A new nonprofit agency is seeking funding from the city to help start a homeless shelter for women and children.

Dot Moate, speaking for the Open Door Community Center, which received its nonprofit status earlier this month from the N.C. Secretary of State Department, asked for a one-time startup contribution of $10,000. Her request, presented to the Washington City Council on Monday, came during presentations by outside agencies and economic-development groups seeking funding from the city. There is no homeless shelter for women and children in the immediate area, but there is one in Greenville, according to Moate.

The Zion Shelter and Soup Kitchen, which also request city funds, is the homeless shelter for men in the Washington area.

“What we plan on doing is purchasing or renting, preferably purchasing , a piece of property as a facility that we can modify according to what the state rules are and what the building inspectors are going to require us to have,” Moate said. “We are looking at several pieces of property. We haven’t selected anything in particular yet.” She did not identify the pieces of property under consideration for purchase.

As part of its services, Moate said, the shelter will help its women find jobs, if needed, and make sure children attend school. The shelter plans to partner with the women’s shelter in Greenville to provide access to medical and dental services and other social-services programs.

Moate said other outside agencies that receive funding from the city, such as Cornerstone Worship Center’s Community Learning Center, have indicated they would be willing to help support the homeless shelter in various ways.

For the upcoming 2017-2918 fiscal year, which begins July 1, outside agencies and economic-development groups — not including Open Door Community Center — that usually receive money from the city are seeking nearly $10,000 more for fiscal year 2017-2018 than they received in the current fiscal year.

Together they were allocated $144,712 for this fiscal year, and they request $154,440 for the upcoming fiscal year.

The outside agencies — Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort County, Zion Shelter, Wright Flight, The Blind Center, Eagle’s Wings, Purpose of God Outreach Center, Cornerstone Community Learning Center and Beaufort-Hyde-Martin Regional Library — are seeking a combined $61,630 for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1. In the current budget, which ends June 30, they receive a combined $57,367 from the city. A city document shows the American Red Cross was added to the list of outside agencies that might get money from the city. The Red Cross received no money from the city for the current fiscal year, and it did not request city funds for the next fiscal year, according to City Manager Bobby Roberson.

The economic-development groups — Washington Harbor District Alliance, Highway 17/64 Association, North Carolina Estuarium, Arts of the Pamlico and the Washington Kiwanis Christmas parade — are seeking a combined $92,810 for fiscal year 2017-2018. The current budget allocates a combined $87,345 to them.

The council took no action on the requests made Monday. That will come during the budget process in the coming months.