CZI Community Fund
Funding Amount
$25,000 – $100,000 (year-long)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- September 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofits
Geography
- California
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Community Fund offers year-long grants ranging $25,000–$100,000 to nonprofit organizations developing solutions to urgent local challenges in the Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City communities (CA). Recipients also receive capacity-building support and programming.
How to Apply
Organizations must be tax-exempt under IRC 501(c)(3) or have a valid fiscal agent/sponsor. Learn more, including application criteria and eligibility requirements, at chanzuckerberg.com/community/fund.
What Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 53
- Total given
- $235.36M
- Median grant
- $1.2M
- Range
- $100K–$60M
- 63% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in California, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: California 63%, Massachusetts 14%, Hawaii 4%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Cambridge, MA.
- 23% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 15% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
CZ Biohub SF LLC · San Francisco, CA
Science: cz biohub san francsico core support
$60M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA
The kempner institute for the study of natural and artificial intelligence at harvard…
$29.6M
CZ Biohub Chicago LLC · San Francisco, CA
Science: cz biohub chicago core support
$18M
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Inc · San Francisco, CA
For general operating support
$14.1M
Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging LLC · San Francisco, CA
Science: cz imaging institute core support
$12.24M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Community development
Project Locations
- CA
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