2024 Mini-Grants

The Black Cultural Preservation Mini-Grants Program provides funding of up to $9,500 to support community-based organizations (CBOs)  and individual community members in organizing neighborhood-based events and functions that must be free and open to the public.

Mini-Grants are divided into two distinct categories. The first is exclusively for Community-Based Organizations, while the second is for individual community members and stakeholders.

Selected neighborhoods:

Lakeview, OMI, Sunnydale, Tenderloin, and Visitacion Valley

2023 - 2024 Grantee Timeline

ApplicationS Portal is closed 

Cycle two events (December 1st, 2023 - Feb. 29th, 2024)

Cycle Three events (March 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2024)

Community-Based Organizations

A Community-Based Organization (CBO) is a business entity that is committed to assessing and addressing the needs of the community. CBO’s considered legitimate by the Black Cultural Preservation Mini-Grants Program will have a business address in the City of San Francisco, and standalone banking/funding accounts, not shared with staff.

If you are a Community-Based Organization, please select one of the following neighborhoods in which your event will occur and you will be directed to the application.

Individual Community Members

For purposes of the application, a community member is an individual interested in organizing an event within their community, with or without affiliation to a CBO. The program welcomes applicants with varying degrees of event-organizing experience, whether they are newcomers or seasoned professionals. The Black Cultural Mini-Grants Program encourages anyone interested in organizing an event to apply.

If you are an Individual Community Member, please select one of the following neighborhoods in which your event will occur and you will be directed to the application.

Eligibility Requirements

Baseline Eligibility

  • The proposed event must take place in one of the five key neighborhoods of San Francisco: Lakeview, Oceanview-Merced Heights-Ingleside, Sunnydale, Tenderloin, Visitacion Valley

    • Please review this Neighborhood Map to help with determining the neighborhood lines

  • The event must be free and open to the public

  • The applicant must be a San Francisco resident (preferably work and/or live in the neighborhood of their proposed event)

  • Only one (1) event is documented per application.

Participation Eligibility

  • Attend the respective cycle’s orientation

  • Meet with En2action Staff for at least three (3) meetings

  • If you plan on alternating your event, you must file an Event Plan Revision Form and it must be approved by the respective neighborhood Review and Selection Committee Members

  • Complete a minimum of 20 feedback surveys (En2action will provide) at your event

  • Distribute and return a complete vendor sales survey (En2action will provide) for businesses you work with

  • Be communicative

Failure to meet any of the eligibility requirements will result in a withholding of a portion of your grant or the removal from the program.

Application Resources

aPPLICATION Process

We only accept ONE submission per applicant to create a fair and equitable distribution of grant funding. If you apply to the same neighborhood or to multiple neighborhoods, only your first application will be considered. A maximum of 10 applicants per neighborhood (5 from CBOs and 5 from individual community members) will be taken into consideration for each application cycle.

Following the application cycle deadline, the review and selection process will take place. Ultimately, one CBO and one singular community member from each neighborhood will be chosen per neighborhood, resulting in a total of 10 Black Cultural Preservation Grantees per application cycle.

To support applicants in the application process, En2action provides a number of resources. Please review the resource materials below to help assist in your future application process: