The City of Glendale is soliciting proposals from public and community non-profit agencies for Public Social Service projects to be funded under its 2026-2027 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
Donor Name: City of Glendale
State: California
City: Glendale
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/09/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The CDBG program is funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Through this program, HUD provides a formula entitlement grant to the City to fund projects which aid in the development of viable urban communities, and which meet one of two broad national objectives. These objectives are:
- To benefit low- and moderate-income persons; or
- To aid in the prevention and elimination of slums and blighted areas.
Funding Information
CDBG Request for Proposal (RFP) process is $255,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible as a public social service, the following criteria must be met: 1) at least 60% of those persons benefiting from the service must be low- and moderate-income; 2) at least 60% of those persons benefiting from the service must be Glendale residents; and 3) for new programs, the activity must be a new service or a quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service. Public social services are direct services provided to community residents such as, but not limited to: employment, case management, crime prevention, child care, health, education, recreation, and counseling. CDBG funds are intended to be used to fund services or levels of service that are not currently provided by existing public agencies, organizations and/or City Departments with other funding sources.
- Applicants for CDBG Public Social Service funds must meet the CDBG definition of Sub-recipient: a public or private nonprofit agency, authority or organization. Private non-profit applicants must be able to demonstrate proof of tax-exempt nonprofit status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code
- Applicants without two years of financial statement compilations or independent financial audits shall not be eligible to submit a funding application.
For more information, visit City of Glendale.
