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One Nation Bay Area Project

The San Francisco Foundation is pleased to join together with Bay Area community foundations and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) to launch the One Nation Bay Area Project.

By providing matching grants, the One Nation Foundation is joining with Bay Area community foundations in a new two-year initiative to strengthen relationships between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the Bay Area. Together, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation and AAPIP are partnering with the One Nation Foundation to continue our work over the past decade with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities. This new fund will grant organizations up to $10,000 to support civic engagement efforts that bring together American Muslim and non-Muslim leaders and residents to address community issues of common concern. 

Types of projects that will be considered are:

  • Interfaith social action and/or community service projects
  • Neighborhood or school-based projects that bring residents and parents/guardians together to tackle  a community or school concern
  • Community-based/grassroots-level projects that seek to broaden the base of support on a community issue to include American Muslim and non-Muslim voices on that issue or need
  • Local or regional training of American Muslim residents to engage in community problem-solving (trainings may include participation by other non-Muslim community members as well)


Eligibility: Grant funds will be awarded competitively. You do not have to be a current or past grantee of a participating community foundation or AAPIP to apply for funds. Funding requests for one-time events will not be competitive unless they are part of a broader campaign or strategy.

Please click here to view the One Nation Bay Area Project's detailed Request for Proposals (RFPs) for more information, and click here to view Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the project.

Timely submission:
For Organizations in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties: Application forms must be submitted via the Grantee Center by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date. Support will be available from Foundation staff until 2:00 p.m. on the deadline date. Due to the large number of applications we receive, late applications will not be accepted.  All applications must now be submitted online through Grantee Center; emailed or mailed applications will not be accepted.
The grant application cycle will open on November 7, 2011, with applications due on December 9, 2011. The grant period will be March 1, 2012 – February 28, 2013. Proposed activities in your application should take place within this time period.

For Projects in Marin, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
Applications for funding must be submitted via email by 5:00 p.m. on December 9, 2011 to Silicon Valley Community Foundation at grantproposals@siliconvalleycf.org.

For more information or support, please contact:

Tessa Rouverol Callejo
FAITHS Program and Civic Engagement Officer
415.733.8541
trc@sff.org

Emily Rosenberg
Program Assistant
415.733.8529
err@sff.org

Prasi Gupta
Civic Engagement Fellow
415.733.8543
pgupta@sff.org