FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 2019: Apply for an Excelsior Community Action Grant-CLOSED

Funded through the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the Excelsior Collaborative Community Action Grants & Community Event Grants will award up to $5,000 for projects and up to $1,000 for events. 

Projects must start after September 1, 2019.

Events with proposed dates in 2019 or 2020 are eligible and must have occurred for 2 or more years in the Excelsior community.

The theme and focus of this grant cycle is RESILIENCY, how your project ties into the City's Resiliency Plan to prepare for natural disasters on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. Resilency demonstrates how you'll cope with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. These grants will put funds into the hands of community members to accomplish the following objectives:

• Quickly generate improvements in the quality of life within the Excelsior community
• Support Excelsior Collaborative areas of focus: Community Vitality / Celebrate Cultural Diversity; Economic Development & Jobs; Education & Youth; Health & Safety; Housing & Land Use
• Involve a diverse array of neighbors and community groups in improving life within the neighborhood

Some Previous Grants Awarded Are:  Cayuga Stairway Project Mosaic, Excelsior Science Workshop, Bike & Roll Safe Routes to School, Balboa Park Free Movie Night, Summer Gymnastics, Gateway to the Excelsior, School Leaders Brunch, Excelsior District Historic Street Sign Project, Beacon Print Shop, Excelsior Eco Festival Green Art Workshop, What is the Excelsior?

Important Dates:Join us in making a difference!

Attend an application information session on Monday, July 9, 2018 from 5:30-6:30 pm OR Monday, July 16, 2018 from 5:30-6:30 pm

Both sessions will be held at Mission YMCA | 4080 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94112
Please note that the deadline to apply for grants is Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:00 pm