San Francisco County Grants for Nonprofits

Background

The California Watershed Protection Fund supports projects designed to improve water quality and protect watersheds across California.

The fund originated with a $50,000 mitigation payment from a Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement case brought by San Francisco Baykeeper, and out of this humble beginning, the SF Bay Citizens Action Fund was created. Within a few years, the fund expanded to cover watersheds throughout the State as several other groups including the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Los Angeles Waterkeeper among others, directed their mitigation payments to Rose. The fund continues to be enabled by settlements in CWA citizen suits and supports projects which benefit the surface water quality where enforcement actions have been brought.

Due to funding fluctuations, the specific watersheds eligible for grants may vary – please check the list of currently eligible watersheds. The maximum grant amount is $40,000 with most grants expected to range between $10,000 and $30,000. All applicants must be able to demonstrate a strong track record of community-based water quality stewardship.

Allowable Projects and Activity Focus

• Projects must benefit the surface water quality of the watershed in question.
  • Eligible activities include water stewardship, conservation, outreach and education, restoration, and watershed protection.
• Projects focusing exclusively on groundwater quality are only eligible if there is known interconnectivity to surface waters.
• We especially encourage projects that involve impacted communities, benefit vulnerable populations, and are centered around principles of equity and environmental justice.
• Please note: Any projects with an education component must have a palpable water quality benefit. 
  • Applicants should consider the inclusion of hands-on activities such as planting, restoration, or trash cleanups as part of their projects or other activities that will have a more immediate impact and should be a substantive part of the project proposal.
• The applicant must demonstrate the capacity to complete the proposed project, including experience in successfully conducting similar or otherwise related work in the past.

Most grants are for a one-year period; however, you do not have to ask for a one-year grant. It is permitted to request a shorter or longer grant period if that is what you need. Project proposals must protect or benefit the surface water quality of an eligible watershed.

Our vision is to cultivate a society that safeguards the world's natural resources, fosters flourishing opportunities for children and youth, ensures compassionate care for the afflicted and most vulnerable, and champions support for women. To pursue this vision, The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation extends financial support to non-profit organizations engaged in the communities of Northern California and Hawaii. 

Our primary approach is to invest in organizations that are dedicated to strengthening and supporting the community and committed to the responsible and effective use of the Foundation's assets. The Foundation periodically approves large, multi-year strategic grants focused on achieving a well-defined impact. These grants are made at the discretion of the Board of Trustees and may not be solicited. The Foundation also makes responsive grants that aim to meet the needs of the community.

Program Areas

Programs or projects must closely align with our priorities in one of the four program areas we support:

• The Environment
• Youth in Nature
• Youth Arts
• Maternal Health
• Healthy Aging

About

The Firedoll Foundation is a private family foundation founded by two unrepentant liberals from the 60's who still believe in the motto, "If you are not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." 

Focus Areas

We fund in five different focus areas: Community Development and Entrepreneurship, Immigrant Issues and Human Rights, Environmental Conservation, the Peace Process in the Middle East, and Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Community Development and Entrepreneurship

We believe that government has largely abdicated its responsibility in the area of community development. Although non-profit organizations should not be in the position of having to fill the gap, they are. Funders must step forward and provide them with support.

We focus our resources on supporting non-profits that work with vulnerable populations through safety-net services, reentry programs, entrepreneurship, and workforce development in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Immigrant Issues and Human Rights

Immigration is a continuing source of vitality and rejuvenation of American society. We reject the anti-immigrant hysteria that swept the United States in the 1990's, bringing with it the detention of thousands of immigrants.

We support projects that provide alternatives to detention and advocate on behalf of detained immigrants and asylum seekers. We are especially inclined to support organizations providing legal aid to immigrants in detention, facing deportation, and/or seeking asylum. We make grants to human rights projects on behalf of vulnerable populations whose basic rights are being sacrificed by repressive governmental or religious policies or for the sake of global economic interests.

The geographic focus for the immigration program area is Northern California, with an emphasis on Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Environmental Conservation

We have a sense of urgency about the state of the planet and the web of life of which we are all a part. As a result, we support a variety of approaches to preserving the environment, including legal action, environmental justice advocacy, scientific inquiry, and direct action.

We are particularly interested in projects involving regional cooperation and those that combine conservation with environmentally sustainable development, giving local people a stake in conservation. In the Western United States we restrict our grantmaking to Northern California. We give grants on a range of issues from protection of old growth forests and rivers and the preservation of endangered species to pesticide reform and community action for clean air and water.

The Margoes Foundation was established in 1984 by the will of John A. Margoes. John Margoes envisioned the Foundation to be a resource and catalyst to support imaginative and creative program opportunities that enabled low-income and other disadvantaged youth to obtain a college education and people with mental disabilities to live in non-institutional environments and lead productive lives.

Funding Priorities

College Access And Success

We place a high priority on funding college access and success programs that prepare low-income and other disadvantaged students to qualify for college and graduate with a degree. Programs include:

•  After-school and academically focused summer college access programs that help students improve competencies in secondary school subjects and better qualify them for college admissions. These programs include: tutoring, mentoring, computer literacy, supplemental math and science, and arts and music.
• Institutional college scholarship and financial aid programs, and student support programs for promising low-income and disadvantaged students.

Independent Living

We place a high priority on programs that help people with mental illness live in non-institutional environments and lead productive lives. Programs include:

• Support to community-based programs that empower people with mental illness to live independently and lead productive lives.
• Support to programs that improve delivery of mental health services for young people turning 18 and who are transitioning from residential therapeutic care to independent living.

