Geographic requirements:

Williams S. Abell Foundation accepts applications from organizations serving clients in Washington, D.C. and/or the Maryland counties of: Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's; 

Margaret Abell Powell Fund accepts applications from organizations in Washington, D.C. and/or the Maryland counties: Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's; and/or in the City of Alexandria and Arlington County in Northern Virginia.

Our Core Mission:

The William S. Abell Foundation awards grants quarterly to help the hungry, intellectually disabled, homeless, abused women and children, and to assist at-risk pregnant women in delivering and caring for their infants. Grants typically do not exceed $25,000.

Additionally, the Foundation makes grants by:

• Our Cultural Initiative in June and December by The Margaret Abell Powell Fund for classical ballet and traditional theater.  

The Foundation will not consider applications for:

• Consecutive year grants;
• Organizations that are not "public charities" as described in IRC S 509(a) (1) or (2).

Application requirements:

Please go to How to Apply and follow the steps outlined under Letter of intent requirements. You will be asked to complete our eligibility quiz. If eligible, you will then be invited to submit a letter of intent by email, mail or through PhilanTrack, our online grant application tool.

Proposal requirements:

If your letter of intent is approved and you received an invitation from us to submit a proposal, please review our application checklist. If you have any questions, please contact us prior to the proposal deadline.

For Post Grantees, a final report is required. All grantees must complete and submit to the Foundation a final report 14 months after a grant check is received. We recommend that applicants review final report requirements before applying for a grant so they are fully aware of what information is expected. Please click here to download our WSAF final report format in Word. A PDF version can be found by clicking here. 

If you applied through PhilanTrack, the system will automatically send you an email notification that your final report is due. PhilanTrack will ask you to log-in and to complete our final report template in PhilanTrack.

For MAPF grantees, please click here to download our MAPF final report format in Word. A PDF version can be found by clicking here. 

If you applied through PhilanTrack, the system will automatically send you an email notification that your final report is due.  PhilanTrack will ask you to log-in and complete our final report template in PhilanTrack.

If you have any questions, please give us a call anytime at 301-652-2224.