The Community Foundation serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, is currently accepting online grant applications from nonprofits for capacity building projects through April 1, 2019. Nonprofits must provide services in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to be eligible. Funding for these grants comes from the Community Impact Fund. The Community Impact Fund is the foundation’s unrestricted pool of funds, approved by its Board to help nonprofits in the Inland Empire.
Eligible nonprofits may apply for a one-year responsive grant, up to $10,000. The Community Impact Fund allows the Foundation to respond to requests for support across a wide-range of organizational capacity building needs. Capacity building support is intended to enable an organization to carry out its mission by strengthening capacity, effectiveness, and sustainability. These funds should provide an opportunity for nonprofits to reflect, learn, and take action in developing short- and/or long-term, sustainable solutions to the challenges they face in addressing critical community needs.
One of last year’s Community Impact Fund grantees, The Let It Be Foundation, used the funds to better plan the fundraising events that make up 78 percent of the organization’s income. Other past grantees have increased their fundraising capacity, created a stronger identity and marketing message, grown partnerships to better serve their clients and solidified strategic plans.
“Most grant opportunities do not focus on capacity building,” said Celia Cudiamat, Senior Vice President of Grants and Community Impact at The Community Foundation. “This funding is important because it allows organizations to build a stronger infrastructure leading to greater sustainability.”
Organizations interested in applying should visit the Grants Schedule for more information, including eligibility.
To view a list of past grantees, visit here.
The Community Foundation is the oldest and largest community foundation in Inland Southern California (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties). Established in 1941, at 78 years old The Community Foundation stewards more than $100 million in assets and provides college scholarships and grants to nonprofit organizations across the two-county region and beyond. Since its founding, the Foundation has awarded more than $100 million to support programs that strengthen the community. For more information visit The Community Foundation’s website at www.thecommunityfoundation.net. Be a part of our conversation on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.