Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Wonderful Company is inviting applications for its Central Valley Community Grants.
The Wonderful Company is focused on the health and well-being of Central Valley communities. In the past 7 years, Wonderful Community Grants has directly funded over $5 million dollars across 71 non-profits and 165 schools in the San Joaquin Valley. This year, they will be funding $1 million in grants to schools and organizations serving their priority communities.
Funding Information
- $1,000–$50,000 grants, awarded until funds are exhausted
- Up to four $100,000 grants, awarded funds to be used over two years
Geographic Focus
Organizations must demonstrate impact in one or more of the following communities:
- Kern County: Delano, Wasco, Shafter, Lost Hills
- Kings County: Avenal
- Fresno County: Sanger, Del Rey, Firebaugh, Mendota
Eligible Projects
Proposed projects must be aligned with the organization's current mission and overall goals, and culminate into something visible and tangible in the community.
Program activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Program development and expansion
- Capacity-building and innovation
- Technology and equipment, where the grant funds the entire purchase price
- Public education and outreach
- One-time start-up costs required for the program
- Programmatic events such as workshops (fundraising events are not eligible)
- Small-scale capital improvements where the grant funds the entire capital cost
Grant Criteria
Wonderful Community Grants will support game changing work across all impact areas, but they especially encourage initiatives that support:
- Health and wellness
- Break
- community beautification
- Art
- Social Services
- COVID-19 recovery
- Successful applicants will demonstrate community need and yield tangible and visible results. Funds are available for program development/expansion,
Eligibility Criteria
Successful applicants MUST
- Demonstrate a commitment to making the rural communities of the San Joaquin Valley in California a more equitable place to live, work, and play
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, hospital, clinic or community health organization, local government agency, or school.
- Grant proposal must directly impact one of the communities in their geographic focus areas.
For more information, visit The Wonderful Company.
For more information, visit https://www.wonderfulcommunitygrants.com/
