Developed with extensive local engagement, SHIF is a community-designed and driven source of funding designed to address housing needs within the City of Stockton, supporting activities that work toward alleviating housing insecurity for Stockton residents.
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Stockton Housing Innovation Fund
Stockton Housing Innovation Fund Overview
SHIF was created as a community-designed and community-led source of flexible financing. It is intended to be responsive to local housing needs and invest directly into the Stockton Community with the overall goal of reducing housing insecurity. The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund achieves this goal by supporting local, impactful, and innovative solutions to improve housing access and outcomes. A Community Design Team developed the focus areas for this funding in 2022, which defines what can be funded through this initiative. This fund is governed by a Community Oversight Board of local residents with lived and professional experience around housing insecurity and affordable housing initiatives in Stockton. They review, score, and recommend applications for funding annually. SJCF awarded four grants in 2023, for a total of $200,000. In 2024, our fund has increased and we will award $350,000.
For questions regarding this grant, please contact Brenda Amboy at bamboy@enterprisecommunity.org
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Program Overview and Information
THE SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit proposals for grant funding from the Stockton Housing Innovation Fund (SHIF). SHIF was created as a community-designed and driven source of financing. It is intended to be responsive to local housing needs and invest directly into the Stockton community with the overall goal of reducing housing insecurity. The Stockton Housing Innovation Fund moves toward this goal by supporting local, impactful,
and innovative solutions with funding to improve housing access and outcomes.
SHIF has three areas of focus, which were developed by a Design Team composed of nine (9) individuals with diverse lived experience and expertise on housing in Stockton. In 2022, they developed a Design Report, which outlined the goals and focus for this funding. In phase 3 of the design process, the Design Team and facilitators (JSI and Reinvent South Stockton Coalition) solicited applications for the Community Oversight Board which required one-third of members be representative of the community with lived experiences as long-time renters, being unhoused, residents in affordable or public housing, those who have purchased their first home in Stockton and/or those who participate in grassroots advocacy initiatives.
Grants from SHIF are available to fund projects and activities that serve low to moderate-income people living in the City of Stockton, and directly align with one or more of the SHIF’s areas of focus: improving local capacity around affordable housing, innovative solutions to address housing insecurity, and addressing racial disparities in current housing systems. For 2024, SHIF is accepting requests for eligible projects from all three areas of focus.
FUNDING FOR 2024
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), James Irvine Foundation, and The California Endowment have generously provided a total of $350,000 to be regranted by the San Joaquin Community Foundation for this grant program in 2024. Additional funds may be made available during this round of funding. The maximum amount an applicant may request under this program is $75,000 although applicants may request less than the maximum amount.
TIMEFRAME FOR USING GRANT MONIES
The timeframe to expend grant monies is one calendar year from the date of signed contract.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Those organizations receiving grant awards will be required to submit minimal mid-year progress and final reports, as well as a financial report.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All organizations applying for SHIF funding must serve low and moderate-income households within the City of Stockton. The San Joaquin Community Foundation will accept applications from the following organizations:
- Non Profit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
SHIF GOVERNANCE AND SELECTION PROCESS
This fund is governed by a Community Oversight Board (COB) of nine local residents with lived and professional experience around housing insecurity and affordable housing initiatives in Stockton. Proposals will be reviewed and scored by the SHIF Community Oversight Board with a goal of funding a minimum of one application within each focus area, listed below. Awards will be made by the San Joaquin Community Foundation’s Board of Directors, based on recommendations provided by the Community Oversight Board. Decisions made by the Board of Directors are final.
- DEVELOP LOCAL CAPACITY AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY
- ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES
- Support unhoused or housing insecure families to find/keep housing
- Create opportunities for transitional housing for unhoused individuals
- Assist populations with high rates of homelessness, such as LGBTQIA+ and foster youth, to find and keep housing
- Reduce barriers for housing development and promote policies to support unhoused and housing insecure Stocktonians
- Advance a community-centered housing agenda and build resident support for solutions
- Increase access for more local organizations and companies to the competitive funding landscape
- First-time homeownership
- Increasing supply of affordable housing
- Prevent and/or addressing ongoing displacement
- Address needs of the unsheltered population
- Emergency preparedness and response (as it relates to housing stability and security)
- Explicitly address decades of discriminatory housing policy by empowering the most affected residents to shape current policy
- Support local CBOs that advance the interests of communities of color
- Remove systemic barriers that make it difficult for groups of residents to access housing and support
- Lobbying that seeks to influence legislation.
