Thanks to advocacy by CalNonprofits and others, the California Small Business Grant program explicitly includes nonprofits as eligible grantees! CalNonprofits is partnering with the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) and the grant administrator Lendistry to provide grant program and application information to nonprofits across the state. Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 depending on the size of the organization.

Round 6 opens April 28th

WEBINAR: 
California Grant for Small Business and Nonprofits: Get Ready to Apply for Round 6
April 26 from 11am to 12pm
RSVP
The recording and resources will be emailed to all registrants.

• Round 6 is open from April 28 to May 4. Click here on April 28 to apply.
• Read our FAQ’s before you get started.
• Make sure you are using Google Chrome as your browser and that you select the correct application, either nonprofit or for-profit.
• Small businesses, click here.
• Visit our YouTube page to view previous webinars.

Latest Updates

Can’t get back into your application? Application freezing?
Be sure you are using Google Chrome as your browser.

Didn’t finish your Round 5 application? (4/1)
You still can! Log back into your Round 5 application and complete it soon!

Don’t have a current Government ID? (3/30)
Lendistry now requires a current (unexpired) driver’s license, passport, or military ID

Don’t have your 2019 form 990? (3/24)
The 2019 form 990 is required for all applicants and can be provided through May 17

Want to know your application status?
Log back in to see the message in red. Use the link in your password email to return to your application

See our FAQ’s for more of the latest information.

**FRAUD ALERT**

Please DO NOT visit careliefgrantS.org - this is a fraudulent site. The correct site is careliefgrant.com. (no “s” at the end of “grant” and a different extension.) If you provided personal information to the fraudulent site, change your bank passwords and freeze your credit immediately.

Get the Info – Important Links

• Register for the April 26 webinar: California Grant for Small Business and Nonprofits: Get Ready to Apply for Round 6 (the recording and resources will be emailed to all registrants)
• Read our FAQ’s
• See our Application Tracker
• Visit Lendistry for how-to guides, forms, videos, and language assistance
• To find a NAICS code: contact the U.S. Census Bureau’s Dr. NAICS: 1-888-75NAICS 

Applying and Getting Help

• Contact SueS[at]calnonprofits[dot]org or call Sue Sigler at 415-535-0738 for questions about the content of your application.
• CalNonprofits has no control over the Lendistry application website. For technical questions related to website functioning or application status, please call 888-612-4370, M-F, 7am-7pm or email careliefgrant@lendistry.com
• Arts and culture applicants – Use the special arts and culture helpline to contact Lendistry: 866-759-5320

Important Info and Contacts

1. Lendistry is the administrator of this grant program on behalf of CalOSBA. Grants are not "first-come, first-served" and all on-time applications in each round will be considered.

2. CalNonprofits is pleased to be named as an application partner for the California Small Business COVID-19 Grant Program. Our role is to support nonprofits in getting the most updated information and answering your questions. Questions about the application? Contact Sue Sigler, CSBG Program Manager at sues[at]calnonprofits[dot]org or 415-535-0738.

3. You do not have to be a CalNonprofits member to choose us as your partner. (But we hope you'll consider joining! Membership info here.)

4. The application partner organizations (including us) do not have any influence or input into which organizations are chosen or rejected for grants.

5. Information from Lendistry is subject to change. Check our website frequently for updates as we receive them.

Please pass this information along to other nonprofits!

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Full time, exempt position reporting to the CEO
Based in CalNonprofits' Los Angeles office at 1000 North Alameda (after pandemic restrictions are lifted)

The Opportunity
This new position with CalNonprofits will have two distinct elements: Education Program Manager and Los Angeles Field Representative.

Dear California’s mayors, county supervisors, and city councilmembers,

As a leader in California’s nonprofit sector, I write this open memo to you – the leaders of nearly 500 cities and 58 counties – as you consider how to allocate the more than $16 billion that Congress and President Biden have sent to California’s local governments.

I urge you to invest significantly in your community’s nonprofit organizations.

There are lots of reasons (and here’s a link to a handy one-pager), but I will lead with this:
Compared with all other sectors, investments in California's nonprofits can be counted on to ensure spending and hiring in low-wealth communities, keep funds in the region, employ more women and people of color, bring in more dollars from out-of-state, and provide more services to communities.