Fiscal Year 2025 Grants will be due April 11, 2024

FY25 Grant Award List

Grant Recipients for Fiscal Year 2025
Awarded by the Board of Directors of the Charles County Charitable Trust
Total Funds Awarded: $1,038,375

Alice Ferguson Foundation

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Outdoor educational science programs for Charles County Public Schools Third Grade students.

Beyond the Classroom Inc.

Grant Award:  $15,000

Purpose: No-cost learning and engagement opportunities for underserved students and their parents/caregivers. Provide school supplies to Title I schools throughout the year.

Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland

Grant Award:  $15,000

Purpose: Providing a safe social environment for Charles County youth through after-school and summer programs.

Center for Children, Inc.

Grant Award:  $40,000

Purpose: Supporting a child psychiatrist position to provide mental health services to uninsured children.

Charles County Children’s Aid Society

Grant Award:  $25,000

Purpose: Support for families facing financial hardship by providing school supplies and holiday gifts.

Charles County Literacy Council

Grant Award:  $20,000

Purpose: Operational costs to support adult literacy tutoring program.

Charles County Youth Orchestra

Grant Award:  $9,500   

Purpose: High quality musical education experience for Charles County students.

Charles Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Support for a mobile community outreach van to connect uninsured, underrepresented, and under-resourced residents to lifesaving medical and preventative care.

Chesapeake Choral Arts Society

Grant Award:  $4,000

Purpose: Operations support for providing performance opportunities for instrumentalists and vocalists.

Christ Church Port Tobacco

Grant Award:  $15,000

Purpose: Launch of “Shopping Sunday” Food Pantry and Resource program for those in need.

Christmas in April/Rebuilding Charles County

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Materials to provide home modifications and repairs to people in need.

College of Southern Maryland Foundation

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Provide child care providers with current early childhood trends and training required by MSDE at an affordable cost.

Community Crisis & Referral Center dba Center for Abused Persons

Grant Award:  $45,000

Purpose: Operations support for the 24-Hour Crisis Hotline.

Conservancy for Charles County, Inc.

Grant Award: $3,025

Purpose: Operations support for preservation of Charles County’s scenic, agricultural, and historic land.

Health Partners Inc

Grant Award$50,000

Purpose: Operations support and equipment to provide primary and dental care to citizens in need.

Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation

Grant Award$45,000

Purpose: Expansion of hospice care, support services, and introduction of palliative care for our community.

Housing Options & Planning Enterprises, Inc.

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Support for rent supplement program for low-income households.

Ivy & Pearls of Southern Maryland

Grant Award:  $8,500

Purpose: Weekend food backpacks and holiday meals for underserved youth through Charles County Public Schools.

Leadership Southern Maryland, Inc.

Grant Award:  $9,000

Purpose: Expand the scholarship program for a nonprofit leaders and executives.

LifeStream Church of the Nazarene

Grant Award$15,000

Purpose: Support for addressing food insecurity through resident food distribution events.

LifeStyles of Maryland Foundation

Grant Award:  $60,000

Purpose: Program support for Homeless & Housing Services Department which provides emergency shelter and homeless support.

Little Beans Orphan Ark Rescue

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Operations support for a Trap-Neuter-Release program for feral cat colonies.

Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center

Grant Award:  $50,000

Purpose: Operations support to provide legal representation to crime victims.

Maryland Diaper Bank

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Funding for diapers, hygiene essentials and postpartum kits for struggling households.

Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Inc

Grant Award:  $35,000

Purpose: Program support for the Seed-To-Table program working to empower community members to cultivate healthy lifestyles.

New Hope Community Outreach Services

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Program support for Emergency Shelter for residents in need of immediate short-term placement.

Our Place Waldorf

Grant Award:  $45,000

Purpose: Program support for soup kitchen providing meals to residents in need.

Poiema Movement Inc

Grant Award:  $40,000

Purpose: Operations support for transitional living program that empowers women survivors of trauma.

Port Tobacco Players

Grant Award:  $20,000

Purpose: Support for theater entertainment, camps, and education for residents of all ages.

Promise Landing Farm, Inc.

Grant Award:  $12,000

Purpose: Staffing support for equine-assisted services for the underserved residents of Charles County.

Providence of Maryland

Grant Award:  $33,950

Purpose: Enhance support for residents of Charles County with disabilities and their staff who work alongside them.

Seeds of Courage, Inc.

Grant Award:  $2,500

Purpose: Supplies to support victims of domestic violence.

Southern Maryland Center for Family Advocacy

Grant Award:  $20,000

Purpose: Staffing to provide court advocacy and legal representation to crime victims.

Southern Maryland Center for Independent Living, Inc.

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Provide equipment, devices and modifications within homes, workplaces, or schools for people with disabilities.

Southern Maryland Community Resources

Grant Award:  $8,000

Purpose: Support for public speaking programing for community members with differing abilities.

Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee Inc.

Grant Award:  $15,000

Purpose: Support for CDL training programs.

Spring Dell Center

Grant Award:  $40,000

Purpose: Development of a customized Music Therapy Program that delivers positive outcomes for adults with complex disabilities.

The Arc Southern Maryland

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Support for creation of a “Life Skills Learning Hub,” to teach life skills to people with disabilities.

The Catherine Foundation of Maryland, Inc.

Grant Award:  $12,000

Purpose: Support for learn-to-earn class training for childbirth, parenting, and professional trade skills.

The Great Escape Recovery Lounge Inc.

Grant Award:  $6,300

Purpose: Operations support for recovery treatment group center.

The Jude House

Grant Award:  $30,000

Purpose: Facility improvements in the residential substance use rehabilitation program supporting uninsured and underinsured individuals.

The Promise Resource Center, Inc.

Grant Award:  $23,100

Purpose: Staffing a Family Services Interventionalist position to provide intensive family programs to at-risk county residents to improve family functioning.

The Salvation Army

Grant Award:  $10,000

Purpose: Support for rent, mortgage, utility assistance support programs.

Upward Thrive Academy, Inc

Grant Award:  $20,000

Purpose: Support for various programs including youth theater, homelessness and in-crisis initiatives, assistance for seniors, and youth fitness.

Warfighter Advance, Inc.

Grant Award:  $12,000

Purpose: Support for veterans with PTSD to attend the ADVANCE program.

Wayside Food Bank, Inc.

Grant Award:  $17,000

Purpose: Support for Charles County residents in need of food assistance.

Youth EmpowerMe Foundation, Inc.

Grant Award:  $7,500

Purpose: Support for mentorship programs, conferences, and workshops for youth and parents.

Note: Even if regional in scope, nonprofit organizations use grant funds solely for the benefit of Charles County residents.