Menorah Park Community Impact Fund

Menorah Park Community Impact Fund

Funder: Menorah Park, San Francisco Bay Area

Status: Proposals are considered by invitation only due to small budget and staffing.

Geographic Scope: San Francisco Bay Area (with particular focus on San Francisco and surrounding counties including Contra Costa, Alameda, Marin, and Santa Clara)

Mission Alignment: Menorah Park's grantmaking supports the vision of older adults in the Bay Area having access to safe, high quality, affordable housing that supports them in staying active, healthy, and engaged in community life.

Core Values

• Tzedakah, Tikkun Olam & Chesed – Jewish tradition of working together with compassion to repair the world
• Inclusion – Strengthening communities through the wisdom and experience of older adults
• Collaboration – Supporting partnerships and encouraging collaboration across organizations and sectors
• Learning & Innovation – Promoting continuous learning and investing in evidence-based solutions
• Accountability – Responsible stewardship of assets for demonstrated benefit to older adults

Grantmaking Goal

Keep lower-income older adults housed and create more affordable housing options for older adults by supporting strategies for protecting, preserving, and producing housing.

Funding Focus Areas

Strategies for older adults experiencing homelessness:

Programs utilizing a "housing first" approach

Helping older adults experiencing homelessness exit streets rapidly and move into sustainable housing

Broad efforts to increase services in and supply of permanent supportive housing

Strategies for older adult, lower-income renters:

Helping older adult renters stay in their housing and communities

Emphasis on those with moderate and severe housing cost burdens (>30% and >50% of monthly income toward housing)

Broad efforts to increase supply of affordable senior housing

Strategies for older adult, lower-income homeowners:

Community programs allowing older adults to age in place while maximizing quality of life

Fostering social connection and intergenerational interdependence

Current Grantees

Bay Area Community Services (BACS), Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, Covia, DISH, Episcopal Community Services (ECS), Hebrew Free Loan, Jewish Family & Children Services, Justice in Aging, JVS, Legal Assistance for Seniors, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, Meals on Wheels (multiple locations), Mercy Housing California, MidPen Housing, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, San Francisco/Marin Food Bank, SAHA, Shalom Bayit, St. Mary's Center