Deadline: 22-Sep-21
The San Bruno Community Foundation created the Community Grants Fund to support new or existing programs that benefit the San Bruno community.
Funded by a portion of the restitution funds resulting from the City of San Bruno’s settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company following the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that devastated San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood, the Community Grants Fund invests in the many local organizations that form the lifeblood of the San Bruno community.
Funding Priorities
Applications must be for programs that (1) benefit the San Bruno community and (2) fall within one of the Foundation’s focus areas:
- Publicly owned community facilities
- Community health and safety
- Sports and recreation
- Education
- Youth activities
- Public spaces, parks, and open space
- Community building
- Human and social services for all
- Economic vitality
- Intra-San Bruno transit
- Healthy, stable, and affordable housing
Funding Information
- Foundation has the discretion to determine the amount of each grant in connection with the Community Grants Fund. Grants to an organization will not exceed $25,000 in a grant cycle.
- Requested grant amounts must be substantiated by the program budget.
- For the 2021-2022 grant cycle, with support from YouTube and Google.org, the Foundation intends to award multiple grants totaling $300,000 that benefit a diverse cross-section of the San Bruno community.
- The number of grants provided will depend on a number of factors, including the number and quality of Applications received.
- The Foundation may elect to fund proposals at less than the requested amount.
- Grant awards are to be used within a one-year period (the 2022 calendar year for this cycle of grants).
- Grantees are able to apply for funding for the same program for up to three consecutive years.
Criteria
Grant Applications will be evaluated on a variety of factors, including but not limited to:
- Benefits of the proposed program to the San Bruno community (most important criterion)
- Proposal’s alignment with one of the Foundation’s focus areas
- Program methodology and budget
- Requested grant amount in relation to the anticipated community benefit
- Organization’s track record, stability, and financial health
Eligibility Criteria
The Community Grants Fund is generally open to the following types of organizations that engage in activities to benefit the San Bruno community:
- 501(c)(3) public charities
- 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) organizations that meet the public support tests described in 509(a)(2)
- Governmental units
Ineligible
- Entities not eligible for Foundation funding include 509(a)(3) supporting organizations, 509(a)(4) organizations organized and operated exclusively for testing for public safety, political organizations, organizations that the Foundation is prohibited by law from funding with public funds such as religious institutions and private schools, and organizations that unlawfully discriminate in violation of state or federal law, including on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or religion.
For more information, visit https://www.sbcf.org/grant-application