Community Impact Grants in California

Ability Central's Community Impact Grants in California aim to enhance communication and information access for Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent individuals. Focused on community-driven projects, these grants support initiatives that address critical access needs, promote meaningful inclusion, and leverage existing resources. By funding communication access programs and services, the grants help remove barriers, ensuring equitable participation in community life across the state, thereby fostering a more inclusive society.

Ability Central
Ability Central is a nonprofit organization that serves as an educator, convener, and trusted resource for people with disabilities and the communities that support them. The organization works to advance inclusion, accessibility, and equity by providing information, tools, and collaborative spaces that empower individuals and strengthen community networks. Ability Central created the Portal as part of its mission to transform communications and information access, ensuring that all individuals—regardless of ability—can fully exercise their right to receive information and express themselves. Through advocacy, education, and resource development, the organization seeks to remove barriers and promote meaningful access in every sphere of life.
The Ability Central Community Impact Grants in California support nonprofit organizations that expand communication and information access for people who are Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent across the state. The program prioritizes short-term, community-based projects that address urgent or critical access needs and promote meaningful inclusion and participation, including efforts that leverage existing resources to advance equitable engagement. Funding may support communication access programs or services as well as accessibility supports that increase participation in programs and services, helping remove barriers and ensure greater access to information, programs, and community life throughout California.

Eligibility

Be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofitHave an annual operating budget under $1,000,000Demonstrate ethical management and organizational capacityHave reliable, ethical, and experienced personnel overseeing the organization and project.