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SCW 2027 COMMUNITY GRANTS APPLICATION
Opens July, 2026​
For 2025, the SCW Community Grants Committee made 14 new Community Grants totaling $40,000, with individual grant amounts ranging from $1,800 to $4,000.
2027 applications are due on Wednesday, September 30th, 2026.
The 2026 SCW Community Grant Committee includes Mary Jane Mikuriya, Athena Papadakos, Bick Simpson, Melvin Starks and Anne Steele(Chair). You can email us at
SCW Community Grants
In keeping with our mission, the Society for Community Work gives grants to organizations in the community who provide services in keeping with our values. The SCW Community Grants Committee is responsible for choosing these organizations.
We tend to provide grant support to nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area with annual budgets less than $2,000,000.
From Athena Papadakos Chair, 2025 SCW Community Grants Committee
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The SCW Board met in November and approved the SCW Community Grant Committee’s recommendations for 14 new Community Grants totaling $40,000, with individual grant amounts ranging from $1800 to $4,000. ​
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The following organizations were awarded grants:​
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Children & Youth: Golden Gate Bird Alliance
Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC)
Open Door Legal

Theater: Oakland Theater Project 
Cultural: San Francisco City Guides and Walk San Francisco Foundation
Insight Chamber Players
League of Women Voters Oakland
Families: Noe Music Lullaby Project
MLIFE

Prisons: Project Avary 

Immigration: Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Upward Scholars 

Environmental: 350 BayArea
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In the current schedule, the Committee receives grant requests in the early fall and the team will approve proposed grants in October or November. The grants will be distributed the following year, usually starting in January.
Every organization, which applies for a grant must provide certain documentation:
proof of their nonprofit status,
annual budget and expenditure reports, and
annual report or a detailed description of their activities.
The Committee seeks to provide funding to organizations addressing several categories of issues, such as services for women and children, disability and aging issues, homeless services, support for high school students reaching towards college education, prison rehabilitation, and ecology. In making our selection, we consider the need for the services provided, the uniqueness of the service, and the amount of difference receiving a small grant would make to the organization.
If you are interested in proposing an organization for support or if you yourself are an organization interested in applying for a grant, you may currently contact
scw-communitygrants@uusf.org.
