Ramona Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Ramona Community Foundation supports community development, education, arts and culture, health, seniors and human services in Southern California.
FUNDING AREAS: Community development, education, arts and culture, health, seniors, human services
IP TAKE: This local affiliate funder announces a call for grant applications each year and usually awards between 10 and 15 grants annually.
PROFILE: The Ramona Community Foundation (RCF) is a community foundation based in Ramona, California. RCF is an affiliate of The San Diego Foundation and part of a regional network of affiliates at this large community foundation. The foundation aims to "build a Ramona community endowment, provide funding annually to Ramona organizations and causes and give Ramona community members a vehicle for legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Ramona now and forever.” It funds local efforts for community development, education, arts and culture, health, seniors and human services.
The Ramona Community Foundation chooses topics of interest to focus on each year, such as building a vibrant community. RCF makes grants to organizations for projects that can be completed within a year. Grants go towards brand-new programs, expanding existing programs and replicating programs that have been tested in other communities. This is a funder that values collaboration among nonprofits. RCF has been awarding between $30,000 and $40,000 in grants per year lately. It does not support fundraising events, scholarships, research, or political or religious causes. The funder is known to support some of the same local organizations year after year, but it also provides funding for new groups that serve the community.
Grants range between about $1,500 and $5,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the city of Ramona, California and the surrounding area. Past local grantees include Autism Tree Project Foundation, ArtReach and Hearts and Hooves Therapy.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits at certain times of the year. In the past, the grant application deadline has been in July. Grantseekers should use the funder’s online system to apply for a grant electronically. Direct general questions to Trudy Armstrong, the RCF director, at trudy@sdfoundation.org or 619-764-8602.
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