The Fleishhacker Foundation is offering grants for its Social Justice Grants.
Donor Name: Fleishhacker Foundation
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA), Marin County (CA), Napa County (CA), San Francisco County (CA), San Mateo County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Solano County (CA), Sonoma County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Social Justice Grants program builds on the Fleishhacker Foundation’s long-standing tradition of supporting individuals and groups that have historically been excluded from the resources and opportunities they need to thrive. The program currently funds two initiative areas: food justice and LGBTQ+ youth services.
LGBTQ+ youth initiative
The goal of this initiative is to support Bay Area service providers in their efforts to address the needs of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults (up to age 25) facing a lack of shelter or housing insecurity. The program focuses on organizations that:
- Work with LGBTQ+ youth and their families to prevent youth from becoming unhoused and/or provide youth with critical support when they cannot return to their families of origin;
- Engage and empower LGBTQ+ youth of color;
- Provide social programs and mental health services to help LGBTQ+ youth find community and support;
- Provide housing and basic needs support such as housing assessments, referrals, and the distribution of food, toiletries, and other necessities;
- Provide services to promote educational and career development that help LGBTQ+ youth improve their financial health, achieve educational goals, or gain career-oriented work experience; and/or
- Offer health and wellness services such as HIV/PrEP use counseling, medical appointments, insurance navigation, and the like.
The Fleishhacker Foundation awards general support to Bay Area LGBTQ+ youth organizations and program support to other Bay Area nonprofits with a proven track record of providing services specifically designed to meet the unique needs of this population.
Food Justice Initiative
The Food Justice Initiative aims to support small- to mid-sized Bay Area organizations working to improve consistent access to healthy, affordable food for local communities in low-income and disinvested areas. Emphasis is placed on addressing the root causes of food inequity and supporting community-led solutions that provide people with better long-term access to nutritious food by increasing availability, affordability, and awareness. They have a particular interest in Bay Area organizations that:
- Improve consistent access to fresh, affordable, nutritious food in under-resourced areas, particularly food that reflects different cultures;
- Operate community gardens, micro farms, urban farms, or other initiatives that help people in under-resourced areas to produce their own food as a lasting means of achieving food security;
- Create opportunities for local, community-based producers, distributors, and retailers to grow, process, share, and/or sell fresh, affordable, and nutritious food in these areas;
- Provide clear, accessible, accurate, and culturally affirming information that gives people in under-resourced areasthe power to make effective decisions about what they eat and how our food economy should be structured;
- Positively impact health outcomes for under-resourced communities through improved ongoing access to nutritious food; and/or
- Provide opportunities for under-resourced communities to define their own food and agriculture systems.
Funding Information
Grants will range between $10,000 and $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
For LGBTQ+ youth initiative
- Organizations incorporated as 501(c)3 nonprofits (including fiscal sponsors applying on behalf of a fiscally sponsored project) that offer programs that are specially designed to meet the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth.
- Located and primarily offering programming in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, San Mateo, and/or Santa Clara counties.
- Organizations with strong support from their Board of Directors as evidenced by the percentage who make annual gifts.
For Food Justice Initiative
- Organizations incorporated as 501(c)3 nonprofits (including fiscal sponsors applying on behalf of a fiscally sponsored project) that offer programming that is well-aligned with multiple key activities detailed above.
- Located and primarily offering programming in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, San Mateo, and/or Santa Clara counties.
- Of an annual budget of less than $4 million during its current fiscal year.
- Organizations with strong support from their Board of Directors, as evidenced by the percentage of those who make annual gifts.
For more information, visit Fleishhacker Foundation.
