Frederick County executive grants $300,000 for nonprofit ride-share partnership

Frederick County will grant $300,000 to benefit a volunteer-based ride-share partnership between the nonprofits Good Works Frederick and the United Way of Frederick County, County Executive Jan Gardner, D, announced Thursday. Good Works Frederick will receive the full grant amount and pass along $50,000 to United Way as part of the partnership. Funding will be used to reimburse volunteer drivers for their gas and mileage and will offset some scheduling and administrative costs, said Good Works Frederick founder Ed Hinde.