The Siembra Latinos Fund (SLF), an affiliate of Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) is seeking applications for its grant program.
Donor Name: Siembra Latinos Fund
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The SLF determines where its available grant support can be invested for greatest impact on the communities’ highest priority needs.
Focus Areas
The Siembra Latinos Fund is focused on making an impact on Economic Mobility. For this reason, the fund seeks proposals in the areas of:
- Leadership Development: Foster Latino leadership, community engagement that encourages participation in decision making, and create opportunities for Latinos.
- Work Experience: Gain an internship, grow professional networks, and increase core skills (problem solving, critical thinking, operation systems, data analysis and more).
- Education: English/Language Arts and Math on-grade proficiencies, especially at the 4th, 5th and 6th grade levels.
Types of Support
Funding will be considered for the following types of requests:
- Program support: for the expansion or refinement of existing programs, new programs that show the promise of impact and sustainability, and support for emergency or special circumstances. (e.g., wages, equipment)
- Operating support: unrestricted grants to organizations that have a proven track record of community benefit.
Funding Period
- A total of $20,000 is available for grantmaking.
- Grants are expected to range from $2,500 – $5,000.
Grant Period
Grant recipients will be expected to use all funds and provide a written evaluation of the project within 12 months of the grant date.
Uses of Fund
- Pre-development or construction costs for facility construction or renovation
- Matching grants to leverage other funding
- Developmental costs for new programs
- Personnel expenses that relate to specific program goals
- Equipment, materials and/or facilities expenses that directly benefit participants or are an identifiable part of a project.
Eligibility Criteria
SLF grants are open to:
- 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
- Public programs (schools, parks, public health, etc.)
- Organizations and collaboratives that are not legally incorporated—for these, CFMC requires an agreement with a “Fiscal Sponsor” defined as a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization accountable for financial management of the grant.
For more information, visit CFMC.
