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Grants & Awards
Current Grants
We grant to a wide range of organizations in accordance with our goal and objectives. In 2006 we made 81 grants totaling more than $2.2 million dollars.
View the Community Development Program's 2006 Grants (PDF)
Read about grantmaking by the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative.
Quarterly Focus
Each quarter we highlight several of our grantees and their work in Bay Area communities. These are just a few of their stories.
Economic Security: Asian Neighborhood Design – $25,000 – To provide opportunities through job training, placement, and financial literacy classes for low-income residents to become economically self-sufficient in San Francisco and West Oakland. Asian Neighborhood Design provides pre-apprenticeship construction training to over 80 low-income individuals, case management services and financial literacy classes to over 70 families and afterschool programming to over 50 young people.
Safety-Net Services: Pittsburg Pre-School and Community Council – $20,000 – To help individuals and families avoid homelessness, secure affordable housing, and increase incomes in eastern Contra Costa County. The Community Council provides direct services to 300 people at risk of becoming homeless or with low incomes and serves over 14,000 people through information and educational programs.
Affordable Housing: Resources for Community Development – $25,000 – To provide affordable housing and support services to families and individuals in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Resources for Community Development's projects serve very low-income households and special needs groups, including people with mental health and/or substance abuse disabilities, homeless veterans, homeless women with children, survivors of domestic violence, the frail elderly, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Applying for a Community Development Grant
The Community Development Program welcomes unsolicited proposals aligned with our objectives twice a year. Please visit our How to Apply page for an overview of The San Francisco Foundation’s grant application process and cycles.
We occasionally accept out-of-cycle proposals for work related to our specific initiatives and proactive work. Please check our Community Development News page for information and RFPs (requests for proposals).
If you have questions about applying for a Community Development Grant, please contact the Foundation at 415.733.8500 or communitydevelopmentinfo@sff.org.