SDG&E is inviting community-based organizations to apply for grant consideration from the SDG&E Community Assistance Fund at San Diego Foundation.
Donor Name: San Diego Foundation
State: California
Counties:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
SDG&E seeks to support trusted social service organizations with significant programmatic reach and the organizational capacity to quickly utilize funding for the expansion of direct-service work to benefit communities. Funding can be used flexibly across basic needs programs. In consultation with local experts and leaders, SDG&E has identified the following priorities for this grant initiative, and they would like to know about your work in these areas in particular.
Priority focus areas include:
- Housing and rental assistance, focused on short-term assistance to prevent evictions (not to include homeless shelters and services)
- Food security, including emergency food assistance and access/enrollment in permanent assistance programs SDG&E seeks to support diverse underserved communities.
Priority populations include:
- Low-income individuals and families
- Older adults
- Communities of concern (any geographic unit with a population of people of color and/or a population experiencing poverty that is higher than a certain threshold)
Funding Information
This two-phase grant program seeks to provide roughly 20 nonprofits with a transformational level of support ranging from $250,000 to $1 million.
Criteria
Each proposal must be led by a nonprofit with 501(c)(3) public charity status, located in and serving San Diego County and/or select ZIP codes in South Orange County.
Eligibility
- Applications will only be accepted from nonprofits with 501(c)(3) public charity status, operating in and serving San Diego County or select South Orange County ZIP codes.
- Grant funds must be expended within a 12-month timeline for the purposes outlined above.
- Initiative will not fund payments on existing debt, regranting programs, endowments, research, capital projects or organizations that are outside of SDG&E’s San Diego/South Orange County service area.
Recommendations
- Clearly articulate the organization’s current work in the priority focus areas.
- Demonstrate the organization’s capacity (based on budget, staff size and current programmatic reach) to quickly utilize funding to provide direct basic needs support to priority populations.
- Use bullet points and lists as possible in LOI responses, rather than paragraphs, to provide an overview of your work and reach.
For more information, visit San Diego Foundation.
