Community Challenge Winter/Spring 2009 Grant Cycle Now Open
The Community Challenge Grant Program (CCG) provides matching grants to local residents, businesses, community groups, and nonprofits to make physical improvements to their neighborhoods. The CCG focuses on projects that directly engage residents and businesses in working together to create green spaces, gathering places, public art, and other neighborhood amenities.
Only nonprofit organizations can receive a CCG award. Residents or business owners who form a committee or group solely for the purpose of performing a project must have a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization to serve as their fiscal sponsor. The application timeline is:
Application Opening Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Application Deadline Wednesday, March 25, 2009 by 4:00 PM
Award Notification June 2009
To request an application with funding guidelines or for additional information regarding CCG please contact Lanita Henriquez, Program Manager at (415) 554-4830 or via e-mail at lanita.henriquez@sfgov.org. You can also download the information at CCG's new website: www.sfgov.org/ccg.
