Current Opportunities

Applications for two new grant opportunities from the Foundation are now open!

After spending this year learning and meeting with many community groups about the health equity issues facing our community, we are so excited to launch our first two RFP opportunities. Though needs are great across many different issues, this first round of RFP opportunities will focus on Housing Justice and our Advancing Community Advocacy Fellowship.

While housing is a new issue area for the Foundation, the need in Howard County is longstanding. As one resident shared in a community interview with the Foundation, “We need more housing choices and units. We need housing that people working in the county can afford to live in.” The Foundation seeks organizational partners to co-create solutions that remove barriers to obtaining and sustaining affordable, high-quality rental housing and home ownership.

We know we can’t do this work alone, so we are looking for partners and grantees that are community led, seeking to build power and working to dismantle structural racism in Howard County and greater Maryland. Opportunities for funding on the issues not covered by these RFPs will follow in 2025 and beyond. More below!

For the first time in 25 years, the Horizon Foundation has changed its vision, mission and values to better represent a bold new direction. We are committed to being a Foundation that leads with racial equity as our north star, and one that partners with community at every level to deliver trust-centered philanthropy that drives impact in the areas of greatest need. As we embark on our new strategic plan and refine our grantmaking strategy to help achieve these goals, throughout 2024, the Foundation is working to meet and engage new partners who are interested in exploring how we might work together on health equity issues.

Are you a potential new partner? Click the button below to fill out our interest form.