Securing external grants is essential for the nation's institutions of higher education where decreased funding for research and educational programs has triggered the imperative to find ways to supplement university budgets. However, there are many challenges that inhibit grantsmanship success, particularly for those at community colleges, including limited time due to teaching, advising, service and other scholarly duties, the absence of experience and grant writing skills, and the void of a culture of grantsmanship at the institution. To address these gaps at an urban community college, an internal funding and professional development program, the Hostos Research Center (HRC), was created and replicated the internal funding processes developed by Balaji et al. (2007) and Kulage and Larson (2017). The HRC aimed to educate faculty and staff on grantsmanship to increase the number of competitive applications submitted to external funding sources and increase the likelihood of success for those applications. The HRC internal funding competitions mirrored the processes used by the prior studies and awarded over $300,000 in grants over a three-year period. Survey responses on the impact of the HRC indicated increased motivation to apply for new grant opportunities, improved grant writing skills, and overall awareness of grant opportunities.