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Community Impact Grants - Investing in Our People

BUILDING BLOCKS   

We support programs that help children and youth reach their full potential.

Interest Areas:

  • Early childhood education and family literacy projects that optimize the development of children (ages 0-5) so they enter school ready to learn
  • Building a pipeline of integrated academic, community and family supports to help youth (grades K-12) graduate from high school prepared for success
  • Youth recreation and sports programs that promote character-building, leadership and life skills development
  • Parent education and engagement efforts to promote healthy family environments and to nurture positive youth development
     

BASIC NEEDS

We fund services that address the basic living needs of Monterey County’s most
vulnerable and underserved individuals and families.

The Futer Grant Program for Essential Human Services is a special grants program offered in 2012 to strengthen the continuum of direct, safety net services in Monterey County. This one-time, three-year capacity building grant program will help high-performing safety-net service providers build sustainable business models for the future. Up to ten organizations will be selected to receive grants of $50,000 per year for three years (2012-2014) for a total grant of $150,000 to stabilize operations and support organizational development. Click for specific guidelines and application materials.

WELLNESS

We invest in prevention and early intervention services that improve the health and
well-being of individuals and families.

Interest Areas:

  • Community health promotion and prevention programs that keep people healthy and delay or
    eliminate the necessity for treatment
  • Independent living resources for older adults, people living with disabilities, foster youth and other special needs populations
  • Programs that teach self-advocacy skills and provide guidance in navigating the health and human services system to secure needed resources
     

Guidelines & Application

Before applying for a Community Impact Grant, please carefully review the guidelines below. Note that the CFMC uses Monterey County's Common Grant Application. If you are applying to another participating funder for the same project, you may use the same application provided to that funder.

Community Impact Guidelines
 2012 Common Grant Application

Futer Grant Guidelines
Futer Grant Application