The San Bruno Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Grants Fund to support new or existing programs that benefit the San Bruno community.
Donor Name: San Bruno Community Foundation
State: California
City: San Bruno
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Priorities
Applications must be for programs that benefit the San Bruno community and fall within one of the Foundation’s focus areas:
- Publicly owned community facilities
- Community health and safety
- Sports and recreation
- Education
- Youth activities
- Public spaces, parks, and open space
- Community building
- Human and social services for all
- Economic vitality
- Intra-San Bruno transit
- Healthy, stable, and affordable housing
The Foundation offers two types of grant funding:
- Programmatic support
- Capacity-building support
Funding Information
- For the 2024-20245 grant cycle, the Foundation intends to award, in connection with the Community Grants Fund, multiple grants totaling $300,000 that benefit a diverse cross-section of the San Bruno community. The number of grants provided will depend on a variety of factors, including the number and quality of applications received. Grants to an organization will not exceed $25,000 in a grant cycle.
- Grant awards are to be used within a one-year period (the 2025 calendar year for this grant cycle).
Criteria
Grant Applications will be evaluated on a variety of factors, including but not limited to:
- Benefits of the proposed program to the San Bruno community
- Proposal’s alignment with one of the Foundation’s focus areas
- Program methodology and budget
- Requested grant amount in relation to the anticipated community benefit
- Organization’s track record, stability, and financial health
Eligibility Criteria
The Community Grants Fund is generally open to the following types of organizations that engage in activities that benefit the San Bruno community:
- 501(c)(3) public charities
- 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) organizations that meet the public support tests described in 509(a)(2)
- Governmental units that are described in 170(b)(1)(A)
The Foundation recommends that any organization with questions about eligibility for a grant in connection with the Community Grants Fund, particularly 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) organizations, contact Foundation staff at grants.
For more information, visit SBCF.
