San Bruno Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The San Bruno Community Foundation supports community development, education, youth, human services and arts and culture in Northern California.
FUNDING AREAS: Community development, education, youth, human services, arts and culture
IP TAKE: With broad topic interests and a very narrow geographic focus, this is a unique community foundation because it was created by a disaster settlement.
PROFILE: Established in 2013, the San Bruno Community Foundation (SBCF) is a community foundation based in San Bruno, California. This foundation formed to administer funds received from PG&E after the 2010 gas pipeline explosion in the Crestmoor neighborhood of San Bruno. The foundation “serves the San Bruno community by investing in projects, programs, services and facilities that have significant and lasting benefits.” SBCF funds local efforts for community development, education, youth, human services and arts and culture.
The San Bruno Community Foundation supports a wide variety of local causes in a small geographic area. SBCF has a community grants fund that is discretionary and serves diverse populations. These are grants for one-year periods, and funding is available for program support and capacity building support. In the past, grants have been awarded for sports and recreation, affordable housing, community health, publicly owned community facilities, economic vitality and other local interests. SBCF also awards strategic grants for capital projects that go to libraries and community centers, swimming pools, recreation centers, athletic fields and park improvements.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $25,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the San Bruno area of California, which is on the San Francisco Peninsula between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Past local grantees include the Marine Science Institute, Parents Helping Parents and the Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services of San Mateo County.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Community grant applications are typically due in late September, and the SBCF uses an online system to receive requests. Direct general questions to the staff at info@sbcf.org or 650-763-0775.
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