How to Apply:
_The 2012 Grant period has closed. Check back next summer for the 2013 grant application.
Individuals or organizations interested in submitting an application are now welcome to do so. Please read carefully the information below - especially the criteria section - before downloading a grant application. Qualified applicants will be invited to make an oral presentation at a special meeting and funding decisions will be made in November.
The Avila Beach Community Foundation was created to manage an endowment provided by the UNOCAL Settlement. The annual earnings on this endowment, after deducting an allowance for operational costs and after adding an increment to the endowment, may be made available by the Board to projects for the "enhancement and betterment" of the Avila Beach Community. The Foundation Board will identify the total available amount of funds available and select grants for each grant year in late fall.
Description of the Grant Process:
In the fall of each calendar year, the residents of Avila Beach and other interested parties are invited to submit requests for the funding of projects to enhance the community of Avila Beach to be accomplished during the following calendar year. The Board also reviews and acts on other grant requests during the year. All requests are acted on by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation or the Executive Committee of the Foundation in accordance with our by-laws.
The goal of the Foundation is to finance enhancement projects of minor amounts, major amounts, or co-sponsored projects with other organizations.
Criteria for Consideration of Project Funding and Support:
Individuals or organizations interested in submitting an application are now welcome to do so. Please read carefully the information below - especially the criteria section - before downloading a grant application. Qualified applicants will be invited to make an oral presentation at a special meeting and funding decisions will be made in November.
The Avila Beach Community Foundation was created to manage an endowment provided by the UNOCAL Settlement. The annual earnings on this endowment, after deducting an allowance for operational costs and after adding an increment to the endowment, may be made available by the Board to projects for the "enhancement and betterment" of the Avila Beach Community. The Foundation Board will identify the total available amount of funds available and select grants for each grant year in late fall.
Description of the Grant Process:
In the fall of each calendar year, the residents of Avila Beach and other interested parties are invited to submit requests for the funding of projects to enhance the community of Avila Beach to be accomplished during the following calendar year. The Board also reviews and acts on other grant requests during the year. All requests are acted on by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation or the Executive Committee of the Foundation in accordance with our by-laws.
The goal of the Foundation is to finance enhancement projects of minor amounts, major amounts, or co-sponsored projects with other organizations.
Criteria for Consideration of Project Funding and Support:
- The Board of Trustees will give favorable consideration to projects that meet all or most of the following criteria in some measure:
- Improvements in the physical, cultural and social well being of the residents and visitors of the Avila Beach Community.
- Enhancements beyond the services normally expected to be provided by government and private agencies.
- Reflect the history and culture of the Avila Beach Community
- Have the support of a cross-section of Avila Beach residents and visitors
- Provide for permanent improvements
- Pre-existence of all elements of a successful project (e.g. leadership, responsibility, expertise, commitment, organization, etc.)
- Pre-existence of any governmental support essential to the project
- Ability and authority to satisfy any conditions established by the Foundation
- Ability to fully accomplish the project within the proposed funding without expectation of additional funding