Focus Area

The foundation is interested in proposals from organizations that integrate its two focus areas, such as:

• Programs that assist mentally ill youth or young adults to attend or complete college.
• Programs that encourage low-income, first generation, and other underserved students to pursue an education in the fields of mental health or social work.

The Firedoll Foundation is a private family foundation founded by two unrepentant liberals from the 60's who still believe in the motto, "If you are not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."

Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury is an "orphan" disability in the United States. We have not come to grips with the numbers of survivors of TBI, and our knowledge of the physical, emotional, and economic impacts of this disability on individuals, their families and society is sorely deficient.

The Firedoll Foundation supports community-based, post-acute services for TBI survivors, especially programs that allow survivors to participate in and contribute to society. We support such programs in California in particular.

Background

The California State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) announces the availability of grants to public agencies, federally-recognized tribes and indigenous communities, and nonprofit organizations for programs that facilitate and enhance the public's opportunities to explore California's spectacular coast and San Francisco Bay shoreline. The ocean, coast, and beaches have long been recognized and used as spaces of joy, relaxation, and healing for many Californians. The ability to experience the coast without fear of physical barriers, feelings of not belonging, or financial challenge is crucial to how individuals cultivate their lifelong connections with the coast. The Explore the Coast grant program seeks to provide enjoyable coastal experiences for people and communities who face challenges or barriers to accessing or enjoying the coast ("ETC Priority Communities").

ETC Priority Communities may include but are not limited to lower-income individuals and households, people with disabilities, people of color, indigenous communities, immigrant communities, foster youth, and other historically excluded communities who face societal challenges or barriers to accessing or enjoying the coast. You can use this mapping tool or other resources you know of to help determine if you are serving low-income communities (please note the tool linked will refer to these as a “disadvantaged” or “severely disadvantaged community”).

Projects should also meet one or more of the following priorities:

• Provide an enjoyable experience at the coast.
• Reduce economic, physical, operational, or societal barriers to accessing or enjoying the coast.
• Inspire ongoing coastal resource stewardship ethic through active learning and interactive activities.

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects include a wide range of programs and activities that help to bring people to the coast and/or enhance their experience at the coast. Other benefits such as ecosystem stewardship and environmental education are secondary benefits and are not necessary for a project to be eligible.

Examples of eligible projects:

• Providing transportation for ETC priority community members to participate in recreational, educational, or stewardship programs at the coast.
• Providing coastal experiences such as kayaking, surfing, or sailing for persons with disabilities.
• Providing beach recreation day trips for participants and their families.
• Facilitating festivals, docent programs, or other outreach events to promote and increase coastal recreational opportunities for ETC priority community members. Applicants should have a clear plan for engaging ETC priority community members in large-scale festivals open to the public.
• Providing overnight coastal experiences for participants.
• Promoting the use of public transit to access the coast.

Conservation: Committed to conserving irreplaceable Bay Area landscapes

Sustaining the Bay Area’s healthy ecosystems

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most biodiverse regions of the United States, and its storied conservation history and role in the environmental movement is unparalleled. Compared with other metropolitan areas, the proximity of significant, biodiverse open space to major economic and residential centers is unparalleled.

Our region’s unique role in the history of the conservation and its remarkable network of open space have been the direct result of concerted effort by many individuals and organizations. We are honored to be a part of this community, conserving these landscapes for the future generations who will call this region home.

Strategies

We aim to maintain and, where possible, increase the Bay Area’s remarkable biodiversity, ecosystem services, and nature-based recreation opportunities. In order to do so, we pursue several strategies:

• Prioritize land acquisition and conservation easements that are grounded in science-based regional conservation planning
• Support initial stewardship in order to deliver real, durable conservation outcomes
• Coordinate partnerships across the region to foster effective collaboration among stakeholders
• Develop the most effective conservation finance structures to maximize the impact of our funding and ensure financial sustainability

To protect and steward Bay Area conservation resources for future generations the efforts of local conservation groups and agencies are more critical than ever before. The same technological and financial engine that helps define the Bay Area’s economy also pushes up against the undeveloped and wilderness areas that define its ecology. Threats to natural habitat have become even more acute in recent years due in part to the regional economic boom.

That’s why we’re focused on supporting grantees who, through property acquisition, natural resource use and conservation finance, are working to preserve and enhance habitat for native plant and animal species in the Bay Area. Together with nonprofits, agencies and other funders, we have been fortunate to play a part in more than 80 acquisitions, easements and other conservation-related projects across the 10-county Bay Area.Impact StatementMaintaining and increasing the biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature-based recreation opportunities of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jewish Life

Gaia Fund focuses on San Francisco programs that foster and strengthen the connection of Jews to their heritage and community, in the interest of ensuring the relevance and continuity of the Jewish tradition. 

The Fund considers requests for initiatives that enrich the experience of Judaism, with a focus on promoting an appreciation of Jewish history, art, and culture. 

Geographic emphasis is placed on programs serving the Jewish community of the City of San Francisco. The Fund may, on occasion, make grants for regional or national initiatives if they are judged to have a particular local relevance.

Funding

Grants for projects usually range from $5,000 to $50,000. The Fund defines grants in this category as those that support projects with finite funding needs, or those that provide seed funding for new initiatives. Grants for specific programs may be awarded in either a single payment, or in annual installments that may range from two to five years.. 

The JetBlue Foundation is committed to supporting aviation-related education, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives. Inspiring the next generation of aviation pioneers is a responsibility JetBlue takes very seriously. At JetBlue, inspiration is more than an idea – it’s our mission. No other airline has gone on record to solely focus on supporting aviation education, and we are proud of our commitment to serve the communities in which we live and fly.

The JetBlue Foundation awards grants up to $50,000 to qualifying educational organizations.

