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Mayor London Breed Announces $2.2 Million in Grants for Nonprofit Organizations

Mayor London Breed Announces $2.2 Million in Grants for Nonprofit Organizations
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Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Twelve neighborhood-serving organizations to receive Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative funding for the acquisition of new spaces and long-term leases to continue providing health care, access to arts and culture, and economic services

San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD), the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the San Francisco Arts Commission, and Community Vision today announced $2.2 million in transformative awards for nonprofit space acquisition and lease stabilization.

The Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative (NSI) awards provide vital seed funding to projects that will create 21,774 square feet of permanent, nonprofit-owned space. The funding includes a $1 million grant to Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. for the acquisition of a former police station that will become a childcare and youth development center and a $750,000 grant to Mission Neighborhood Health Center that will expand access to health and dental services in the Excelsior and Outer Mission.

The NSI deploys financial assistance, professional services, assessment tools, and other resources to help stabilize nonprofits and overcome barriers to growth. Since 2017, the NSI has awarded $9.3 million and assisted more than 100 San Francisco-based nonprofits.

San Francisco has nearly 7,000 nonprofits that often work in partnership with the City to address complex challenges and the needs of its residents. Administered by OEWD, the NSI continues San Francisco’s groundbreaking support of nonprofit space and sustainability, and investments in resilience that assist nonprofits and prevent displacement. The underlying objective of all NSI programs is to ensure access to quality of life resources as well as education, health, and human services for residents of San Francisco, and real estate assistance is a cornerstone of the program.

In addition to the $2.2 million in recently awarded grants for 2019-20, the application period for the next round of grants is now open. $4.6 million is available for nonprofit organizations, including $2 million for the new Community Cornerstones initiative to assist nonprofits that are relocating or expanding space within new 100% affordable housing developments.

Content retrieved from:http://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-announces-22-million-grants-nonprofit-organizations

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