The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is excited to announce the Inspire Giving Fund.
Donor Name: Sacramento Region Community Foundation
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/23/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $10,000
Details:
Inspire Giving was established in 2009 as a program of the Metro Chamber Foundation and is held as an endowment fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. The goal of the program is to cultivate and celebrate civic-minded leadership, volunteerism and philanthropic giving in the Sacramento region.
Inspire Giving’s motto is “a little is enough, if enough people do it.” The program celebrates the collective impact of individual contributions. This Request for Letters of Interest (LOIs) serves as the avenue for the endowment’s award of a monetary contribution (up to $10,000), in-kind services, and/or volunteer support.
Program Focus
2023 Priority Giving Area: Community and Economic Development and Affordable Housing
This year, Inspire Giving is supporting an organization that advances Community and Economic Development and Affordable Housing through their programming, in alignment with the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Four Point Business Promise to create a more vibrant community.
Competitive applications will contain at least one if not multiple of the following components:
- Improves the quality of life of residents in the Sacramento region.
- Empowers and supports residents to act on local concerns and issues.
- Supports affordable housing initiatives or helps build affordable housing.
- Builds on current assets to stimulate the economy.
- Focuses on activities and actions that are centered on economic progress within the community.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for consideration, submissions must meet the following criteria:
- Applicant agency must have 501(c)3 status;
- Service area must be within at least one of the six counties (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba) covered by the Sacramento Metro Chamber Foundation;
- Applicant agency must have a proven track record and demonstrated success in the focus area listed above;
- Applicant agency must have at least two years of operational history with an annual operations budget in excess of $250,000; and
- Must not have been the recipient of an Inspire Giving grant or Leadership Sacramento project since 2016.
- For fiscally sponsored organizations:
- Both the applicant agency and fiscal sponsor must have at least two years of operation history;
- Applicant agency must have a current, annual operations budget in excess of $100,000. Fiscal sponsor must have a current, annual operations budget in excess of $250,000; and
- One designee must commit to representing the organization throughout the year and partner with Inspire Giving.
For more information, visit SRCF.
