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COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GRANT

SABA-DC provides an annual grant to 501(c)(3) organizations for an initiative or project that promotes justice within and across communities in the DMV.

 The number of grants awarded, as well as the amount of each grant, will be determined by the SABA-DC Community Outreach Committee and is based on SABA­-DC’s fundraising efforts and the number of applicants it receives. 

The SABA DC CEG 2026 Application is now closed. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to SABADC.ceg@gmail.com.

Prior CEG Recipients

Council for Court Excellence


The Appellate Project


Maryland Volunteer
Lawyers Service


Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center


DC Affordable
Law Firm


Seva Truck

Grant Criteria

  • The organization must be principally and physically located in the National Capital Region, which includes D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

  • Non-profit and community-based organizations with 501(c)(3) status are eligible to apply as a primary applicant.

  • Governments, public schools, public colleges, and public universities cannot be a primary applicant. Organizations or initiatives associated or affiliated with a government, public school, public college, or public university may apply as a primary applicant (e.g., a student organization, a parent-teacher association, an individual affiliated with the institution).

  • The Community Empowerment Grant provides funding to recipients whose organizational projects meet one or more of the following goals:

    • Provide opportunities, such as workshops or training, to address injustice and effectively act or advocate to enhance equal opportunity within and across communities;

    • Broaden the conversation on how to support communities in furthering equal opportunity;

    • Strengthen the local community culture of inclusion and belonging.

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