Community Leadership Project (CLP) Proposals due 4/1/13

Strengthening community-based organizations serving low-income communities of color

The Community Leadership Project (CLP) is a capacity-building grants program for nonprofit organizations located in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. The goal of these multi-year grants (2013-2016) is to increase the sustainability of thirteen (13) small, community-based organizations serving low-income communities of color.  Organizations selected will receive a general operating grant of $20,000/year for three years plus $20,000 in technical assistance funds for a total of $80,000 over three years.

Community Leadership Project (CLP) of the Central Coast is a special grants program offered through the region’s three community foundations: Community Foundation for Monterey County (www.cfmco.org), Community Foundation for San Benito County (www.cffsbc.org) and the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County (www.cfscc.org).

Informational Conference Calls 3/14 & 3/21
www.cfmco.org/eventbrite.com

For more information including eligibility criteria, visit www.cfmco.org/clp or contact the community foundation where you are based:

Julie Drezner, V.P. Grants & Programs 831.375.9712 
Community Foundation for Monterey County 

Christina Cuevas, Program Director 831.662.2070
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
 
Gary Byrne, President  831.630.1924
Community Foundation for San Benito County

The Community Leadership Project was created in 2009 through a funding partnership between The David and Lucile Packard, James Irvine and William and Flora Hewlett foundations to strengthen small nonprofit organizations serving low-income people and communities of color in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and the Central Coast. The Central Coast-based community foundations have been funded by the CLP to provide general operating support and expert consulting assistance to help small organizations in the tri-county region become more financially stable, develop their leadership abilities, and better serve the community.