Welcome to the City of Gaithersburg’s Community Service, Youth Enrichment, and Ed Bohrer Parent Resource Center Grant Opportunities page. Currently, there are no open available funding opportunities.

FY28 Notice of Funding Opportunities for the Youth Enrichment and Parent Resource Center Grant programs will be available September 2026.

Please contact grants@gaithersburgmd.gov with any questions regarding the City’s overall grant programs.

The City of Gaithersburg values the work that local agencies do to support residents in the City of Gaithersburg. Gaithersburg prides itself on delivering excellent services to those who live here, which could not be possible without these partnerships.

Now accepting registration for Technical Information Sessions for Applicants

Technical Information Sessions for Applicants (TISA) will be combined for both the Youth Enrichment and Ed Bohrer Parent Resource Center grant programs and will be available throughout the eight-week open NOFO period. The schedule regarding these training opportunities will be as follows:

• September 22, 10 -11 a.m.
• October 6, 10 -11 a.m.
• October 22, 2 -3 p.m.

To receive a link for these training opportunities, agencies must register to attend.  Agencies are encouraged to attend at least one TISA but this is not a requirement for funding. All sessions will contain the same content. All sessions will be recorded and available on this webpage.

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Community Service Grant Program

The Community Impact Committee, the selection committee for the Community Service Grant Program, has recommended an investment of more than $861,000 in grant awards to 13 nonprofit partners. The Mayor and City Council approved the committee’s recommendation to fund 16 programs for the FY27 fiscal year, focused on high need areas of housing preservation, food, medical, older adult services, and mental health programs, including four new services areas: vision, dental, food services for chronically ill residents, and treatment for abused or neglected children.

•  FY27 Community Service Grant Program Recipients 

Youth Enrichment Grant Programs

The FY28 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Youth Enrichment Grant program will be available September 2026.

Ed Bohrer Parent Resource Center Grant Program

The City of Gaithersburg’s Community Services Division, in collaboration with the Community Impact Committee (CIC), are not accepting applications for Parent Resource Center program at this time.

The FY28 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Parent Resource Center Grant program will be available September 2026.

* Grant Program Selection Committees are composed of staff from the Community Services Division and members of the Community Impact Committee or the Youth Enrichment Committee.