The Community Foundation of San Carlos is thrilled to announce the 16 San Carlos organizations receiving 2024 Community Grants. The grant program strengthens the well-being of our community by amplifying the outsized impact of small local nonprofits. These nonprofits represent a variety of causes important to our community, from tutoring support in our public schools to inclusive activities for seniors. The grants total $150,000, with individual organizations receiving one-year grants between $2,000 and $15,000. We know the Foundation’s support will go far.
$45,000 granted since 2020 for serving adults (18+) with psychiatric disabilities (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety) with socialization and daily and job skills development.
Read More$5,000 granted in 2024 to support WANDA’s match funding initiative and the facilitation of curriculum taught by program alumnae.
Learn more at https://womenandallies.org/
Read More$42,000 granted since 2021 to the local chapter who serve as a safety net to the San Carlos community by providing food, rent, utility assistance, furniture, and clothing.
Read More$52,500 granted between 2020 and 2024 to help address food insecurity and teach children about the food system with school and other gardens.
Read More$3,000 to Carlmont High School AVID who offer college tours in CA to aspiring first-generation college bound high schoolers, and time off (via substitutes) so that teachers can attend training, and educational services (Fall 2023).
$1,000 granted on 5/2/2020 to support publishing and distribution of newsmagazine with an emphasis on the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Read More$10,000 granted for increasing opportunities for children in K-8th grade with mild to moderate learning differences to achieve academic and social success (Fall 2023).
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$5,000 granted 11/26/2021 to provide program support for Yoga/Meditation and/or PE/Movement enrichments. (Fall 2021)
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Arbor Bay School - $4,500 granted 5/2/2020 (Covid Round 1)
$4,500 granted 10/28/2020 (Covid Round 4)
Emergency relief funds for general operating expenses.
Read More$5,000 granted on 11/9/2022 to assist with basic needs for families with critically ill children. (Fall 2022)
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$2,500 of general operating funds granted 11/26/2021 to provide crisis support services, including food support, transportation assistance, and emergency rent and utilities assistance to families with hospitalized children.
Read More$5,000 granted on 11/9/2022 to update the vocational programming computer lab to help train community members with intellectual disabilities. (Fall 2022)
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$5,000 granted 6/26/2020 in support of One Step Beyond, Inc to provide crisis response services, including general operating expenses and emergency assistance for clients.
Read MoreAdditional $2,500 granted on 11/26/2021 (Fall 2021) |$2,500 granted on 10/28/2020 | $2,500 granted 5/2/2020 to provide crisis response services, including general operating expenses and emergency assistance.
Read More$9,000 granted 11/26/2021 to provide general operating support towards offering vital safety net services for low-income families in our community. (Fall 2021)
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$50,000 granted 4/9/2020. Unrestricted emergency funds support of its mission to provide food, meals and core services to those in need.
Read More$9,000 granted 11/26/2021 to provide general operating support to meet the increased food assistance needs of low-income individuals in our community. (Fall 2021)
$50,000 granted 4/7/2020 to support food and grocery to San Carlos community. (Covid Strategic Grant)
Read More$8,500 granted on 11/26/2021 to provide general operating support toward Community Volunteer advocates for children in foster care or involved in the juvenile justice system in the San Carlos area. (Fall 2021)
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$5000 granted 6/10/2021 in support of General Operating to CASA of San Mateo County supporting Community Volunteer advocates for children in foster care or involved in the juvenile justice system in the San Carlos area.
Read More$10,000 granted 11/26/2021 to provide general operating support towards the community’s mental health needs. (Fall 2021)
$8000 granted on 6/9/2021 to One Life Counseling Center to provide mental health therapy for low-income clients, including for economically disadvantaged students over the summer. (Spring 2021)
$3,000 granted on 10/28/2020 (Covid Round4)
$5,000 granted 5/2/2020. (Covid Round 1)
Read More$10,000 granted on 10/28/2020 to support funding of three family child care home providers in San Carlos as part of the San Mateo County Child Care Relief Fund.
Read More$10,000 granted on 10/28/2020 to provide COVID crisis services for Sequoia high school students, including the salary of a Health and Wellness Coordinator for Sequoia’s Teen Resource Center
Read More$7,500 granted 10/28/2020 to provide scholarships for onsite childcare and education programs for essential worker families requesting assistance.
Read More$5,000 granted on 10/28/2020 to provide shade structures for outdoor classrooms to students and staff as they return to school.
Read More$5,000 granted on 10/28/2020 to support Project Dance-OFF in San Carlos and other tailored San Carlos community dance programs.
Read MoreAdditional $1,000 granted on 10/28/2020 | $7,000 granted on 5/18/2020 for general operating expenses and program-related expenses including online music education lessons.
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