Funding Opportunities

Park groups can check this page for grant opportunities and funding resources that they may be eligible for.

Community Challenge Grant
San Francisco Beautiful
Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council
Black Rock Arts Foundation
More Local Grant Sources

Community Challenge Grant Cycle Begins May 30th
The Community Challenge Grant Program (CCG), formerly known as the Neighborhood Beautification Fund, provides matching grants to local residents, businesses, non-profits and other community groups to make physical improvements to their neighborhoods. The next grant cycle begins May 30th and applications will be accepted until Wednesday, July 9th. Click here for more information. To read a 5/30 Examiner article about the Challenge Grant Program, click here.

San Francisco Beautiful
San Francisco Beautiful continues the legacy of its founder, Friedel Klussmann, by awarding grants to organizations that seek to maintain or enhance San Francisco´s unique beauty and livability. Projects must also encourage civic participation and create healthy, safe, and sustainable communities.

The quarterly grants, which usually range from $1000 to $5,000, are awarded to a wide range of projects. When evaluating applications, SFB pays particular attention to the level of community participation and to the sustainability of the project beyond the term of the grant.

Grants are given on a one-time basis to community groups and organizations working on projects in San Francisco. Grants are not awarded to individuals.

Upcoming proposal submission deadlines are: August 1, and November 1, 2008. Visit http://www.sfbeautiful.org/grants for more information.

Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council
The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council is pleased to announce that the Youth Investment Programs 2008 Grant Requests for Proposals (RFP) are now available online!

In 2008, as part of its Youth Investment Program, the Stewardship Council will grant between $2 million and $2.5 million in funding to improve the lives of underserved youth by providing greater access to outdoor experiences, from urban parks in the city to watersheds in the wilderness.

In 2008, there are four different grant rounds, three rounds focused on outdoor and environmental education programs, and one on building parks and playgrounds.

If you would like to read more information on one of the following grants, or to learn if your organization qualifies for their grant rounds, go to
http://www.stewardshipcouncil.org/youth_investment/rfps_and_applications.php?v=0

Catalyst Fund: Nurturing Small Grassroots Organizations
Program funding requests up to $15,000
Round 2: Applications due August 8, 2008

Impact Fund: Sparking Innovation and Lowering Barriers
Program funding from $15,000 to $50,000
Round 2: Applications due August 8, 2008

Black Rock Arts Foundation 2008 Grant Cycle Now Open
Please spread the word the Black Rock Arts Foundation's 2008 Grant Cycle! Applications are due by 5 p.m. on March 15, 2008.

Black Rock Arts Foundation gives grants to individual artists or collectives that create interactive artworks destined for communities in the world at large; there are no geographic restrictions placed on those who can apply. In 2008, they expect to award $80,000 in grant funding.

More information and applications are available for download HERE. The Foundation will accept applications until the grant cycle closes on March 15, 2008 at 5:00 PM. Awards will be announced and grantees will be notified no later than Thursday May 1, 2008.

More Local Grant Sources
This is a short list designed to get you thinking about potential funding sources. To print out this list, click here.