About the Fund

Created in 2025 through an initiative of the Anne Arundel County Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), the Fund provides a way for individuals, families, businesses, and foundations to invest in the success and resilience of immigrant families. Gifts are pooled together and granted annually to local nonprofits that provide legal aid, family stability resources, and community support.

The Fund is a key philanthropic resource within the Family Protection Initiative, a public-private partnership dedicated to bridging the gap between our shared commitment to due process and the complex issues immigrant families often navigate, particularly the risk of family separation. The Family Protection Fund at CFAAC was established with $300,000 in seed funding from OMA to support nonprofit organizations providing legal aid and crisis services. Building on this foundation, the Fund directs private generosity toward these same goals, helping to reunite families, protect workers, and ensure due process for everyone.

Ways to Give

Donations to the Family Protection Fund are tax-deductible and may be made securely online. Every contribution — large or small — helps ensure that immigrant families in Anne Arundel County have access to the support they need to thrive.

Grant Opportunities

The mission of the Family Protection Fund is to provide funding to nonprofit organizations and their community partners that aim to build capacity around a range of immigration-related legal services and crisis support for vulnerable individuals and families.

Types of services funds will support  include but are not limited to:

• Legal Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Mental Health Services
• Food Distribution
• Transportation Assistance

Based on available funding, the Family Protection Fund will award a total of over $500,000 in the initial cycle. Grants will be of varying sizes, based on demonstrated need and ability to impactfully use funding during the grant period. Any new available funding received into the Family Protection Fund will be distributed among the initial round of grantees, in the same percentage of the overall dispersal as their initial grant award.  

Successful grant applicants will demonstrate:

• Strategic and data-informed solutions, aligned with community needs and the organization’s mission
• Credibility in the field or project
• The ability to create a measurable impact

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to apply, organizations must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Located and operating in Anne Arundel County
• Have a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt designation from the Internal Revenue Service
• Be in compliance and current with the Maryland Secretary of State Charitable Organization Registration Requirements (you can confirm here)

TIMELINE:

• Grant applications open on August 3, and close on September 8, 2026 at 11:59pm.
• The grant review committee will review applications shortly thereafter and grants will be awarded at the conclusion of the process in late September.
• The funding period is October 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
• A final evaluation assessing project outcomes is required for all grant projects within 30 days of completion. Report formats will be provided.

QUESTIONS: Email or call Rosalind Calvin, rosalind@cfaac.org/410-280-1102 x104.

Make a Tax-Smart Impact

Many people like you are making tax-smart donations with appreciated stocks and bonds, qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) from an IRA, or a variety of planned gifts. For more information, please email our Director of Gift Planning, Thomas Perkins, at  TPerkins@CFAAC.org or call 410.280.1102 x 103.

CFAAC also accepts gifts of appreciated stock for the benefit of this fund. To initiate a stock transfer, contact your broker with the number of shares of each security you wish to give. All gifts of stocks and bonds that are “DTC Eligible” can be transferred to CFAAC using the information below:

• Brokerage: Pershing, LLC
• Depository Trust Company (DTC) #0443
• For the credit to: Pershing, LLC #4S2117401
• Account name: The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County

PLEASE NOTE: Donor names are rarely provided when securities are transferred electronically. To ensure your gift is correctly allocated, please email Kathy@CFAAC.org with the gift amount and the name of the fund your gift will support.