Focus Areas

Applications are only accepted from qualified educational institutions and organizations that sponsor educational STEM and/or certification programs in one or more of the following areas:

• Aviation technology
• Aviation engineering
• Aviation operations
• Aviation maintenance
• Sustainable and environmental programs in aviation

Bothin Foundation

We help build the capacity of nonprofits with grants for durable capital investments. These capital grants go to social service, academic enrichment, youth development, arts, and environmental nonprofit organizations that provide direct services to:

• disadvantaged children and youth (ages 0 to 24),
• low-income families with children, and
• people with disabilities.

The foundation also considers durable capital requests from K-12 schools exclusively serving children with learning differences.

Examples of eligible capital grant uses include building improvements, vehicle requests, program equipment, and technology needs. Only one grant may be received within a 3-year period.

Funding Priorities

Building Construction & Renovation

• The foundation will fund any contracted labor directly associated with the project.
  • This could include labor for removal or installation of materials or the hiring of expertise needed to complete the project, such as engineers or contractors.
• The foundation does not fund planning or needs assessments for capital projects.
• The foundation does not fund staff time for project management.
• The foundation only supports building renovations for buildings located in San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and/or San Mateo counties.

Equipment & Furnishings

• The foundation considers funding furniture, program equipment, and medical equipment purchases.
• The foundation prioritizes requests to purchase equipment that will be used by or mostly benefit program participants.
• The foundation does not fund planning or needs assessments for capital projects.

Technology Grants

• The foundation considers funding furniture, program equipment, and medical equipment purchases.
• The foundation prioritizes requests to purchase equipment that will be used by or mostly benefit program participants.
• The foundation does not fund planning or needs assessments for capital projects.
• The foundation does not fund software or consultants to build out software projects.

Vehicles

• The foundation prioritizes vehicle purchases that transport participants.
• Insurance, gas, advertising on van (wrap-around printing), and warranties are not covered by grants.

Background

We empower courageous leaders and visionary artists who make a positive impact in their communities and inspire others to change the world.

Principles Guiding Our Grantmaking

The Gerbode Foundation supports projects that:

• Inform and empower communities by utilizing all forms of media and communication tools to advance truth;
• Advocate at the local, state or federal level for policy changes that improve social and economic outcomes for communities most in need;
• Mobilize action to change existing policies and practices that perpetuate inequality or discrimination; and
• Leverage key public, private, and philanthropic stakeholders in collaborations or coalitions that strengthen communities.

We look for organizations that are led by exceptional leaders, are fiscally sound, and have the potential to leverage our investment with other resources. We also maintain our founder’s entrepreneurial and pioneering spirit by looking for new opportunities to innovate, using unconventional approaches whenever appropriate.

The grants generally range from $2,500 to $100,000, depending on the scope of the project, whether it clearly fits within the Foundation’s programmatic priorities, and other internal factors that influence our funding decisions. An average size grant is $25,000.

Program Areas

• Advancing Truth
  • Truth is power. Gerbode seeks to elevate the voices of truth to counter misinformation.
  • We look to partner with organizations that use media and new technologies as tools to inform and engage the public on critical issues, as well as influence change in current policies and practices that cause harm to individuals, communities and our environment.
  • We are interested in supporting community leaders who are courageous truth tellers and can inspire passion for change, and we embrace authentic and diverse viewpoints, narratives, and solutions that have the potential to alter culture, policy and behavior.
• Justice
  • Gerbode is deeply committed to advancing justice for populations that are currently experiencing trauma and persecution due to factors including the color of their skin, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language spoken, or religious beliefs.
  • We believe in the importance of community-driven strategies and other appropriate approaches, including the critical power of collaboration across communities, sectors, and institutions, as key ingredients of positive social change.
• Environment
  • Gerbode seeks to use its resources to heal the relationship between people and the earth.
  • We value the role that communities play in addressing conservation, preservation, and quality of life concerns ranging from the quality of our air, water, and oceans to the preservation of open space and other natural resources.
  • We seek to elevate the issues of environmental justice, which includes access to healthy food, transportation, and safe and healthy neighborhoods.
  • And, we believe in the importance of strategic community planning to ensure that the public sector develops appropriate and effective plans, policies, and procedures to address important urban concerns that result in strong, diverse, and culturally vibrant neighborhoods.
• Arts
  • The Special Awards in the Arts Program supports the creation of new works in dance, theater production, and music composition.
  • These nationally respected awards have helped underwrite acclaimed new works that are culturally and aesthetically diverse, by prominent and emerging artists.
  • These grants have supported artists at critical junctures in their careers; enabled nonprofit local arts groups to develop and debut substantial, original works; and enriched Bay Area audiences, readers, and viewers by giving them first access to ambitious new creations.

NFL Foundation Grassroots Program

The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of local football fields. The program is a partnership of the National Football League Foundation, which provides funding, and LISC, which provides technical assistance and manages the program. 

Objectives

Athletic fields can serve as tremendous community assets by offering opportunities for recreation, education, and relaxation that contribute to the local quality of life. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program seeks to redress the shortage of clean, safe and accessible football fields in low and moderate-income neighborhoods.

Non-profit neighborhood-based organizations can play a leading role in the improvement of existing or creation of new athletic playing fields. With experience in both real estate development and community building, many of these organizations possess the capacity to address both the capital aspects of playing fields development and the program elements (i.e. youth football leagues, sports tournaments, science fairs, summer festivals, community celebrations, and after-school events). Equally important to this experience, neighborhood-based organizations have connections to their community that legitimize their operations and draw resident support for their work. If local residents have a sense of ownership and see themselves as stakeholders in the creation and maintenance of playing fields, these community assets are more likely to be protected and preserved for long-term use. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program is intended not only to respond to the immediate shortage of playing fields, but also to build an infrastructure through partnerships and resident involvement that will sustain these open spaces for community use.

