Washington, DC
Mayor Bowser Announces Mayor’s Office on Community Affairs Grant Awardees
(Washington, DC) - Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs agencies, the Mayor’s Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA), the Mayor’s Office of African Affairs, the Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, and the Mayor’s Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs, announced the awardees receiving a combined $2 million in grant funding for FY23. These outreach offices will manage community grant programs and work with grantees to implement programs focused on advancing DC values.
“Advancing our DC values requires a whole of government and whole of community approach,” said Mayor Bowser. “These are some of the many community-based organizations that are out in the community every day, helping us give more residents a fair shot, and we are grateful for their partnership.”
The grant funding is aligned with the Bowser Administration’s priorities and will support community programs focused on education/youth engagement, housing affordability, health and human services, civic engagement, workforce development, public safety, legal services, and economic recovery.
The following organizations will receive grants for FY23:
The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs - MOAPIA
- Asian American Youth Leadership Empowerment and Development (AALEAD)
- Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
- Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
- Chinatown Service Center
- Hepatitis B Initiative of Washington, DC
- Housing Counseling Services
- Uptown Community Initiatives
- Washington English Center
- The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership
The Mayor's Office of African Affairs - MOAA
- African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
- AsylumWorks
- Ethiopian Community Center
- KanKouran West African Dance Company
- Mary’s Center
- Multicultural Community Services
- Renaissance Center for Culture and Education
- Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
- The Dance Institute of Washington Inc.
- Washington English Center
The Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs - MOLA
- Accessibility Inc.
- An Open Book Foundation
- Ayuda
- Bread for the City, Inc.
- Capital Area Assets Builders
- CARECEN -
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
- City Blossoms
- Collaborative Solutions for Communities
- Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital
- Day Eight
- DC Affordable Law Firm
- DC Bilingual Public Charter School
- DC SCORES
- DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Dialogue on Diversity
- District Bridges
- Following Francis dba Francis on the Hill
- FreshFarm Markets, Inc.
- Gala Hispanic Theater
- Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- HOLA CULTURA
- Housing Counseling Services
- IN Series
- Jubilee Housing, Inc.
- Jubilee JumpStart
- Junior Tennis Champions Center
- Kid Power, Inc
- La Clinica del Pueblo
- Latin American Youth Center
- Latino Student Fund
- Legal Counsel for the Elderly
- Life Asset
- Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc
- MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet Inc.
- Multicultural Career Intern Program
- Multicultural Community Service
- My Sister's Place
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Housing Trust
- One Common Unity, Inc.
- Open Goal Project
- PEN/Faulkner Foundation
- Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
- Reading Partners
- Salvadoran Cultural Institute/Casa de la Cultura El Salvador
- San Miguel School
- Sitar Arts Center
- Spanish Education Development
- Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, Inc.
- Teatro de la Luna
- The Dance Institute of Washington, Inc.
- The Family Place
- The Family Place Public Charter School
- The Washington Ballet
- Thrive DC
- Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC
- Tzedek DC, Inc.
- University Legal Services
- Uptown Community Initiative
- Vida Senior Centers
- Washington English Center
- Words Beats and Life Inc
- Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
Mayor’s Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Affairs – MOLGBTQ
- Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc.
- Wanda Alston Foundation
- Whitman-Walker Health
- Equality Chamber of Commerce | DC Metro Area
- Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)
- CASA for Children of the District of Columbia
- The DC Center for the LGBT Community
- Equality Chamber Foundation
- Defend Yourself
- Joseph's House
- Latin American Youth Center
- Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.
- The Ellington Fund
- Young Playwrights' Theater, Inc.
- AsylumWorks
- Washington Blade Foundation
- Rainbow History Project
- The Dance Institute of Washington, Inc.
- Washington Improvisational Theater Co
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