Community Grant Program

Episcopal Impact Fund 2020 Community Grants

The application cycle for the 2020 Community Grants is now closed. Please look for the 2021 application in January 2021.  

Episcopal Impact Fund will make up to five two-year unrestricted grants of $15,000 to $30,000 to nonprofits that advance its mission and share its vision:

Mission: Advancing Pathways out of Poverty

Vision: Children in the Bay Area, regardless of income, race or zip code, grow up nurtured by healthy communities that are rich with opportunity.

Episcopal Impact Fund will fund organizations that:

• Provide direct services across the Bay Area in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo Counties and the city of Palo Alto.
• Serve children, youth and their families and caregivers.
• Are focused on breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
• Address one or more of the needs identified in Episcopal Impact Fund’s Ecosystems for Change. 
• Are qualified non-profit organizations, exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code, or under the fiscal sponsorship of such an organization.
• Have measurable goals and a method for assessing their progress on these goals.
• Have diverse leadership, that includes representatives of the communities they serve.