Deadline: 1-Jun-21
The Community Foundation of the Verdugosis currently accepting proposals for the 2021 Grant Program for Children & Youth Related Needs.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Foundation’s Board has directed to address the needs of children and youth in the Verdugo region as a result of this pandemic.
Funding Information
- Approved grants are generally $5,000 minimum.
- Average grants are from $8,000 to $10,000.
- Requests in excess of $12,000 may be considered but are not commonly approved.
The Foundation does not fund
- Programs or organizations focused primarily or exclusively on a sport.
- Direct financial aid to individuals.
- Support of administrative and/or operational expenses for: maintenance or repairs; taxes; interest payments; retirement debt; or ongoing program/operational support unless there is a plan in place for future funding.
- Salaries: funding requests to keep a current position open will not be considered. Salary support will not be used to stabilize an agency. Requests to cover a new salary in its entirety will not be considered.
- Influencing legislation or elections.
- Sectarian religious purposes. This does not, however, preclude consideration of requests relating to medical, educational, or social service-oriented activities undertaken by religious-affiliated or supported agencies if all other qualifications [including separate qualification under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3)] are met.
- Agencies that do not comply with all state and federal discrimination laws.
- Annual campaigns, building campaigns, endowments, existing obligations, or to replenish resources used to pay for such expenses, hosting of conferences, or incurring a debt liability.
- Agencies that do not provide services to residents of the Verdugo region.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit agencies that:
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- have IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and are in good standing,
- generally have an operating budget of less than $1Million,
- primarily serve the residents of the Verdugo region (Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, Verdugo City,) and adjacent areas.
- Capital improvements that help increase an agency’s long-term sustainability or increase an agency’s impact and ability to serve.
For more information, visit https://cfverdugos.org/2021-grant-applications/