Santa Barbara Foundation: Shelter & Safety Grant Program (United States)

Deadline: 30-Mar-22

The Santa Barbara Foundation is pleased to announce the Shelter & Safety Grant Program to support nonprofit organizations directly providing services in the areas of shelter and safety and housing loss prevention assistance.

Focus

• Be providing direct services to address the program area for which they applied (Behavioral Health/Health Care, Food, Shelter & Safety)
• Be well-managed, financially viable, and operate effective programs that primarily serve the needs of poor and underserved communities
• Have developed strategies for addressing identified organizational needs

Priorities

• are providing emergency shelter or housing loss prevention assistance
• demonstrate sustained and/or increased demand for shelter & safety or housing loss prevention services
• are taking steps to sustain or expand organizational capacity to address the demand for services
• provide holistic approaches to serving clients, undertaken by the agency itself or in partnership with others
• demonstrate cultural competence among volunteers, staff, and board members for the communities served
• seek to dismantle language, cultural, and other barriers that prevent low-income and marginalized populations from accessing services
• are developing strategies to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within their agency
• are working in community-wide collaborative approaches to address shelter, safety, and housing loss prevention issues
• are prioritizing the following vulnerable populations:
  • Families with children
  • Seniors
  • People living in cars
  • People with disabilities
  • Individuals fleeing domestic violence/sex trafficking
  • Youth who are homeless

Funding Information

• Grant Max Amount: $30,000 for up to two years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Grants are available to organizations serving all regions of Santa Barbara County.
• Organizations must be certified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or use a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) tax status.
• Applications that do not contain a valid EIN (tax ID) number will not be considered.

Grant Limitations

• Grants are not intended for:
  • services and programs that are not directly provided:
    • services for the program area for which you applied (Behavioral Health/Health Care, Food, Shelter & Safety); or
    • acting as a community-wide coordinating entity
• scholarships
• individuals

For more information, visit Santa Barbara Foundation.

For more information, visit https://www.sbfoundation.org/nonprofits/grant-opportunities/