September Grants Newsletter 
Grants In Education
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Purpose: To enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at HSIs and to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at HSIs. In addition, the HIS Program seeks to build capacity in undergraduate STEM education at HSIs that typically do not receive high levels of NSF grant funding.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of higher education offering programs STEM programs and satisfy the HIS definition
Amount: Track 1:Building Capacity up to $2.5 million for up to 5 years; Track 2: HSIs New to NSF up to $300,000 for up to 3 years
Projected Number of Awards: 15
Deadline: Wednesday, September 18, 2019

International Research Experiences for Students
Purpose: The International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. The IRES program contributes to development of a diverse, globally-engaged workforce with world-class skills. IRES focuses on active research participation by undergraduate or graduate students in high quality international research, education and professional development experiences in NSF-funded research areas.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Up to $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: 35
Deadline: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Inclusive Early Education Expansion Grant
Purpose: To increase access for young children birth to five years old to inclusive early learning and care programs. It supports the inclusion of children with disabilities and exceptional needs, including children with severe disabilities, in early learning and care settings pursuant to Parts B and C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: Varies; Total funding available $165,330,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: LOI was due Friday, June 28, 2019; application is due September 27, 2019

Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Purpose: The program involves partnerships between academic institutions (grades 7-12, IHEs) and industry to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary institution school levels. The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways; and other activities.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 45 to 75
Deadline: Thursday, October 3, 2019

New! National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grant
Purpose: This grant will allow school food authorities (SFA) to purchase the equipment needed to serve healthier meals, meet the new nutritional standards with an emphasis on more fresh fruit and vegetables, improve food safety, and expand access. It gives priority to those SFAs that are high need and have 50 percent or more enrolled students who are eligible for free or reduced-price (F/RP) meals.
Funder: California Department of Education
Applicant: Local educational agencies
Amount: $100,00 per SFA
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Discovery Research PreK-12
Purpose: To significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of STEM education innovations and approaches. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: No eligibility restrictions
Amount: Ranges $100,000 to $5 million
Projected Number of Awards: 31
Deadline: Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
Purpose: To assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders.
Funder: National Science Foundation
Applicant: Institutions of higher education
Amount: Ranges $125,000 to $4.5 million
Projected Number of Awards: 40
Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2019
Health & Social Services
New! Complete Neighborhoods Program RFPs
Purpose: The Complete Neighborhoods Program includes three separate funding opportunities for Capital Projects, Public Space Improvement (PSI) Projects, and Community Planning Grants.
Funder: San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development
Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations (see proposal guidelines for full requirements)
Amount: Total funding $500,000 under the Complete Neighborhood Program (CNP)
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019

New! CDBG & HOPWA Capital Projects
Purpose: Under this funding opportunity there are two grants available. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is for acquisition and construction projects. The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) is for reahabilitation and repair for housing facilities.
Funder: San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development
Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Total funding available: CDBG $700,000; HOPWA $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019

New! Capital Projects
Purpose: Under this funding opportunity there are two grants available for capital projects. The Nonprofit Stabilization and Acquisition in the Mission supports acquisition costs for a multi-tenant, community building located in the Mission. The Capital Improvements for a Sunset District Senior Center supports capital improvements to a senior center in the Sunset District of San Francisco.
Funder: San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations or religous organizations
Amount: Nornprofit Stabilization $500,000; Capital Improvements $100,000
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019

New! Community Development Services
Purpose: To provide community development services in the following program areas: Eviction Prevention & Housing Stabilization; Access to Civil Justice; HIV Supportive Housing; Access to Opportunity; Access to Housing; Organizational Capacity Building; and Community Building.
Funder: San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies depending on program area (total funding $7,796,000)
Projected Number of Awards: Varies depending on program are (total grants 28)
Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019

Continuum of Care Program Competition
Purpose: To promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, and local governments to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless; and to optimize self- sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $1,500,000
Projected Number of Awards: 8000
Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2019

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program
Purpose: To provide direct financial assistance to an eligible metropolitan area (EMA) or a transitional grant area (TGA) that has been severely affected by the HIV epidemic. Grant fundsassist eligible jurisdictions to develop or enhance access to a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community- based care for people with HIV who are low-income through the provision of formula, supplemental, and Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) funds.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Based in part on the number of confirmed AIDS cases within a statutorily specified metropolitan area
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 52
Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2019

