Deadline: 16-Aug-21
The Fund for Santa Barbara has launched its proposals to address the root causes of social, economic, environmental, and political problems prevailing in the county.
The fund provides seed grants to new grassroots projects; general support or project grants to small organizations; and targeted grants to larger, more established organizations. to announce its Fall Grant Program.
Funding Information
- General Cycle Grants: Maximum Request: $10,000
- Length of funding: 12 months (Dec – Dec)
They do not Fund
- Political campaigns that support a candidate or a political party;
- Private (vs. public) interests;
- Direct labor organizing;
- Projects providing direct services without a social change component;
- Direct support to individuals;
- Building improvements;
- Capital ventures, i.e. office equipment, machines, or vehicles;
- Projects located outside of Santa Barbara County.
Priorities
- Guidelines: Does this project have the potential to create or advance social, economic, political, and/or environmental change
- Priorities: Are there elements of Community Organizing, Lobbying, Direct Action, Basebuilding, Coalition-Building, or Legal Strategy
- Access to Funding: Does this project lack access to funding Would the project go forward without support from the Fund
- Critical Timing/Need: Does the organization have the capacity to reach their social change goals Are the key players familiar with other organizations in the same field to further the goal of movement building
- Impact of Funds: How clear is the budget outline? How well does the budget support the project’s social change goals Will funding help start-up the organization, stabilize the organization, and/or leverage other funding sources
- Regional Equity: Will this project help the GMC achieve its objective of providing equity in funding throughout Santa Barbara County
Eligibility Criteria
- Actively support anti-discrimination based on race, sex/gender, age, religion, language spoken, or immigration status;
- Actively support communities marginalized by power structures to engage in dialogue and actions that seek to counter social injustice;
- Actively work to improve the rights of workers and their families whose living conditions have been marginalized;
- Promote the cultural life of underserved communities and support the activities of cultural workers;
- Promote self-determination and leadership development in low income and disenfranchised communities;
- Promote Global peace and organize locally for just policies;
- Work on building coalitions to enhance improving environmental justice and address climate change, especially organizing a constituency usually without access to decision-makers
- Engage in collaborative action and coalition-building to strengthen movement ecosystems; Work against community violence and actively support recovery and restorative justice activities and initiatives;
- Operate in a democratic manner, responsive to and directed by the constituency being served.
For more information, visit https://www.fundforsantabarbara.org/grants2021/