The City & County of San Francisco, private foundations, and many other agencies provide funding for nonprofit organizations that serve children, youth, and families in San Francisco.

If you know of a funding opportunity that should be posted on this page, please send it to info@dcyf.org.

Funding Directories & Resources

CALIFORNIA GRANTWATCH
California GrantWatch publishes grants by foundations, corporations, states, locales, and the federal government. Filter your search by interest, location, funding source, keyword and/or Grant ID#. A paid account is required for full access to all grants. Learn more here.

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Every year, millions of nonprofits spend trillions of dollars around the world. Candid finds out where that money comes from, where it goes, and why it matters. Through research, collaboration, and training, Candid connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to do it. Candid's data tools on nonprofits, foundations, and grants are the most comprehensive in the world. A paid account is required for a personal Premium account, or you can visit the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library and use their Premium account for free! Learn more here.

Current Funding Opportunities

 

California Arts Council’s Creative Youth Development Grants

The Creative Youth Development program is rooted in the California Arts Council’s belief that arts learning is an essential tool for healthy human development and that it should be available to all young people throughout California, including but not limited to those whose lives have been impacted or interrupted by the justice system. Projects should address one or more of the following Creative Youth Development program goals:

Provide social-emotional creative experiences in safe, healthy and appropriate learning environments. Foster creative abilities of youth through culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning. Support arts programs that seek to activate youth voices, narratives, and perspectives. Utilize cultural assets of the local community to support positive self-identification and respect for diverse cultures. Empower youth through the preservation, revitalization, and/or reclamation of cultural practices. Cultivate the development of transferable life skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, and collaboration.

Applications are due by June 6, 2024.

San Francisco Grants for the Arts

For Fiscal Year 2025 and Fiscal Year 2026, Grants for the Arts is offering 3 types of General Operating Support (GOS) grants to San Francisco arts and culture nonprofits:

Arts Programming

Apply for this grant type if you plan to fund a season or series of:

  • Public performances

  • Exhibits

  • Other arts activities in San Francisco

Arts Services

Apply for this grant type if you plan to fund programs or services providing capacity building for other San Francisco-based arts and culture organizations and/or artists.

Parades and Festivals

Apply for this grant type if you plan to fund art and cultural experiences in the form of parades and/or festivals in San Francisco public spaces that have free admission and are open the public. Focus areas can include celebrating: 

  • Cultural heritage

  • A community, a neighborhood, or a shared cultural interest

Applications are due by June 7, 2024.

SF Office of Ecomonic and Workforce Development: Economic and Workforce Development Grants

The SF Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) has issued Request for Proposals (RFP) #229 to provide critical economic and workforce development resources to support San Francisco’s residents, businesses, visitors, and workers.

This RFP includes four distinct program areas and the total amount of funding anticipated for initial grant awards is $2.38 million.

The funding in this RFP supports programs delivered through three OEWD divisions:

  • Business Development

  • Community Economic Development (formerly Invest In Neighborhoods)

  • Workforce Development

Grant awards are anticipated to begin in July 1, 2024 or later. 

Applications are due by May 16, 2024.

If you know of an opportunity that is not listed, please email info@dcyf.org.

Disclaimer: DCYF’s only purpose in sharing this list is to provide general information about funding opportunities. DCYF does not endorse any of the programs listed on this page, and is not liable for any of the services nor activities provided by any of the agencies listed on this page.