New! Service Area Competition
Purpose: The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 62
Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2019

New! Social Equity Forest Improvement Grant Program
Purpose: To provide greenhouse gas reduction benefits to underserved areas by supporting nonprofit and community-based organizations with funding for tree-planting projects and related green infrastructure that meet the critical need of reducing Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) while simultaneously addressing other statutory and regulatory requirements developed by CAL FIRE, the California Air Resources Board, the State Legislature, and other state agencies.
Funder: California Releaf
Applicant: Incorporated nonprofit organizations and unincorporated community-based groups (with a fiscal sponsor) located in California
Amount: Ranges $10,000 – 75,000 (25% match, including volunteer assistance)
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Sunday, October 13, 2019

New! Resident Opportunity & Self-Sufficiency Program
Purpose: To help residents make progress towards economic self-sufficiency, HUD provides ROSS-SC grant funding to eligible applicants to hire a Service Coordinator who assesses the needs of Public and Indian housing residents and links them to supportive services that enable participants to move along a continuum towards economic independence and stability.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $717,750
Projected Number of Awards: 120
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

New! Crisis Receiving Services
Purpose: To provide same day emergency placement for youth who may be at-risk and who are not currently on active probation. The program will provide a safe, trauma informed and gender responsive environment that meets the basic needs of the youth, including but not limited to, healthy meals, a bed to sleep in, hygiene supplies, and program oversight by trained staff; while the youth is temporarily removed from their home environment.
Funder: Alameda County
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Previously up to $400,000 annually
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2019

New! Community Development
Purpose: The purpose of this RFP is to identify nonprofit organizations to provide specific services under Community Development’s program areas and strategies. Agencies receiving grants as a result of this RFP must be San Francisco City-approved suppliers, meet specific contractual requirements, and operate in a spirit of community partnership to help MOHCD meet its funding goals and outcomes.
Funder: San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development
Applicant: Nonprofit organizations located in the City and County of San Francisco
Amount: Amount varies depending on service area (approximately $42 million will be available annually during grant period)
Projected Number of Awards: Varies depending on service area (7 total)
Deadline: Friday, October 18, 2019

New! Service Area Competition
Purpose: The Health Center Program supports public and private nonprofit community-based and patient-directed organizations that provide primary health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved populations. The purpose of the SAC NOFO is to ensure continued access to affordable, quality primary health care services for communities and populations currently served by the Health Center Program.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Public agencies and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies
Projected Number of Awards: 65
Deadline: Monday, October 21, 2019

New! Rural Health Network Development Program
Purpose: To support integrated rural health care networks that have combined the functions of the entities participating in the network, including skilled and experienced staff and a high functioning network board, in order to address the health care needs of the targeted rural community.
Funder: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Applicant: Rural public agencies and nonprofit organizations
Amount: Up to $300,000
Projected Number of Awards: 46
Deadline: Monday, November 25, 2019

 

Justice Grants
New! Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting to Lower Recidivism and Homelessness
Purpose: The Second Chance Act Pay For Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism And Homelessness will provide assistance and funding to state, local, and tribal governments to price, write, negotiate, fund, and manage contracts that pay for these services in a way that ensures accountability of the contract service providers, and incentivizes improved performance over time.
Funder: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Applicant: Public agencies
Amount: Up to $2.2 million
Projected Number of Awards: 4
Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Campus Sexual Assault (CT) Program
Purpose: To create a comprehensive coordinated community response that is victim-centered, enhances victim safety (regardless if they report the crime to law enforcement or other investigatory bodies), provides confidential services to sexual assault victims, holds offenders accountable, and includes outreach activities.
Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Applicant: Be an institution of higher education as defined under the Higher Education Amendments of 1998
Amount: Up to $200,000 for individual applicants (Total funding $3.8 million)
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Friday, October 25, 2019

