida
Blair Unida is a community organization serving families across Montgomery County who are affected by the detention and deportation of loved ones. Guided by the belief that no family should have to navigate the immigration system alone, Blair Unida’s Legal Fund is a core part of its commitment to strengthening connections across the community.
East Silver Spring Elementary School PTA
The vision of the ESS PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and the community to advocate for all children.
Enitor DC
Enitor is a Washington DC based nonprofit focused on supporting young adults and community members experiencing housing instability through mentoring, workforce readiness, and consistent community based engagement.
Friends of Sligo Creek
This nonprofit community organization is dedicated to protecting, improving, and appreciating the ecological health of Sligo Creek and its surrounding watershed.
Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library, Inc.
The Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library (FTPML) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that supports the local library. Established in 1994, FTPML funds library activities that encourage reading and learning and that involve the community in library projects.
Global Sisterhood Swim Clinic
The Global Sisters Swim Collective is a group of immigrant women swimmers, swim instructors at the Silver Spring YMCA, and the YMCA’s Aquatics Coordinator. The collective is piloting a program to support immigrant women in Montgomery County, predominantly from Silver Spring and Takoma, in learning to swim as a way to promote empowerment, safety, joy, and community connection.
Let’s Play America
The purpose of Let’s Play America's nonprofit is to strive to offer Takoma Park residents and nearby communities a playful environment where there are regular FREE play events for all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Maple Tree Group
Since Spring 2019, the Maple Tree Family Wellness Support Group’s mission has been to work on empowering the immigrant community to improve their overall health and wellness. The Maple Tree Support Group’s work is unique in that it targets underserved community members with a focus on new immigrants.
Montgomery Blair High School Parent Teacher Student Association
With more than 3,200 students at Montgomery Blair (the largest high school in the state), the Blair PTSA serves as the vital link between parents, teachers, and students.
Piney Branch Elementary School PTA
The Piney Branch Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PBES PTA) is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization made up of parents, caregivers, and teachers at PBES, working collaboratively with the school administration and staff to advance the mission of PBES and the support and success of all students and families in our school community.
Rolling Terrace Elementary School PTA
The Rolling Terrace Elementary School PTA is a nonprofit organization supporting students at Rolling Terrace Elementary in reaching their educational potential. The PTA promotes an inclusive school community where every child, caregiver, and staff member feels welcomed and supported.
Run Takoma Inc.
Run Takoma Inc. was established in 2026 by a small group of Takoma Park residents. At present its sole purpose is to reestablish the Takoma Park 5K (TkPk 5K) that was managed by the City of Takoma Park from 2009 through 2022 to benefit the Safe Routes to School Program.
Silver Spring International Middle School PTSA
Silver Spring International Middle School PTSA The SSIMS PTSA is an active organization that supports Silver Spring International Middle School through staff appreciation, field trip and program assistance, and coordination of school events such as Back-to-School Night, Field Day, Career Day, and 8th Grade Promotion.
Standby Guardianship Project, Inc.
The Standby Guardianship Project came into existence in order to combat the significant level of fear and vulnerability being experienced and reported by immigrant parents, particularly at Rolling Terrace Elementary School. The Standby Guardianship Law in Maryland enables parents to appoint a temporary guardian in the event of an emergency, preventing children from entering the child welfare system if their parents are detained or deported.
Takoma Park Elementary School PTA
The Takoma Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) supports the education of students at Takoma through projects, programs, fundraising, and fostering positive relationships among the parents, teachers and staff of the school.
Takoma Park Lunch and Learn Inc.
The Takoma Park Lunch and Learn, Inc, is a nonprofit organization that provides a free six-week summer camp enrichment program (math, science, and reading), sports (swimming, soccer, yoga, chess, volleyball, basketball). and Social and Emotional Learning to underserved and FARM students who attend Montgomery County public schools located in Takoma Park and who reside in multi-family apartment buildings in Takoma Park.
The Civic Circle
The Civic Circle is a Silver Spring, Maryland nonprofit that brings democracy and civic learning alive for young children with music and drama shared in performances and after-school programs.
Solidarity Grant
A grant intended to demonstrate the Foundation’s commitment to larger nonprofit organizations whose work aligns with our mission in greater Takoma, and is generally used to support an organization’s overarching mission.
Community Bridges, Inc.
Community Bridges empowers girls from diverse backgrounds to become exceptional students, positive leaders and healthy young women by addressing the needs of girls and their families who are immigrant, minority and/or living at or below the federal poverty level in Montgomery County, Maryland and specifically residents of Takoma Park.
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc.
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc. (MHP) serves more than 5,500 residents of Montgomery County and neighboring communities by providing more than 3,250 quality affordable homes.
Tommy’s Pantry
Tommy’s Pantry alleviates food insecurity and provides non-perishable food and fresh produce, and essential personal hygiene and household cleaning items to ensure a basic level of dignity for our neighbors experiencing hardship. Our most unique offering is wellness boxes containing personal health and hygiene and household cleaning items that can not be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-EBT) funds.