Avila Beach Community Impact Grant

The Avila Beach Community Foundation is offering a $8,500 Community Impact Grant to foster innovative projects that benefit the Avila Beach community. Applications are accepted annually from July to early September, with a focus on initiatives that enhance social, cultural, and physical well-being. Special consideration will be given to proposals utilizing the grant as seed money or matching funds. This grant aims to unite community members in achieving shared goals and improving local quality of life.

Background & Process
The Avila Beach Community Foundation was created to manage an endowment established as part of the UNOCAL beach contamination clean-up settlement. Funds from the endowment may be made available for grant-making purposes in an amount determined annually by the Foundation's Board of Trustees.
The Foundation accepts applications for the funding of grants each year from July through early September for projects that will take place during the ensuing calendar year. The Board of Trustees reviews grant requests and determines recipients each fall. Sponsorship of smaller projects or special projects may occur other times throughout the year outside of the grant-making process and calendar. Such requests may be acted on by the Foundation's Board of Trustees or Executive Committee in accordance with our by-laws.
Mission Statement & Vision
The Avila Beach Community Foundation is a charitable organization created to accept donations and fund projects for the enhancement and betterment of the Avila Beach Community, in perpetuity. The Foundation involves the members of the Avila Beach community in the process of completing projects to improve the community, thereby uniting the residents and visitors to achieve common goals.
The Foundation SupportsImprovements in the physical, cultural, and social well-being of residents and visitors of the Avila Beach Community.Enhancements beyond the services normally provided by government and private agencies.Projects that reflect the history and culture of Avila Beach residents and visitors.Projects that provide for permanent improvements.
The Avila Beach Community Foundation is pleased to announce that it is presently accepting applications from local organizations or individuals to compete for a single, $8,500 Community Impact Grant.

Eligibility

Only proposals that focus on a new, innovative project, program, event or service to benefit the greater Avila Beach communities will be considered.