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40 Rise To The Challenge Grants Awarded To HoCo Nonprofits
The Howard County nonprofits will receive $1.5 million in grant money, allowing them to continue providing services during the pandemic.
HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Forty Howard County nonprofits will receive a portion of the $1.5 million Rise to the Challenge grants announced Thursday by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball. The latest round of grants builds upon previously awarded relief funding for many business sectors in Howard County. Through the HoCo RISE Business Grant program, Ball has provided 650 grants totaling $1.6 million to locally owned small retailers, distributed grants to 45 local farms and awarded 148 restaurants more than $370,000. The business grants also supported 20 local hotels and provided $610,000 to 244 local childcare establishments. Additionally, $750,000 was granted to the Howard County arts community and live venues.
“Howard County’s vibrant nonprofit organizations continue to give me hope – they show us every day that if we work together, we can tackle any obstacle. For many of the nonprofit organizations that provide vital services to our community, COVID has depleted their ability to fundraise – and forced needed in-person services online or to the sidelines,” Ball said. “Nonprofit staff and their organizations are known for being able to stretch every dollar and make it count – even in the best economic times. However, in times like these, when we are asking them, counting on them to do more with less, they need our help too. And that’s why we’re here today, to recognize these innovative non-profits who provide jobs, value, and support to our community, and ensure that they too are able to survive.”
The Rise to the Challenge grant recipients in this latest distribution are:
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- A-OK Mentoring
- Arc of Howard County
- Autism Society
- Bridges of Housing Stability
- Bright Minds
- Camp Attaway
- Candlelight Concert Society
- Columbia Community Care
- Columbia Orchestra
- Community Action Council
- Community Ecology Institute
- Community Foundation of HoCo
- Downtown Columbia Arts
- EcoWorks
- Ellicott City Partnership
- Feed Howard County
- FIRN
- Free Bikes 4Kids Maryland, Inc.
- Grassroots
- Health Tech Alley
- Howard County Arts Council
- Howard County Chinese School
- Howard County Conservancy
- Howard County Library System
- Humanim
- Just Living Advocacy
- Kindness Pantry
- Korean American Senior Association
- My Covenant Place
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Neighbor Ride
- Oakland Mills Online
- Pearl Foundation
- Power 52
- Rebuilding Together HoCo
- Sobar
- Tau Pi Foundation
- Voices for Children
- VolunTeens
- Way Station, part of Sheppard Pratt
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