To incorporate and improve health and safety on community football fields, the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program collaborates with USA Football, the governing body of American football in the United States, the sole U.S. member of the International Federation of American Football, and a recognized sports organization of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Its nonprofit mission includes designing and delivering premier educational, development, and competitive programs for American football. USA Football partners with leaders in medicine, child advocacy and athletics to support positive football experiences for youth, high school, and other amateur players. USA Football’s mission is to grow, unify and advance America’s favorite sport.

Organizations gain significant benefits by partnering with USA Football, enrolling in its Football Development Model (FDM) education program being among them. Supported by experts in long term athlete development, medicine, and football, the FDM is the sport’s first long-term athlete development model. The FDM teaches sport through a skill-based progression that is developmentally appropriate physically, mentally, and socially for young players. The model is designed to build better athletes and provide youth programs with training and tools to ensure a high-quality and fun experience while keeping focus on the health and well-being of all athletes.

Availability of Funding

There are two levels of funding available:

• general field support (e.g. irrigation, bleachers, lights, etc.); and
• field surface grants.

General Field Support: Applicants may submit requests of up to $50,000 for capital projects not associated with the actual field surface. This support includes the installation/refurbishment of bleachers, concession stands, lights, irrigation systems, etc.

Field Surface Grants: Matching grants of up to $250,000 are available to help finance the resurfacing of a community, middle school or high school football field. Matching grants of up to $250,000 will be available to applicants seeking to install new synthetic sports turf surfaces. The ability of these new surfaces to withstand constant use and require little ongoing maintenance costs makes this an attractive option for communities, schools and youth groups to consider.

A smaller number of matching grants of up to $100,000 will be available to help finance the resurfacing of a community, middle school or high school football field utilizing natural grass/ sod surfaces. If applicants choose to utilize natural grass/sod surfaces as opposed to the synthetic sports surfaces, a minimum five-year maintenance plan and corresponding financial budget must be provided in order to demonstrate that the applying organization will maintain the field despite projected wear and tear and potential overuse by youth sports participants. Funds from the Program may not be used to maintain field surfaces, as all grant funds must be used for capital expenditures. 

Creative Work Fund Grants

The Creative Work Fund invites artists and organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and making of art as a profound contribution to we-making and artistic innovation that strengthens communities. Artists are encouraged to collaborate with organizations of all kind: nonprofits, fiscally-sponsored collectives, schools, and public agencies.

In June 2024, the Fund will award approximately $775,000 in grants to organizations and collaborating artists. Grants will range from $25,000 to $50,000 and be paid to the nonprofit partner in the collaboration. Grantees receive the maximum amount of funds requested. Projects are expected to be completed within two or three years, but those of longer duration are considered.

We Seek Projects Where

• the creation of an artwork is central
• the artist functions primarily as an artist, not as a teacher, an art therapist, or in another capacity
• an active, authentic working partnership between the artist or artists and the organization is central to the work’s development
• the organization’s constituents are engaged in the artist’s work
• artists’ creativity and problem-solving abilities are central to the collaboration
• the making of art can strengthen a community, draw attention to an important issue, or engage audiences in new ways
• artistic imagination and organizational thinking are challenged
• final presentations take place in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma County
• at least two-thirds of the grant funds are paid to the principal artists and their direct expenses for creating the work

2024 Invitation: All Disciplines

Artists from all artistic disciplines are welcome to apply in collaboration with a nonprofit organization. Lead artists will be asked to identify primary and secondary artistic disciplines in which they have strong track records of accomplishment.

Projects may culminate in any form. Artists and organizations should plan projects and prepare and authorize their letters of inquiry together. If a project will use a fiscal sponsor, that sponsor also must review and sign off on the letter. Read the list of disciplines and their short definitions.

Community Progress Makers Fund

Community Progress Makers is a Citi Foundation initiative aimed at supporting local community organizations connecting low-income communities to greater social and economic opportunity. The Foundation first launched the Community Progress Makers initiative in 2015 with a vision of empowering local community organizations to grow their transformative impact through unrestricted, trust-based funding. The Foundation is committing an additional $50 million to support a fourth cohort of Community Progress Makers. Through an open request for proposals (RFP) process, the Foundation will select 50 community organizations to receive the following over three years: 

• $1 million in unrestricted grant support
• Access to technical assistance from national experts and leading researchers
• Opportunities to connect and share learnings through webinars and local and national gatherings

Selection Priorities

For this funding opportunity, the Citi Foundation will prioritize organizations that demonstrate:

• Deep connections to the communities served
• Track record of partnering with other community organizations and stakeholders to achieve positive change
• Utilization of data to inform planning and the capacity to collect, analyze, and share data, results, and learnings
• Track record and innovative vision in one of the following areas of work: 
  • Affordable Housing and Access, such as efforts to promote housing affordability; home ownership; and resident support services to help people more easily access employment, education, health, and childcare.
  • Economic Development, including the provision of technical assistance to small businesses; commercial corridor revitalization efforts; and green economy strategies that promote job creation.
  • Financial Health, such as efforts in delivering financial coaching; integrated financial capability services; and savings and asset building strategies.
  • Workforce Readiness, including organizations preparing young people and/or adults for careers and entrepreneurship.

About The Foundation

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation was founded in 2008.

The mission of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation is to create and support strategies for eliminating obstacles facing marginalized populations, in order to reach gender and racial equity.

The Foundation focuses on the following program areas:

• Gender Equity and Feminism, in an effort to improve the lives of women and girls (including cis women and girls, trans women and girls, and nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and genderqueer people).
• Education, in an effort to ensure equal access to education for all community members.

