Community Challenge Grants

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Community Challenge Grants We provide grants and technical assistance for community-led, neighborhood improvement projects.

🌿✨ Two weeks left to apply!Have an idea that will strengthen, beautify, or activate your neighborhood? Community Challen...
10/06/2026

🌿✨ Two weeks left to apply!

Have an idea that will strengthen, beautify, or activate your neighborhood?

Community Challenge Grants can help bring it to life.

Up to $150,000 is available for community‑led projects in:
• Greening & Environmental Stewardship
• Cleaning & Neighborhood Care
• Public Art & Cultural Expression
• Community Activation & Events
• Gathering Spaces & Placemaking

đź“… Apply by October 20
Learn more: sf.gov/fy27ccg
Let’s keep building a more vibrant and connected San Francisco, together.

Happy to visit Friends of Kimbell Community Garden’s Community Garden Plan Picnic and meet some of the contributors to t...
09/28/2026

Happy to visit Friends of Kimbell Community Garden’s Community Garden Plan Picnic and meet some of the contributors to this vision. Thank you San Francisco Recreation & Parks for being a great partner to our grantees and to all the volunteers bringing this vision to life!

Greening Projects

Have a question about the Community Challenge Grants funding opportunity? Be sure to ask by September 25.Review the RFP ...
09/21/2026

Have a question about the Community Challenge Grants funding opportunity? Be sure to ask by September 25.

Review the RFP materials and our online Q&A database as you prepare your application, and send us any remaining questions by the deadline.

The Q&A database will remain available after September 25 to help you as you complete your application.

Applications are due October 20.

Find the RFP, Q&A database, workshop materials, and application resources on our website.

Getting ready to submit your Community Challenge Grants application? Our final workshop on September 22 will walk you th...
09/18/2026

Getting ready to submit your Community Challenge Grants application? Our final workshop on September 22 will walk you through the online submission process step by step.

We’ll cover how to check if your organization is already in our system, enter one or more project sites, upload required documents, and make edits after submission.

Tuesday, September 22 | 2–3 p.m. | Online

Learn more and register: https://www.sf.gov/event-20260922-workshop-how-to-apply-for-community-challenge-grants

The FY27 Community Challenge Grants RFP supports many different approaches to neighborhood beautification—from urban gre...
09/01/2026

The FY27 Community Challenge Grants RFP supports many different approaches to neighborhood beautification—from urban greening and public art to community events and gathering spaces.

Applicants must select the one program area that best matches the primary focus of their proposed project:

A. Greening & Environmental Stewardship
B. Cleaning & Neighborhood Care
C. Public Art & Cultural Expression
D. Community Activation & Events
E. Community Gathering Spaces & Placemaking

Review the full descriptions, examples, and eligibility requirements at sf.gov/fy27ccg.

Eligible applicants may request up to $150,000. Applications are due October 20, 2026.

Know an organization with a community-rooted project idea? Please share this opportunity with them.

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02/26/2026

It’s back! See you there.

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1901 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA
94115

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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