The Silicon Valley Power is offering grants up to $10,000 for not-for-profit community-based organizations to identify and provide outreach to underserved Santa Clara residential and small business customers, with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Donor Name: Silicon Valley Power
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Examples include but are not limited to educational videos, online resources, printed outreach materials, webinars or workshops. Content must promote energy efficiency and building electrification. Silicon Valley Power will provide grant recipients with training on its available programs for customers
Proposals must include a plan to provide outreach on energy efficiency and building electrification
concepts and their benefits to targeted Silicon Valley Power residential or small business customers.
Outreach should be targeted at adults since they have decision-making authority. Plans should have
an emphasis on diversity, equity and/or inclusion in reaching underserved or hard to reach customer
segments
Funding Information
- Grants up to $10,000 per organization
- One grant per organization per 12 month period.
Eligibility Criteria
The program is open to not-for-profit community-based organizations or not-for-profit clubs serving residents or small businesses within the City of Santa Clara’s city limits.
- Limit of one grant per organization per program year
- Must provide a plan to target Silicon Valley Power residential or small business customers
- Proposal must include metrics for measuring success of the outreach effort
- Must submit an application and budget; all expenses must be pre-approved within the budget
- Final receipts must be submitted
- Installment payments will be made based on milestones established in the grant application
- Funding can cover materials, supplies, necessary equipment (excluding equipment that will be used for other purposes, such as computers), transportation, technology, staff time or other SVP approved costs.
- Participants grant Silicon Valley Power the right to use any content created under this grant funding. Model releases must be provided for any photo or video content.
- Projects must be new and not previously funded.
- Any artwork or music used in the project or outreach campaign must be original and free from copyright infringement.
For more information, visit Silicon Valley Power.
