The City of Cupertino is now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Community Funding Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Cupertino
State:
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 02/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The City of Cupertino currently provides funding to local non-profit organizations in the areas of social services, fine arts and other programs for the general public.
Funding Information
Grant requests shall not exceed $20,000 per applicant, per year.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Community Funding Grant, grant requests must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with experienced members capable of implementing and managing the program/project/event.
- Identify how the funds will be used to benefit the Cupertino community.
- Be awarded only once per project.
- For specific needs, not ongoing, operational costs, or endowment funds.
- Have more than 75% of the requested funds allocated for direct service costs versus administrative costs.
- Be complete and submitted by the application deadline.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation criteria for grant requests include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Impact on and benefit to the Cupertino community
- Number of Cupertino residents served vs. number of non-Cupertino residents served
- Availability of the program/project/event to the entire Cupertino community
- Community need for the program/project/event
- Alignment with Cupertino General Plan Guiding Principles
- Uniqueness of the program/project/event
- Lack of duplication in service in Cupertino
- Level of collaboration if a duplicated service
- Qualifications and experience of the organization and its members
- Reasonable cost
- Demonstrated effort to secure funding from other sources and/or establishing partnerships with other community or city organizations
- Clarity, completeness, and accuracy of grant application
- Past performance and compliance with requirements if a recurring applicant
- Applications will be sorted into two categories:
- New applicant
- Past recipients
For more information, visit City of Cupertino.
