Deadline: 31-Aug-20
The Solano Community Foundation has announced a call for proposals for the Solano Community Impact Fund.
The Solano Community Impact Fund was established in mid-March 2020 to support nonprofits providing emergency response and recovery efforts. While SCF is not able to support individuals with cash grants, they are granting funds to help those nonprofits who are able to provide basic needs support and emergency-related direct services to individuals and families.
Funding Focus
Using SCF’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Grant Application Form a nonprofit may apply for funding up to $10,000 to help meet the immediate, emergency needs. There are two focus areas:
- Direct Basic Needs Support. SCF’s first priority is to provide funding to charitable organizations to help low-income children and families, adults, and older adults struggling to secure basic needs (i.e., food, shelter, financial assistance, medicine) due to the hardship caused by COVID-19. Ideally, grantees will distribute these funds to individuals and families.
- Nonprofit Operating Support. SCF will provide funding to charitable organizations to help them continue operating and delivering services to communities impacted by COVID-19, and related hardship caused by loss of wages, business closures, and social distancing measures.
Beliefs
- The Foundation believes that emergency response work is required immediately to help alleviate the intermediate and long-term negative impact anticipated.
- The Foundation believes in partnering with trusted nonprofits and generous donors to address the gaps that emerge, and in supporting nonprofits to do this important work that requires tremendous effort and focus.
- The Foundation believes in supporting and growing the nonprofit community in Solano County to improve equity and to meet the needs of Solano Residents.
- The Foundation believes in transparency and collaboration, and in helping others, they balance compassion with due diligence to ensure fairness.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations. Private, for-profit businesses are not eligible for funding.
- Eligibility to document and clearly account for the utilization of funds.
- Funding can only be used to pay for (or reimburse) ongoing emergency response efforts and direct relief for people who live in Solano County.
- Future preparedness (a.k.a. resiliency) programs are not eligible for funding.
For more information, visit https://www.solanocf.org/Funds/Public/FundView.aspx?hFund=170&hFundCode=3&hFundType=1
