Guidelines
The Community Foundation of the Verdugos welcomes grant requests from public agencies and nonprofit organizations that serve the Verdugo region including Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, and Verdugo City. Grant recipients must have appropriate fiscal and program accountability. The Foundation does not make grants or loans to individuals unless they are students receiving scholarships (see our section on Scholarships for more information). The Foundation also does not provide funds for religious or political purposes, for budget deficits, or projects that are usually the responsibility of a public agency. Average grant amounts range from $2,500 to $10,000. Grants are provided in the following areas of interest:

• Arts and Culture
• Civic
• Health and Human Services (examples include projects and services for the disabled/handicapped, general community health, or homeless services)
• Education Programs
• Senior Services
• Student Aid (scholarships)
• Youth Services
• Environment and community

Application Procedure
To make your application as effective as possible, refer to the Foundation's current guidelines (in this website) and be aware of information needed before submitting a proposal. Applications may be submitted at any time. Please check our deadlines. All requests are reviewed by staff and by the Distribution Committee at its regularly scheduled meetings. Funding decisions/recommendations are made by Distribution Committee members only (which do not include Foundation staff). Funding recommendations are then presented to the full Board of Directors for final decision. All grant applicants are notified in writing with respect to grant decisions. What We Fund

• Nonprofit organizations that:
  • have IRS nonprofit status
  • predominantly serve the Verdugo region (Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, Verdugo City,) and adjacent areas
• Capital equipment that helps to increase your organization's long-term sustainability or services to increase impact in the Verdugo region.
• Programs (including related overhead, supplies and administrative expenses) responsive to changing community needs and which increase impact in the Verdugo region.
• Requests that provide significance and impact for the Verdugo region in the areas of arts and culture, children/youth, education and literacy, health and human services, civic activities, senior services, and environmental/animal related programs.

What We Don't Fund

• Programs or organizations focused primarily or exclusively on a single sport.
• Direct aid to individuals other than for scholarships or student loans (refer to Scholarship information).
• Support of operational costs such as taxes, interest payments or retirement debt, or ongoing program support.
• Influencing legislation or elections (strictly adhered to).
• Sectarian religious purposes. This does not preclude consideration of requests relating to medical or social service-oriented activities undertaken by religious-affiliated or supported agencies if all other qualifications [including separate qualification under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3)] are met.
• Organizations that discriminate in the hiring of staff or the provisions of services on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Annual campaigns, building campaigns, endowments, existing obligations or to replenish resources used to pay for such expenses, the hosting of conferences, or incurring a debt liability.
• Organizations outside of the Verdugo region that do not provide services to residents of the Verdugo region.