Crab Feast Grants

The Rotary Club of Annapolis offers Crab Feast Grants to benefit charitable organizations in the Annapolis area. The grant opportunity is associated with the Rotary Crab Feast and is specifically directed toward eligible charitable organizations located within the ZIP codes identified by the Rotary Club. For the 2026 application period, applications may be submitted after August 3, 2026, and must be received by October 1, 2026, at 5:00 PM. Applications must be submitted through the Rotary Club of Annapolis website. Because the source provides a deadline time but no time zone, the applicable data-entry convention uses Eastern Time, while the stored deadline is the calendar date only. Grant requests may be made in any amount up to $4,000. Applicants are instructed to request the amount that reflects the actual cost of the proposed project. The source does not establish a minimum award amount, total amount available for the overall grant program, or expected number of awards. It also does not state that applicants must provide matching funds or cost sharing. Grant funds are intended for the project described in the application, and recipients are accountable for using awarded funds for their stated purpose. Eligibility is geographically restricted. Only organizations located in ZIP codes 21401, 21402, 21403, 21405, 21409, 21012, 21032, 21035, and 21037 will be considered. Organizations outside those ZIP codes will not be considered. Applicants must also be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or equivalent and must attach an IRS determination letter to the application. Applications submitted without the required determination letter will not be considered. The source does not provide additional eligibility provisions for individuals, businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, or other applicant types. The application requires applicants to provide the organization's name, contact name and title, street address, city, state, ZIP code, phone number, email address, EIN, and the specific dollar amount requested. Applicants must explain specifically how the proceeds will be used, describe and define the group that will benefit from the funds, explain how that group will benefit, and provide information about the organization's history. Applicants are also asked whether the organization has a board of directors and, if so, to list board members; disclose previous Crab Feast Grants or other Annapolis Rotary Club grants, including years, amounts, and grant sources; and disclose any affiliation with the Rotary Club of Annapolis. The 501(c)(3) determination certificate must be uploaded with the application. All fields on the application must be completed for the application to receive consideration. Responses to each question must be fewer than 100 words. Applicants are instructed not to attach or paste lengthy documents into the form other than the required 501(c)(3) determination letter. Although the Rotary Club welcomes additional information about an organization and its proposed project, grant award decisions will be based on the information supplied through the grant application form. The source does not identify additional scoring criteria, interviews, site visits, pre-applications, letters of intent, or other preliminary application stages. Applications may be submitted after August 3, 2026, and the stated final receipt deadline is October 1, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The source identifies the deadline as Wednesday, although the stated calendar date is used for data entry. No award notification date or formal project start date is provided. Grant recipients must demonstrate no later than September 30, 2027, that awarded funds were used for their intended purpose. Failure to demonstrate appropriate use of the funds will disqualify a recipient from receiving future grants. No program email address, telephone contact, explicit PDF application document, or explicit statement establishing an annual or other recurring application cycle is provided in the supplied material.

Complete every field; keep each question response under 100 words; request the actual project cost without exceeding $4,000; base the case for funding on concise information entered directly in the application form; upload the required IRS determination letter because applications without it will not be considered.