Community funding grant

The community funding grant program has been suspended until spring 2025. Funded organizations are encouraged to complete the City’s survey to provide feedback about the program and any ideas for improvements.

To provide guidelines for the award of monetary support to local nonprofit agencies whose programs respond to the human service needs of Menlo Park residents.

This funding is not intended for use as the sole support of any agency.

All recipients of financial assistance grants enter into a contractual agreement with the City detailing the specific objectives to be accomplished as a result of the grant.

Addressing community needs

Funded programs must respond to a verified community need as defined by the City Council in Policy CC-01-1996(PDF, 116KB):

Verified community need	Description
People with disabilities	Emphasizes support of programs that will allow the disabled to actively participate in their community and maintain independence from institutional support.
Emergency assistance and low income support	Emphasizes support of programs that can meet emergency needs for people in crisis such as victims of homelessness, rape, and domestic violence and the basic needs such as food, etc., for low-income residents.
Seniors	Emphasizes support of programs which serve predominantly low income, frail and minority seniors; and those programs which make it possible for seniors to continue to be independent and active community participants.
Youth	Emphasizes support of delinquency prevention services including recreation; crisis and family counseling; substance abuse prevention; child care and acculturation of ethnic minorities.