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation currently awards grants to nonprofit organizations that serve people and communities in the Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties (also known as the tribal lands of the Amah Mutsun, Ohlone, Chalon, Awaswas, and Esselen nations), and occasionally the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Organizations may be considered outside of this region on a discretionary basis. Grants are restricted to the United States. We do not accept unsolicited applications.

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation is a registered 501c3 non-profit.

Funding Priorities

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations that serve people and communities in the Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties (also known as the tribal lands of the Amah Mutsun, Ohlone, Chalon, Awaswas, and Esselen nations), and occasionally the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Grants are awarded in two program areas: increasing access to education, and improving the lives of women and girls. The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation believes that intersectionality is an essential principle in our grantmaking and we intentionally prioritize the needs of women and girls of color throughout our funding areas. 

Current Grant Opportunities

• Feminist / Gender / Women’s Studies
• Reproductive Rights and Justice
• Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Women
• Activist Fund
• Indigenous Women and Girls
• Girls in Engineering
• Women in Public Policy
• Transitional Housing for Survivors of Relationship Abuse
• Legal Services for Survivors of Relationship Abuse
• Women Re-Entering the Workforce
• Media Literacy
• Gender Economic Justice
• Environmental Gender Justice
• Farming: Gender and Racial Justice

Coastal Management Fellowship

The NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. Up to nine fellows are placed with state coastal programs every year. The program matches postgraduate students to work on projects proposed by state coastal zone management programs and selected by NOAA. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.

Placement for the Coastal Management Fellowship positions is fully integrated into the placement process with the Digital Coast Fellowship positions. Candidates apply to the Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship program as a whole, and selected candidates will be eligible to interview with both the state coastal programs and the Digital Coast partnership organizations at the fellowship matching workshop.

Please read the following information about Coastal Management Projects.

Cost Share

All organizations selected to host a fellow will be required to provide $15,000 in matching funds to cover a portion of the fellow’s salary ($7,500 for each year of the fellowship). This money must be cash and cannot be in-kind support. The source of the $15,000 cost sharing must be defined; if the source of this funding is not defined, the proposal will not be considered. In the past, these funds have had to come from a non-federal source, but that is no longer a requirement. The funds can be either federal or non-federal funds.

Coastal Management Fellows are provided up to $8,4000 for professional development funds over the two-year fellowship. A portion of this money must be used to travel to specific meetings and conferences required by the fellowship program. These include a summer fellowship meeting, the Social Coast Forum, and the Coastal GeoTools Conference. Digital Coast Fellows are provided up to $11,600, and are required to attend two in-person Digital Coast partnership meetings in addition to the three required meetings mentioned above.

Fellows may use the remainder of these funds at their discretion to attend conferences, workshops, or trainings (prior approval from NOAA and their host organization is required). Any travel requested by the fellowship host, such as travel required to complete the fellowship project or travel to the host organization’s annual conference, must be covered by the host and should be considered when budgeting for hosting a fellow.

Placement of Fellows

The Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship matching process will occur over two weeks in April. The first week, held virtually, includes program orientation by NOAA and host project and finalist presentations. Sessions will be live and recorded for later viewing.

The second week features in-person interviews in Charleston, South Carolina. Travel expenses for attending the in-person interviews are covered by NOAA for the finalists. Each of the selected host organizations is responsible for sending the mentor to the placement workshop. Finalists can review fellowship projects on the fellowship website before the workshop. Each selected host organization will send a mentor to the placement workshop. No contact between hosts and finalists should occur before the workshop. Candidates and hosts will submit their top placement choices to NOAA, which will then match fellows with hosts.

Of the finalists selected, up to six will be placed with a state coastal program. If a host does not find a suitable candidate during the matching process, the host will be given the option to defer fellow placement for one year. Hosts will only be allowed one deferment before they have to reapply.

Funding

The current salary is $42,000 per year. In the second year of the fellowship, a locality pay factor may be added to the salary, depending on the location of the fellowship.

Fellows will be reimbursed up to $1,000 to move to their fellowship location and up to $1,000 to move at the end of the two-year fellowship. If relocation is not required or the fellowship is not completed, relocation reimbursement will not be provided.

Coastal Management Fellows will be reimbursed up to $8,400 for professional development and travel over the two-year fellowship. A portion of this money must be used to travel to specific meetings and conferences required by the fellowship program.

The In-N-Out Burger Foundation’s mission is to assist children and youth who have been victims of child abuse and neglect, and to prevent others from suffering a similar fate. The Foundation will only consider requests from organizations that closely align with our mission and that serve communities where In-N-Out Burger does business.

The In-N-Out Burger Foundation is happy to consider the following types of grants:

Traditional Grants: Grant awards range from $5,000 - $25,000.

Program: Restricted funding to support the development, expansion, or enhancement of programs within an existing organization.

General Operating Support: Unrestricted funding to support the overall operations and sustainability of your nonprofit. Applicants must present a strong case on how this funding will help sustain the organization’s mission and provide benefits to the children in their care. *Please note that all of your organization’s programs must align with our mission to be considered for this type of support.

Capital Grants: Grant awards range from $5,000 - $50,000.

Capital Campaign: Restricted funding for the construction of new facilities, renovations or upgrades to existing buildings, and other special projects that will enhance the organization’s mission.

Capital Purchase: Restricted funding to purchase equipment, furnishings, or any other major material purchases that will enhance the organization’s mission.

Capital grants are awarded on a very limited basis each year. The Foundation will only consider requests from organizations that meet all other funding criteria and who already have an established long-term funding relationship with the Foundation (minimum of 2 years).

