Applications are now open for the Community Events Grant Program for free, nonreligious community events that serve the Sunnyvale community.
Donor Name: City of Sunnyvale
State: California
City: Sunnyvale
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/21/2022
Details:
The Community Events Grant Program was created to support and encourage groups to build community and celebrate their unique culture by holding community events in Sunnyvale.
Eligibility Criteria
The sponsoring organizations must be nonprofit or not-for-profit. Applicants must attach a copy of nonprofit documentation if the organization has such documentation.
- Funds may be granted to religious organizations if the funds are not used for a religious purpose including for the promotion of any sect, church, creed, or sectarian organization, nor to conduct any religious service or ceremony. This eligibility criterion is an attempt to preserve separation of church and state while still allowing religious organizations to be eligible for grant funds.
- Organizations that are collaborating with the City in co-sponsoring an event are eligible to apply for grant funding, however, grant funds can only be used to defray expenses incurred by the co-sponsoring organization(s) rather than the City.
- Grants will not be awarded to organizations owing a debt to the City.
- Grants will not be awarded to individuals.
- The sponsoring organization must demonstrate the ability to produce a well-planned, safe event and demonstrate strong financial management and effective management controls, including cost-effectiveness.
- It is not the nature of the organization applying for or receiving the grant, but whether the organization will use those grant funds for a valid public purpose. Some factors that may demonstrate the public purpose of a funded program or service include:
- Whether the proposed project/service compliments or enhances a service that the City also provides
- When there is an identifiable secondary, or indirect, benefit to the City
- When the organization provides a service, the City could provide, but chooses not to
For more information, visit City of Sunnyvale.