- While organizations as a whole are not prohibited from engaging in lobbying activities to support their overall mission and goals, activities funded with SHIF proceeds cannot be tied to any direct lobbying activities around specific candidates or legislation at any level.
- Any activities that would violate the law and/or public policy.
TIMELINE
Below is the approximate timeline for application submissions. The Foundation will contact applicants by email. Organizations receiving awards will likely have contracts approved within 2-3 weeks after announcements. The full amount of funding will be sent to organizations approximately 2-3 weeks after contracts are signed.
- SHIF Application Opens: Tuesday, June, 11, 2024
- “How to Apply” Workshop: Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
- Application Submission Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT)
- Community Oversight Board (COB), Application Review Period: July 16-July 31, 2024
- Round 2 Awards Announced to Grantees (following the SJC Board of Directors Meeting): Friday, August 9, 2024
- Contracts Signed and Funding Awarded: Late August 2024
- Meet eligible applicant criteria
- Proposed projects serve low to moderate-income residents in the City of Stockton
- Proposed activities fall within one of the three focus areas:
- Focus Area 1: Develop Local Capacity Around Affordable Housing
- Focus Area 2: Local Housing Impact
- Focus Area 3: Addressing Racial Disparities
- Review the eligibility criteria listed in the Stockton Housing Innovation Fund (SHIF) Application
- Questions about an Applicant’s eligibility may be sent to Brenda Amboy at bamboy@enterprisecommunity.org
- Read the entire SHIF Application to understand submission details and requirements.
- Register for a free Grant Lifecycle Manager Account by going to the following website.
- You can use your existing login with SJCF if you have applied for a grant with us before. To create a new account, click on “Create New Account” to complete the account setup process.
Follow these steps to access and submit the application:
- Go to website.
- Enter Username (email address) and Password.
- Click on “apply” at the top left of the screen next to the home icon.
- This application will appear. Click on blue “Apply” button to begin the application process or to return to draft application.
- Answer all application questions in Grant Lifecycle Manager.
- Carefully review responses before submitting. Applicants will not be able to make edits once the proposal is submitted.
- Submit proposal prior to the deadline to avoid potential issues.
- Proposals must be submitted in Grant Lifecycle Manage by 5:00 pm PDT on Monday, July 15, 2024.
- After submission, Grant Lifecycle Manager will provide Applicants with a confirmation message, a copy of the full application and a unique ID number will be sent to the email associated to the Grant Lifecycle account.
REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Requests for technical assistance with using the online grant portal must be submitted in writing by e-mail to George Lorente at glorente@sanjoaquincf.org with the subject line “Stockton Housing Innovation Fund”. For any other questions related to the Stockton Housing Innovation Fund, please contact Brenda Amboy at bamboy@enterprisecommunity.org.
Grantees
2023
Turning Point Community Programs – $50,000
Funds will be used as down payment assistance to purchase a home to provide safe, affordable housing for up to 6 individuals living with mental illness and experiencing homelessness and supporting those individuals with behavioral health, case management, and rehabilitation services.
Delta Community Developers Corporation – $50,000
Funds will be used to assist ready to purchase low- and moderate-income families with downpayment assistance of up to $10,000 after they have gone through the Family Self Sufficiency program and put at least a significant amount in an escrow savings fund.
San Joaquin Fair Housing Foundation – $50,000
Funds will be used to support a housing counselor for one year to support over 1,000 residents in Stockton, preventing displacements, evictions, and homelessness through individual counseling, outreach, education, mediation, and virtual workshops.
St. Mary’s Dining Room – $50,000
Funds will be used for the “Moving” project, which will allow staff to build trust by providing assistance at specific homeless encampments for 6 months to unsheltered individuals to identify housing options, address barriers to housing, and create plans for moving into housing.
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