2024-2025 Olney Civic Fund Grants
Grant application is now available. Deadline is January 17, 2025
Who can apply?
Other Details
Who can apply?
- Non-profit and charitable organizations that are located in and/or primarily serve the greater Olney area are eligible to apply for funding. An IRS 501(c)3 designation is preferred though not required.
- Non-profit schools and school groups are eligible to apply.
- If an organization has received funding for three consecutive years, they are ineligible to apply for one year.
Other Details
- Olney Civic Fund expects to grant out $25,000 in this cycle.
- There is no minimum number of grants to award and no maximum for any one award.
- Please reach out ([email protected]) if there are questions on eligibility or to discuss the project a group would like to funding for.
Where does the money come from that OCF grants out?
Our District 14 delegation was able to get some state funding for Olney Civic Fund to further its mission in supporting Olney non-profits. Additional amounts depend mostly on the weather. Our model for Olney Days depends squarely on the sponsorship of local businesses and citizens. Our sponsors underwrite most of the $55,000 cost of Party in the Park, plus costs for the other events. In 2023, the weather for Party in the Park was amazing, we had record breaking attendance, record breaking sales of beer and wine, record breaking income from parking and games. But, on a rainy day, we’d be lucky to break even. That’s why our sponsors are so critical. Our sponsors sustain the event allowing Olney Civic Fund to raise money for the community.