Sonoma County Community Investment Fund Grant Application FY 25-26

Local Events, Organizations, and District Priorities Grant

Instructions:

Please review the Community Investment Fund Policy prior to completing this application.

The Policy can be viewed here

https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/county-administrators-office/community-investment-fund-program/community-investment-program-policy

If any of the questions below do not apply to you, enter N/A (Note: entering N/A as a response does not disqualify you from the application process).

***If your organization uses a fiscal agent or sponsor, include the fiscal agent or sponsor company name in the Applicant Organization field as such: Applicant Organization Name (Fiscal Agent/Sponsor: Company Name).

General Grant Information

To be completed by applicant. * = Required Field

Which District(s) are you applying to? Values are not selected

Applicant Information

To be completed by applicant

Applicant Organization:

Contact Person First Name:

Contact Person Last Name:

Email Address:

Website Address:

Phone Number:

Mailing Address:

City:

State: Value is not selected

Zip:

Fiscal Agent/Sponsor Information

Please complete the fields below if your organization uses a Fiscal Agent or Sponsor.

Fiscal Agent/Sponsor Name (Company Name)

Phone Number

Contact First Name

Contact Last Name

Title

Email Address

Should the Fiscal Agent/Sponsor sign the grant agreement on your organization’s behalf? If so, please use that information in the section below. Value is not selected

If your application is accepted and a grant is awarded, the following person will sign the grant agreement on your organization's behalf (this person may be different than the person submitting the application).

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:

Title:

Phone:

Event/Project/Program/Organization Information

To be completed by applicant. * = Required Field

1. What is the event/project/program/organization for which funds are requested?

2. When will the event/project/program/organization occur? (note: funds must be used between July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026)

3. Briefly describe how the Community Investment funds would be used, if awarded:

4. Amount of funds requested from each district:

Events, organizations, and programs must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Enhance the cultural diversity and richness of Sonoma County
Provide a benefit to the community, the economy, or the environment
Promote Sonoma County and encourage visitors to frequent the County throughout the year

5. Please describe how the event/project/program/organization will meet at least one of these criteria.

Please answer questions 6 and 7 below for an event/event series/ongoing event (if not applying for grant funding for an event, please enter N/A and skip to question 8).

6a. Number of participants anticipated:

6b. Does this event draw people who spend the night?

Yes

No

Number of overnight stays generated:

1-2 nights

2-3 nights

3-4 nights

7a. What is the target market for the promotional efforts?

Sonoma County

Bay Area

California

United States

International

7b. How will this target market be reached?

I am attaching supporting documents.

8. How will the County of Sonoma, as a sponsor of the event/project/program/organization, be recognized in promotional materials? (Per the Community Investment Fund Grant Agreement Section 3, Recipients of grant awards are required to identify “County of Sonoma – Board of Supervisors” as a sponsor (or use the Sonoma County seal) on all advertising or promotional materials produced with Community Investment Funds)

History of Event/Project/Organization

9. How long has this event/project/program/organization been in operation?

10. What is the past participation/attendance of the event/project/program/organization?

11a. Have Community Investment Funds been received for this event/project/program/organization in the past? Value is not selected

11b. Specify how much was received in prior years

Budget for Event/Project/Program/Organization

Please detail all revenue and expenditures associated with the advertising and promotion of the event/project/program/organization (include only guaranteed funds, i.e. do not include the Community Investment Funds being requested through this application).

12. Please include a copy of the budget for the event or organization for which funds are requested. (If upcoming budget is not available, include most recent available.)

I am attaching a copy of the budget.

I am attaching my W-9

Submission Information

By submitting this form, I, as a representative of the applicant organization, declare that I have carefully read the Sonoma County Community Investment Fund Policy and agree that, if Community Investment Funds are awarded, applicant organization will contract with the County to furnish the service as specified, in accordance with this grant application attached.

I agree with the statement above. *

(Please Note: If you wish to retain a copy of this application for your records, please print this application prior to submission.)

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District Awarded Community Investment Grants