Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Tulare County, California
Other requirements
- Program is governed by a National Board that selects jurisdictions for funding
- Each jurisdiction has a local board that governs allocated funds
Overview
Background: The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was created in 1983 to supplement and expand the work of local social service agencies, both nonprofit and governmental, in an effort to help people with economic emergencies.
Funding Focus
- Eligible Uses: EFSP funds may be used to provide economic assistance in the long term, even if current circumstances were impacted by an earlier disaster occurrence
- Allowable Activities: Funds must be used to supplement:
- Feeding
- Sheltering (including transitional sheltering)
- Rent/mortgage assistance
- Utility assistance
Geographic Scope
- Tulare County, California
- Program is governed by a National Board that selects jurisdictions for funding
- Each jurisdiction has a local board that governs allocated funds
Current Status
Note: The UWTC Affiliate application window has closed
Contact Information
- Organization: United Way of Tulare County
- Address: 1601 E. Prosperity Avenue, Tulare, California 93274
- Phone: (559) 685-1766
- IRS #: 94-6100424
What United Way of Tulare County actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 17
- Total given
- $201K
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $5,863–$21K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: Visalia, CA; Porterville, CA; Tulare, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 65% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Able Industries · Visalia, CA
Affiliate grant program/donor designations
$21K
CASA · Visalia, CA
Affiliate grant program
$17K
Hope Horizon Mental Health · Tulare, CA
Affiliate grant program/food assistance
$16K
Boys & Girls of the Sequoias · Visalia, CA
Affiliate grant program
$15K
Tule River Native Veterans POST1987 · Porterville, CA
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$15K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Food pantries
- Supportive housing
- Hardship
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