Impact100 East Bay Grant Program

The Impact 100 Model

The Impact100 model is readily available to all communities who wish to implement it. The model is designed to empower women to see themselves as philanthropists and to support transformational grant-making within their local communities, with a minimum grant of $100,000.

Focus Areas

Impact100 East Bay accepts grant applications for programs/initiatives/projects in 5 broad Focus Areas:

• Arts & Culture
  • Programs/projects that cultivate, develop, educate, and improve the cultural climate within Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
• Education
  • Programs/projects to improve the educational process or access to education for children and/or adults.
• Environmental, Recreation and Preservation
  • Programs/projects that preserve, enhance, revitalize, or restore facilities and surroundings in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
• Family
  • Programs/projects that strengthen and enhance the lives of children and families.
• Health and Wellness
  • Programs/projects that strengthen & enhance Alameda or Contra Costa communities with significant economic, educational, social or physical needs.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Organizations eligible to apply for an Impact100 East Bay grant must be:
  • Be recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code;
  • Be located in, expend funds, and serve residents of Alameda and/or Contra Costa Maintain proper financial health;
  • Two years of audited 990’s, most recent year-end budget and actual results, and current year budget.
  • Demonstrate organizational strength;
  • Identify a new initiative or expansion of an existing initiative or a new or expanded collaborative effort of several nonprofits, that:
  • its one of our focus areas;
  • targets a defined population;
  • for a defined duration;
  • with defined, measurable goals;
  • benefits the counties of Alameda or Contra Costa;
  • will use the full grant amount;
  • has a plan for sustainability; and
  • drives a high-impact, transformational outcome.
  • Expend funds within 24 months of the initial grant installment
• Organizations may submit only one application.
• When a nonprofit is awarded our largest grant, the organization must wait until the end of the grant cycle (2 years) before reapplying to Impact 100 East Bay for another grant.

Ineligibility

• Impact 100 East Bay will not provide grants for:
  • General operating expenses or overhead
  • note: operating funds may be requested if applicable to a new initiative to be funded by Impact100 East Bay
  • General construction or renovation
  • General capital campaigns that are unrelated to the specific program/project/initiative
  • General advertising
  • Debt reduction, operating deficits, interim/bridge financing, or endowment funding
  • Individual or private foundations
  • Activities that are religious, partisan, fraternal, sectarian, legislative or political in nature
  • Fund drives, annual appeals, fundraising events
  • Legal expenses incurred in any action by or against the organization
  • Programs/projects/initiatives that unlawfully discriminate based on age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation