Fall Grant Cycle - Education and Health & Human Services

The Fall Grant Cycle focuses on Education and Health & Human Services. In 2025, the Foundation will offer grants for paid internships at nonprofits, prioritizing DEI recruitment. Eligible candidates include students and young professionals. Grants for internships range from $8,000 to $12,000. The Health & Human Services focus will not accept new applications in 2025, but continues to support elder self-sufficiency through housing-related initiatives with $20,000 grants over two years.

NOTE: Education: This grant cycle is open.
Health & Human Services: ​ In 2024, we awarded two-year grants. We are not accepting new grant applications in this focus area in 2025.
Education Focus
The Foundation intends to award grants for paid internships at nonprofits for
students enrolled in community college, four year college undergraduate and/or college graduate school or"young professionals" defined as a person who graduated from community college, four-year college undergraduate, or college graduate school within the last two years.
Grants distributed in calendar year 2025 may be utilized for calendar year 2026 internships as needed. These internships must provide an above minimum wage stipend. The internship experience should include enrichment opportunities which should include skill building, visibility into nonprofit management, peer networking, professional seminars, capstone project/report, etc.
Priority will be given to internships that recruit using a DEI lens. Average size grants in this area of focus are $8,000-$12,000 per internship. You are welcome to request funding for more than one internship in an application if you have previously received funding from the Foundation.
Please note that grant recipients who received awards from us in this focus area each year for the last 3 consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024) are not eligible for a grant in 2025. You will be eligible to reapply in 2026.​
Health & Human Services Focus (No new applications are being accepted in 2025. You are welcome to introduce yourself )
We will be awarding two-year $20,000 grants (payouts of 2024: $10,000; 2025: $10,000) to organizations. We fund both projects and general operating support.
Funding is focused on housing specifically around aging in place:

• Home modifications for accessibility and home maintenance;
• Assistance with household tasks;
• Affordable permanent housing;
• Collaborative partnerships that advocate for age-friendly communities.

Eligibility

We make grants to nonprofits doing work in California (San Francisco Bay Area focusing on Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Alameda counties) and Oregon (Greater Portland area).