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EOM says reorganization centralizes grantmaking and expands award sizes
Summary
Executive Office of the Mayor leaders told the committee that consolidating multiple constituent‑service grant offices into three divisions and moving grant administration to Serve DC produced larger minimum awards (from $2,000 to $15,000) and streamlined application and reporting for community groups.
Tomas Talamante, Chief of Staff to Mayor Bowser, described an FY26 reorganization of the Executive Office of the Mayor that consolidated 16 constituent service offices into three divisions—Cultural Affairs, Community Relations, and Community Partnerships—aimed at streamlining outreach and grants administration.
Talamante said the consolidation centralized MOCA grants within Serve DC and enabled the administration to increase the minimum community grant award to $15,000 (from $2,000 previously) and raise the maximum to $100,000. "The consolidation gives EOM the ability to fund more comprehensive, and fund some strong proposals," he testified.
Committee members pressed staff on grant oversight, geographic distribution and how the EOM measures program outcomes. Steve Walker (Deputy Chief of Staff/engagement) described MOCR's 3‑1‑1 handling and said MOCRs had issued 444 3‑1‑1 requests in FY26 to date and closed 1,824 3‑1‑1 cases last year. EOM staff said the grants dashboard (communityaffairs.dc.gov) lists recipients by ward and program type to increase transparency.
