The Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to announce its Faith Community Action Grants to address disparities and to build a strong and engaged community.
Donor Name: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
State: California
County: San Mateo County (CA) and Santa Clara County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Thriving communities of faith foster deep relationships, a sense of community and support for those that face harsh circumstances. Many also support civic engagement focused on social and racial justice.
In a region where many have suffered the impact of systemic racial injustices, the faith community can provide a moral frame for seeking solutions to important issues confronting in their region.
Through this grant program, SVCF will support faith-based leaders and organizations working to strengthen interfaith and race relations, invest in leadership within the community, increase community participation in civic life, and provide services to local communities of color and those of undocumented status.
Priority Areas
Priority will be given to organizations led by and allied with people of color and undocumented residents, and those with annual budgets under $1 million. Organizations can apply for general operating support or program support grants. Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations that demonstrate all of the following:
- Prioritize secular engagement of communities of color and undocumented residents
- Commit to partnerships with others and make use of relational organizing strategies, while centering trusted community messengers in their work
- Address emerging community needs with projects designed with community residents working for social and racial justice
- Include policy advocacy, holding elected officials accountable, voter engagement and other tactics that are central to power-building.
Funding Information
The maximum grant amount will be $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Faith-based networks working to build faith-based and community leadership
- Faith-based organizations serving low-income communities and communities of color
- Faith-based organizations providing programs for low-income and communities of color and those with undocumented status
- Organizations must serve San Mateo and/or Santa Clara counties. Organizations headquartered outside the two-county region may apply but should demonstrate significant service to these areas or partner with a local organization that does
- Organizations must have a 501(c)(3) designation or have a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)(3) designation
- Organizations must not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, citizenship status, creed, religion, religious affiliation, age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other protected status
- Organizations with religious affiliations will be considered for funding only if the project for which they seek support addresses the needs of the wider community without regard to religious beliefs
Ineligibility
Funding will not be provided for:
- Capital improvements
- Budget shortfalls or fundraising events
- Previously planned or long-term campaigns
- Funding gaps due to organizational emergencies such as office vandalism, resignation of an executive director or sudden loss of funding.
For more information, visit SCVF.