Please carefully review the Capital Grant Guidelines above to ensure that your organization meets the requirements to apply. Capital Grants are invitation-only. Please contact us to set a 30-minute meeting to discuss your project and be prepared to send a draft summary of the project for review beforehand. 

Open Spaces Program

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s Open Spaces Program supports artist-driven temporary, place based public art projects that resonate with communities. This grantmaking program funds projects at different stages of development that feature generative collaboration between artists, communities and nonprofit organizations to realize ambitious, risk-taking projects.

The Open Spaces Program prioritizes:

• Visionary and timely projects that expand the boundaries of public art and support artists in advancing their practices.
• Collaborations across various disciplines, diverse media and technology.
• Projects that are relevant to and engage communities in Oakland and San Francisco.
• Projects that leverage civic and neighborhood resources and cultural assets, including outdoor and nontraditional sites accessible by public transportation.
• Compensating artists at a significant level.
• Mutually beneficial partnerships between artists and collaborators.
• Projects that are accessible to the widest possible audience, including historically underserved audiences.
• Projects that are temporary in nature but are publicly accessible for at least a month.
• Tracking outcomes and project evaluation.

Program Grant Tracks

Applicants can apply for one of two Open Spaces Program grant tracks:

• Development Support Grants:
  • $15,000-$20,000 to fund projects in their initial stages over a 24-month grant period.
    • In addition to the grant amount, grantees receive support to document their project and will be paired with an experienced public art advisor for the project’s duration.
  • Development Support Grants fund the research, design and planning phases of a large scale, temporary public art project.
    • Projects must feature a partnership and include community engagement activities to be competitive for funding.
• Production Support Grants:
  • $100,000-$175,000 to fund the implementation of late-stage projects over a 24 month grant period.
    • In addition to the grant amount, grantees also receive support to document their project and will be paired with an experienced public art advisor for the project’s duration.
  • Production Support Grants fund the production and premiere of a temporary public art project that has been thoroughly developed and planned.
    • Projects must feature strong, authentic partnerships as a vehicle for creating impactful temporary public art, include relevant community engagement activities and have a sustained public presence of at least a month to be considered for funding.

Criteria

Applications will be evaluated on the following:

• Evidence of strong, authentic partnerships as a vehicle for creating and premiering groundbreaking temporary public art;
• Timeliness and compelling nature of the project;
• A meaningful understanding of the unique context of place and relevance to communities it seeks to serve;
• Demonstration of a thoughtful approach to community engagement;
• Rigor of past work;
• The degree to which the project expands the boundaries of public art and supports artists in advancing their practice;
• Demonstrated ability to successfully execute a complex project of this nature, including evidence of technical and logistical know-how (i.e., the staff, consultants, fabricators and engineers that will be involved; the strategy for permits and regulatory approvals, et);
• Capacity to fulfill all grant requirements.

Our Mission

The mission of the US Foundation is to support best-in-class programs and organizations in our communities that improve education and educational opportunities for youth from historically marginalized and traditionally underserved communities.

Grant-making focus

Our US Foundation funds programs that provide youth from traditionally under-resourced communities with access to high-quality academic programs and educational opportunities. We believe a strong academic foundation can provide a clear and positive path for the lives of young people. Accordingly, the US Foundation primarily aims to select organizations and programs that support:

Academic improvement

• educational tutoring and mentoring
• study skills programs
• technology-based initiatives

Educational transitions

• school readiness programs
• high school access and success programs
• college access and success programs

Extended learning time

• out-of-school-time programs
• schools that operate extended hours
• programs that operate within school to enhance curriculum

Career readiness

• career and technical training models for linked learning
• workforce development programs

Whom do we fund?

We recognize that economic privilege greatly increases educational opportunities. Therefore, we fund organizations that provide access for all youth in our communities to educational experiences that will enhance their chances for future success.

LISC and Foot Locker, Inc., through the Foot Locker Foundation, are launching a third round of grants for the Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program, a multi-city initiative to support nonprofit community organizations that empower youth in underserved communities. The program aims to bridge gaps driven by racial inequity and promote youth empowerment and community wellness—all while supporting community-based organizations led by people of color. 

What we’re offering 

The Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program offers two types of grants: 

• Grants to support current youth programming, create new programming or extend existing programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $75,000 over one year. 
• Grants to support capital improvement projects that enhance the impact of youth programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000 over one year. 

Background & Purpose

The California Arts Council’s policies and practices prioritize racial equity and have a broad geographic reach into communities of all sizes and needs, and this includes providing critical services to artists and to the community at large. The CAC is committed to funding opportunities that support all of California’s creative ecosystem. Offering fellowship support to artists responds to the CAC’s Strategic Framework by directly supporting individuals who embody aesthetics, a key value of the CAC, recognizing all art forms and artistic traditions that enable full and meaningful creative expression.

Through a network of regionally-based Administering Organizations (AOs), the Individual Artists Fellowship (IAF) program will continue to recognize, uplift, and celebrate the excellence of California artists practicing any art form. In doing so, the CAC will showcase the centrality of artists’ leadership in guiding the evolution of our traditional and contemporary cultures.

Excellence, for purposes of this grant, is defined as an artist’s:

• Unique artistic vision
• Ongoing commitment to creative practice
• Engagement with and impact on the larger cultural ecosystem

This program will support artists at key moments in their careers, elevating their capacity for continued contribution to the field and our state. Fellowship grants support individual artistic practice through unrestricted funding. This program is intended to support a broad spectrum of artists working in all disciplines, from diverse geographies and communities of all sizes across the state of California.

