Mitzvah Fund of Good Deeds

Mitzvah Fund of Good Deeds is sponsored by Baltimore Community Foundation. Provides mini-grants to nonprofit organizations serving the Baltimore region to facilitate their good work in neighborhoods and schools.

Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds for... — Baltimore Community... Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds for Non-profit Organizations This funding program provides financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in the Baltimore area for various operational needs, focusing on flexible support to address immediate community challenges.

The Mitzvah Fund for Good Deeds is a charitable funding program established in 2012 under the Baltimore Community Foundation. The fund was created to provide essential gap funding to nonprofit organizations within the Baltimore community.

The Baltimore Community Foundation operates as a 501(c)(3) organization and is committed to improving the quality of life in the Baltimore region through grantmaking, strategic investments, and civic leadership. The foundation encourages a broad range of eligible organizations to apply for support through the Mitzvah Fund.

The Mitzvah Fund is designed to offer financial assistance for a variety of organizational needs, with a focus on unrestricted or flexible funding. Grants may be used to support transportation, staffing, resource development, or other operational needs.

Past grants have included initiatives such as providing COVID-19 at-home kits for students, distributing resource cards alongside meal services for families, and creating diverse library collections in local schools. The fund aims to address practical and immediate needs in the community through flexible financial support. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status or have a fiscal agent.

They must serve the Baltimore region and adhere to non-discrimination policies covering race, creed, national origin, color, physical handicap, gender, and sexual orientation.

The fund explicitly excludes certain types of requests, including those from start-up organizations, capital campaigns, building projects, individuals, multi-year projects, institutions of higher education, programs outside the Baltimore region, and events or programs that have already occurred prior to the review process.

Grant requests to the Mitzvah Fund may not exceed $3,500, and an organization is typically eligible to receive one grant per calendar year. The fund operates on a rolling application basis, accepting proposals as funds are available. Applicants should be aware that the review process may take up to four weeks.

There is no specified pre-application deadline, and the fund does not publish a close date, allowing for continuous submission until resources are exhausted. Grants may be used for unrestricted needs, transportation, staffing, or similar expenses. Previous grants included support for COVID-19 kits, resource cards, and library development.

Organizations must have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or a fiscal agent. They must serve the Baltimore region and must not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, national origin, color, physical handicap, gender, or sexual orientation. Baltimore Community Foundation