Applications are now being accepted for the Possibility Grant Program.
Donor Name: Walter and Elise Haas Fund
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA), San Francisco County (CA), San Mateo County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Possibility Grants are designed and decided by Bay Area Youth (BAY) Community Fellows, youth advisors to the Walter & Elise Haas Fund grantmaking team.
Funding Priorities
Grants will be made to organizations that are essential to building a more just and equitable society, are actively working to challenge systems of oppression through cultural education, Black liberation values, community-based care, healing, or art in response to current domestic and global political climate, and have an intergenerational lens that uplifts youth.
The Fund prioritizes support of small organizations:
- Working to challenge and dismantle systems of oppression through cultural education, Black liberation values, community based care, healing, or art
- Fostering intergenerational connections to uplift youth
- Centering collaboration
- Seeking a strong intersectional impact in their work.
Funding Information
Possibility Grants are general operating grants of $100,000 per organization up to $100,000.
Grant Period
Grant awarded with flexible grant terms of either one or two years.
Eligibility Criteria
Applying organizations need to be
- a 501(c)3 entity, or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)3 entity, to receive grant funds
- located in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, or Santa Clara County.
For more information, visit Walter and Elise Haas Fund.