Administering Organizations (AO)

The AOs will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the Individual Artist Fellowship program in their region, including but not limited to:

• Provide access and support for individual artists and culture bearers throughout the course of the application, award, and evaluation processes
• Engage in robust, culturally and discipline-specific engagement and outreach to ensure comprehensive geographic reach within the service area
• Convene fellows at least once over the course of the grant activity period to engage in networking and co learning
• Provide platforms including but not limited to virtual or print publications, exhibits, or performances to increase the visibility of the work of the fellows
• Engage in regular reporting to and collaboration with the CAC, including providing interim and final reports on program outcomes and findings.

Funding Structure

Administering Organizations will regrant fellowship awards to provide unrestricted funding in support of the fellows’ artistic practice. The following three tiers of funding are available. (Awards will be funded at the full dollar amount for each tier, partial awards will not be made):

CAC Emerging Artist Fellows - $5,000

Emerging artists are those in the beginning stages of making their work public and engaging the larger community in their practice. Individuals at this career stage may have had a few public showings of their work, but do not yet have ongoing resources or support.

CAC Established Artist Fellows - $10,000

Artists in the Established tier regularly make their work public and engage the larger community in their practice. Individuals in this tier can give multiple examples of artistic and/or cultural works that have made significant social impact.

CAC Legacy Artist Fellows - $50,000

Artists in the Legacy tier can point to a significant body of work, produced over a substantial period of time, that has engaged their communities and that has made significant social impact. Artists in this tier may be able to point to Emerging and Established Artists that they have mentored or otherwise positively influenced.

Each AO will make grants to a minimum of three fellows in each career tier. The total grant award is for $800,000.

AOs may use up to 20% of the grant award for administrative costs and costs associated with program design and implementation, including convening and publication and/or production costs to support visibility of fellows’ work.

AOs will regrant the remaining 80% of funds to individual artists and culture bearers in their region(s).

Restore America’s Estuaries, in close coordination with and financial support from EPA, administers the National Estuaries Program (NEP) Watersheds Grants. The Program is a nationally competitive grants program designed to support projects that address urgent, emerging, and challenging issues threatening the well-being of estuaries within the 28 NEP boundary areas. This grant program funds projects aimed at addressing the following Congressionally-set priorities: 

• Loss of key habitats resulting in significant impacts on fisheries and water quality such as seagrass, mangroves, tidal and freshwater wetlands, forested wetlands, kelp beds, shellfish beds, and coral reefs; 
• Coastal resilience and extreme weather events including flooding and coastal erosion related to sea level rise, changing precipitation, warmer waters, or salt marsh, seagrass, or wetland degradation or loss and accelerated land loss; 
• Impacts of nutrients and warmer water temperatures on aquatic life and ecosystems, including low dissolved oxygen conditions in estuarine waters; 
• Stormwater runoff which not only can erode stream banks but can carry nutrients, sediment, and trash into rivers and streams that flow into estuaries; 
• Recurring harmful algae blooms; 
• Unusual or unexplained marine mammal mortalities; and 
• Proliferation or invasion of species that limit recreational uses, threaten wastewater systems, or cause other ecosystem damage. 

About the National Estuary Program Established in 1987 through the Clean Water Act, the National Estuary Program (NEP) is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) place-based program dedicated to protecting and restoring the water quality and ecological integrity of 28 estuaries across the country. EPA’s NEP is a non-regulatory program that improves the waters, habitats, and living resources within these estuaries. In overseeing and managing the national program, EPA provides annual funding, national guidance, and technical assistance to the local NEPs. 

Reliable, Equitable, and Accessible Charging for Multi-family Housing 2.0 

The purpose of this solicitation is to demonstrate replicable and scalable business and technology models for large-scale deployment of EV charging infrastructure capable of maximizing access and EV travel for MFH residents. Proposed projects must include charger installations that will benefit and be used by MFH residents within disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, or a combination of both and applicants are encouraged to pursue installations for affordable housing.

Purpose

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $20,000,000 in grant funds for projects that will increase electric vehicle (EV) charging access for multi-family housing (MFH) residents. The solicitation also aims to enable greater EV adoption among MFH residents. For the purpose of this solicitation, MFH is defined as residential properties with multiple dwelling units and excludes single-family dwellings (detached), duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, and mobile homes.

The purpose of this solicitation is to demonstrate replicable and scalable business and technology models for large-scale deployment of EV charging infrastructure capable of maximizing access and EV travel for MFH residents. Proposed projects must include charger installations that will benefit and be used by MFH residents within disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, or a combination of both (see Definitions of Key Words, Section V.A.), and Applicants are encouraged to pursue installations for affordable housing. Proposed projects must address the following:

• Reliable and replicable charging installations for MFH building types that have characteristics that may challenge onsite installations, such as properties with shared onsite parking, properties with assigned parking spaces for residents, or properties with limited or no onsite parking, and properties that may pose installation challenges due to size or configuration.
• Outreach to MFH residents, particularly MFH within disadvantaged communities and low-income communities, and the residents of affordable housing units, that will explain the benefits of having accessible chargers and provide relevant consumer information on charging and on EVs, including available vehicles and total cost of ownership.
• Charger installations and business models that will maximize accessibility and ease of use, and minimize EV charging costs for MFH residents, with either onsite charging or charging stations located in close proximity to MFH properties.
• Other support and maintenance services that will ensure reliability.

Purpose

Provide education and awareness about the proper disposal of boat sewage

Description

Provides education to promote public awareness about boat sewage, its proper disposal, as well as tracking and monitoring use of existing pumpouts and dump stations along California’s waterways.

Targeted Regions

The Grant Program focuses on two targeted geographic regions of California:

• 13-county San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary (San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties).
• 6 Southern California Coastal Counties (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and San Luis Obispo Counties).

Proposals that cover a portion of the above regions will be considered if, over time, the agency can expand program(s) to the entire region.

