Stockton Housing Innovation Fund Grant

The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund (SHIF) is a community-driven initiative designed to address housing insecurity in Stockton. It provides funding for projects that support low to moderate-income residents, focusing on enhancing affordable housing capacity, innovative solutions to housing challenges, and addressing racial disparities. With $350,000 available, SHIF invites eligible organizations to apply for grants up to $75,000, aiming to foster impactful local solutions and improve overall housing access and outcomes.

Developed with extensive local engagement, SHIF is a community-designed and driven source of funding designed to address housing needs within the City of Stockton, supporting activities that work toward alleviating housing insecurity for Stockton residents.
SHIF was created as a community-designed and community-led source of flexible financing. It is intended to be responsive to local housing needs and invest directly into the Stockton Community with the overall goal of reducing housing insecurity. The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund achieves this goal by supporting local, impactful, and innovative solutions to improve housing access and outcomes. A Community Design Team developed the focus areas for this funding in 2022, which defines what can be funded through this initiative. This fund is governed by a Community Oversight Board of local residents with lived and professional experience around housing insecurity and affordable housing initiatives in Stockton. They review, score, and recommend applications for funding annually. SJCF will award $350,000.
Program Overview and Information
THE San Joaquin Community Foundation is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit proposals for grant funding from the Stockton Housing Innovation Fund (SHIF). SHIF was created as a community-designed and driven source of financing. It is intended to be responsive to local housing needs and invest directly into the Stockton community with the overall goal of reducing housing insecurity. The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund moves toward this goal by supporting local, impactful, and innovative solutions with funding to improve housing access and outcomes.
Grants from SHIF are available to fund projects and activities that serve low to moderate-income people living in the City of Stockton, and directly align with one or more of the SHIF’s areas of focus:
improving local capacity around affordable housing, innovative solutions to address housing insecurity, and addressing racial disparities in current housing systems.
For this year, SHIF is accepting requests for eligible projects from all three areas of focus. Projects may address more than one of the focus areas, but organizations will be asked to select one as the main focus in the application. Funding requests can be for new or ongoing projects or activities.
Funding
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), James Irvine Foundation, and The California Endowment have generously provided a total of $350,000 to be regranted by the San Joaquin Community Foundation for this grant program. Additional funds may be made available during this round of funding. The maximum amount an applicant may request under this program is $75,000 although applicants may request less than the maximum amount.
The timeframe to expend grant monies is one calendar year from the date of signed contract.

Eligibility

All organizations applying for SHIF funding must serve low and moderate-income households within the City of Stockton.The San Joaquin Community Foundation will accept applications from the following organizations:Non Profit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Ineligibility

Proposals that include the following restricted uses will not be considered by the San Joaquin Community Foundation:Lobbying that seeks to influence legislation.
While organizations as a whole are not prohibited from engaging in lobbying activities to support their overall mission and goals, activities funded with SHIF proceeds cannot be tied to any direct lobbying activities around specific candidates or legislation at any level.
Any activities that would violate the law and/or public policy.