Archstone Foundation is requesting proposals for its Capacity Building Grant program.
Donor Name: Archstone Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Capacity Building grants assist nonprofits in achieving new levels of organizational strength and effectiveness. Their purpose is to help nonprofit organizations directly serving older adults in California to strengthen internal systems; execute needed IT infrastructure updates; and improve efforts to mobilize older adults in their communities. Capacity Building grants are not intended to pay for existing client-facing programs and services, nor are they intended to provide general operating support to the organization. The goal of a successful capacity building grant is to enhance an organization’s level of financial and operational sustainability.
Capacity building support offered through this RFP is limited to the following (one project type per application and one application per organization):
- Internal Operations, which may include:
- Improvements to financial management, internal controls and chart of accounts, human resources, or volunteer management;
- Onboarding new staff, training and technical assistance on quality improvement, or facility planning;
- Building evaluation capacity to improve outcome evaluation methods and metrics;
- Conducting organizational assessments and strategic planning, fundraising assessment and development, communications/marketing planning, contingency/disaster planning, or business planning;
- Building strategic relationships, such as helping two or more organizations work through collaboration and strategic restructuring, or positioning for merger or affiliation;
- Developing new sources for earned income, which may include business planning, social enterprise, contracting, startup costs for a new program, legal services, accounting, or actuarial services.
- Technology Improvements, which may include:
- Enhancing IT capacity through upgrades to hardware and software, cybersecurity, networking, websites, and staff training to optimize the use of technology.
- Community Mobilizing, which may include:
- Enhancing organizational ability to provide and receive information directly to/from older adults in their communities to address existing and emerging needs;
- Developing community advisory boards or hosting town hall meetings that result in actionable insights;
- Forming or maintaining coalitions that elevate lived experiences of older adults;
- Creating and strengthening advocacy efforts that incorporate voices of older adults;
- Conducting community needs assessments to better understand how to serve older adults and include their perspectives.
Funding Information
Up to $50,000.
Gnat Period
Up to one year.
Eligibility Criteria
The Capacity Building RFP is open to any non-profit serving older adults in California that is working to improve access to health and social service care in alignment with the principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI).
For more information, visit Archstone Foundation.