Two grants will be awarded one for each of the California targeted regions. Each grant proposal must include plans for education, outreach, and monitoring. Applications that do not address each component will be disqualified.

Grant Program Objectives

The Grant Program will support two main goals in each geographic region:

• Objective A-Education and Outreach:
  • Effectively and creatively educate and conduct outreach to the boating community within one of the two geographic regions about vessel sewage related issues, impacts, resources available to them, and proper vessel sewage disposal practices that reduce the amount of sewage from entering our waterways and encourage the use of pumpout facilities, dump stations, and mobile pumpout services.
  • Conduct outreach to boating facility operators about the availability of DBW grants to install and maintain pumpout and dump stations at their facility.
• Objective B-Pumpout/Dump Station Monitoring:
  • Assist DBW in determining the status, repair needs, and usage of pumpout and dump stations in the two geographic regions.
  • Monitoring must include the use, update, maintenance, and metric gathering of the Pumpout Nav App on a regular basis as well as development of new features that will improve the existing Pumpout Nav App.
  • The selected grantees will provide training and technical assistance to boaters and partnering agencies to maintain the Nav App as a valuable boater tool.

Grants for the Arts

We provide general operating support for arts and culture organizations, and fund re-granting to individual artists and groups.

We offer General Operating Support (GOS) grants to San Francisco arts nonprofits to support:

Arts Programming:

Choose this grant type if you plan to fund a season or series of

• Public performances
• Exhibits
• Other arts activities in San Francisco

Arts Services:

Choose this grant type if you plan to fund programs or services providing capacity building for other San Francisco-based arts and culture organizations and/or artists.

This is formerly known as Capacity Building & Regranting. 

Parades and Festivals:

Choose this grant type if you plan to fund art and cultural experiences in the form of parades and/or festivals in San Francisco public spaces that have free admission and are open the public. Focus areas can include celebrating: 

•  cultural heritage
• a community, a neighborhood, or a shared cultural interest. 

Grant Amounts

Grant amounts range between $10,000 to $450,000 for each year of a two-year grant. We base the amount on the applicant's:

General operating budget size

• Application score (you must score 75 points or more)
• GFTA’s FY25 and FY26 budget availability
• Grants awarded to organizations receiving GFTA funding for the first time will not exceed $10,000 per year.

Grants awarded to organizations who have received grants from GFTA previously, but whose application did not score high enough to receive an award for the last application will also not exceed $10,000 per year.

If you are awarded a two-year grant,

• GFTA will calculate your award amount for the first year of the grant, FY25.
• GFTA will not allocate an award amount for the second year, FY26, until the City’s budget has been approved in July or August of 2026.
• The award amount for the second year may be equal to, less, or more than what you were awarded in the first year depending on the city’s budget health.

GFTA may in its sole discretion increase or decrease an organization’s FY26 grant amount. 

Immigrant Community Engagement Grants

The Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs is accepting proposals for immigrant community engagement grants. This grant is for nonprofit and community-based organizations based in San Francisco. 

The program will provide grants in these areas:

• Language access: This grant opportunity is for non‐profit and community‐based organizations based in San Francisco to develop and implement a set of programs and services to increase community and City capacity to meet the language access needs of underserved immigrant communities and monolingual or Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals who live or work in San Francisco.
  • Emphasis will be placed on:
    • building community‐based language access leadership and capacity through community outreach and education,
    • collaborative work to assess, evaluate, and document language access needs in the community and ensure City departments are effectively communicating with and delivering services to residents who speak languages other than English, and
    • building community capacity to deliver community‐based interpretation and translation services.
• Naturalization services and civic participation: This grant opportunity is for non‐profit, community‐based collaboratives or coalitions to promote citizenship and youth civic participation among San Francisco’s naturalization‐eligible immigrants and young residents.
  • Emphasis will be placed on collaboratives or coalitions that:
    • aim to increase the number of naturalized citizens in San Francisco by providing free immigration legal services and application preparation through group processing workshops; and
    • conduct an effective, innovative, and non‐partisan Citywide campaign to increase the voter registration, civic participation, and leadership development of young people in San Francisco between the ages of 16‐34, specifically among the lowest engaged demographics and underserved communities.
  • These projects should propose a thoughtful approach to an innovative program model for conducting broad‐reaching outreach, education, and engagement for naturalization‐eligible immigrants and hard‐to‐reach young people in San Francisco.
• Immigration fee assistance: The purpose of this program is to provide immigration fee assistance and financial empowerment initiative supporting folks applying for immigration applications and relief. 

BIPOC Equity Fund

The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH)’s Office of Equity and Inclusion is announcing a funding opportunity to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) organizations who provide/aim to provide homeless services in San Francisco, with intent in achieving new levels of effectiveness and strengthen their systems as well as support their access to resources that will facilitate the organization’s progress in achieving their goals centered around providing homeless resources. 

This Capacity Building Funding is grounded in HSH’s Racial Equity Action Plan (R.E.A.P) and advances San Francisco’s Consolidated Plan by furthering the following goals:

• Communities At-Risk of Displacement Are Stabilized
  • Provide services to maintain housing stability
• Communities have healthy physical, social, and business infrastructure
  • Build organizational capacity of HSH grantees/providers through outreach, relationship building and recruitment, organizational assessments, trainings and coaching, cohort-based and project-based work, subject matter experts, and other technical assistance methodologies
• The City Works to Eliminate the Causes of Racial Disparities
  • Ensure racially equitable access to programs and services, in coordination with other city departments
  • Instill racial equity and trauma-informed values and practices in the work of HSH

Funding

Recommended Grant Request Amount- $25,000-$100,000 per grantee