GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of the Mayor
Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Request for Applications: "Community Grant" for FY 2010
The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) is soliciting grant applications from qualified community-based organizations (CBOs) serving the District’s Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community for its FY 2010 Asian and Pacific Islander Community Grant. The grant is intended to fund programs that provide services to the District’s API residents and/or merchants in the areas of health, education, housing, legal, public safety, business, and employment.
Amount of grant funds available and number of awards:
OAPIA expects to award up to 12 grants. Eligible CBOs can be funded up to $60,000. CBOs, which collaborate with other organizations on a program(s), can be funded up to $80,000.
Eligible organizations and entities:
Applicants must meet all of the following conditions:
• Is a nonprofit – 501(c)3 – organization
• Program serves primarily API residents and/or merchants
• Program is located in the District of Columbia
• Has a program budget of $1,000,000 or less per year
Program scope:
Focus of the grant will be to provide culturally and/or linguistically appropriate health, education, housing, legal, public safety, business, and employment services to the District’s API residents and merchants.
Amount of grant funds available and number of awards:
OAPIA expects to award up to 12 grants. Eligible CBOs can be funded up to $60,000. CBOs that collaborate with other organizations on a program(s), can be funded up to $80,000.
Release Date of RFA: Monday, June 29, 2009 (see email attachment for RFA)
Pre-bidder’s conference: Thursday, July 2, 2009 from 10 am – 12 pm
441 4th Street, NW
11th Floor, Conference Room 1114
Washington, DC 20001
Deadline for Submission: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 12 pm
441 4th Street, NW
Suite 721 North
Washington, DC 20001
Request for Application: "Community Grant" For FY 2010