Trinity Trust: Community Response Grants

The Trinity Trust offers Community Response Grants to benefit Trinity County residents in California. Managed by the Humboldt Area Foundation, these grants address urgent community needs where small investments can create a significant impact. Eligible projects include building partnerships, engaging youth, and enhancing organizational capacity. Nonprofit organizations, public schools, and government agencies may apply. However, grants are not available for expenses outside the service area or for religious activities.

The Trinity Trust makes grants exclusively for the benefit of the residents of Trinity County California.
The Trust is an affiliate of the Humboldt Area Foundation, who manages The Trinity Trust Endowment and administers Trinity Trust grants. Grant decisions are made by a committee of Trinity County residents who have shown long-term interest in community betterment.
The Trinity Trust’s Community Response Grant Program is designed to respond to urgent, unexpected or one-time needs where a small investment can make a lasting difference to our community.
Grants will be made for projects that do one or more of the following:
Build ~ collaborative relationships and partnershipsIntegrate ~ youth in ways that build their commitment to community and civic responsibility,Engage ~ community members who will benefit in the planning,Develop ~ community leadership,Leverage ~ matching funding or resources for the organizationIncrease ~ the long-term capacity of an organization to improve or expand their services.
Average Grant Size: The average grant amount is under $10,000 with the average grant ranging between $3,000 - $5,000.

Eligibility

Applicants must be nonprofit charitable or public benefit (federal tax exempt) organizations, public schools, government agencies, Indian tribal governments or have a qualified fiscal sponsor.Projects must benefit the communities within Trinity County, California. All organizations from outside this service area must demonstrate that they are working with a locally based group to develop and implement the proposed project.

Ineligibility

Grants cannot be made for expenses outside the service area such as travel expenses of schools or groups for trips out of the area, cultural groups going on tour, “good will” ambassadors, or scholarships and fellowships to other countries.Grants cannot be made for the deferred maintenance or annual operating costs of public institutions, churches, services of special tax districts, government, or cemeteries. Grants cannot be made for religious activities or projects that exclusively benefit the members of sectarian or religious organizations. Grants cannot pay for expenses that have already been incurred.