Specialized Housing and Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
Purpose: To enhance the quality and quantity of safe housing and specialized services available to assist victims of human trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended. This includes specialized housing and services that are enhanced by a collaborative and coordinated community response that engages appropriate community resources.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
Amount: Ranges $500,000 to $1 million
Projected Number of Awards: 21
Deadline: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Upcoming
Adult Reentry Grant Program
Purpose: Grant funds will be available to rehabilitate existing property for a period of three years (February 1, 2019 to January 30, 2023). Grantees will be required to house persons formerly incarcerated in state prison in this housing project for a total grant period of 15 years (February 2019 to January 30, 2035).
Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
Applicant: California Nonprofit Community-Based Organizations
Amount: Ranges $3 million to $5 million
Projected Number of Awards: Varies (total funding available $15 million)
Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2019
Economic & Workforce Development Grants
Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap
Purpose: The purpose of this program is to promote apprenticeships as a significant workforce solution in filling current middle- and high-skilled job vacancies and closing the skills gap between employer workforce needs and the skills of the current workforce.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Applicant: the lead applicant in the apprenticeship partnership are an institution of higher education (IHE), or an IHE representing a consortium of IHEs
Amount: Range $500,000 to $6,000,000
Projected Number of Awards: 30
Deadline: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

San Francisco Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative
Purpose: The Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative helps San Francisco’s nonprofits secure new, nonprofit-owned space and creates solutions for organizations seeking long-term leases. Under this initiative, Community Vision administers two programs — the Nonprofit Space Investment Fund and the Nonprofit Space Stabilization Program. The programs provide technical and financial assistance to support nonprofit sustainability amidst a changing and volatile real estate market.
Funder: San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Applicant: San Francisco nonprofit organizations
Amount: $2.4 million for the Nonprofit Space Investment Fund; $500,000 for the Nonprofit Space Stabilization
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Jobs Plus Initiative
Purpose: The Jobs Plus program develops locally-based, job-driven approaches that increase earnings and advance employment outcomes through work readiness, employer linkages, job placement, educational advancement, technology skills, and financial literacy for residents of public housing. The place-based Jobs Plus program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working residents and a set of services designed to support work including employer linkages, job placement and counseling, educational advancement, and financial counseling.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: public housing authorities (PHAs) that operate one or more public housing projects that meet the criteria outlined in this NOFA
Amount: Varies $1 million to $3.7 million
Projected Number of Awards: 7
Deadline: Tuesday, October 1, 2019

New! Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Program
Purpose: To support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals: 1. Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood; 2. People: Improve outcomes of households living in the target housing related to employment and income, health, and children’s education; and 3. Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools, and commercial activity, that are important to families’ choices about their community.
Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Applicant: Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), local governments, tribal entities, nonprofits, and for-profit developers that apply jointly with a public entity
Amount: Up to $35 million
Projected Number of Awards: 5
Deadline: Monday, November 4, 2019

Stand Down Grants
Purpose: To enhance employment and training opportunities or to promote the self-sufficiency of homeless veterans through paid work
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Varies $7,000 to $10,000
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Deadline: Thursday, December 31, 2020

Upcoming
Job Corps Scholars Program – Notice of Intent
Purpose: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), will announce the availability of approximately $23,738,000 in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Section 156 (a) (29 U.S.C.3193(a)) and Section 189(c) (29 U.S.C._3249(c)) for Job Corps Scholars Program Partnership.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Applicant: Two-year, public community colleges; accredited, public two- and four-year historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs); and accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs)
Amount: Varies $1,052,500 to $1,186,900
Projected Number of Awards: Unknown
Projected Deadline: TBD
Arts
New! NEA Research Grants in the Arts, FY2020
Purpose: support research that investigates the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. Research Grants in the Arts offers support for projects in two areas: Track One: Value and Impact; and, Track Two: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs.
Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
Applicant: Public agencies, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
Amount: Ranges $10,000 to $100,000 depending on project track
Projected Number of Awards: Varies
Deadline: Thursday, October 3, 2019

Upcoming
The California Arts Council is hosting a series of free community grant workshops in September to help prepare organizations for the grant application process. They will provide an overview of the CAC’s upcoming grant opportunities for 2019-20, with deadlines in the fall. For more information about the workshops click here.

Art Grant Programs
The California Arts Council provides funding to arts programs, with funding available for youth programs, creative projects, and operation support. Click here to view the list of open programs.