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Advisory work group urges new community grants board, phased end to legacy grants in Montgomery County
Summary
An advisory work group recommended creating a community grants board, a county-executive nonprofit liaison and tiered, three‑year grant cycles; members proposed rolling legacy grant funding into the community grants NDA with a transition plan while committee members raised timeline and staffing concerns ahead of FY27 budget decisions.
An advisory work group charged with reviewing Montgomery County’s community grant programs recommended this week creating a community grants board, establishing a nonprofit liaison in the county executive’s office and restructuring grant cycles to protect smaller providers while improving accountability.
The recommendations, presented to the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee, also proposed discontinuing the legacy grants fund and rolling that funding into the community grants NDA with a transition allocation for current grantees. “Our recommendation is that the legacy grant funding should be discontinued and that funding rolled into the community grants NDA,” members told the committee, while acknowledging a phased transition would be necessary.
Why it matters: County staff and nonprofit leaders told the committee that community grants are one piece…
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