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[Silicon Valley Community Foundation](https://www.siliconvalleycf.org)

Invitation-only applications

Not specified

Supports community-led organizing, coalition-building, policy advocacy, and leadership development to advance affordable housing production, preservation, and tenant protection.

Housing grant applications are accepted by invitation only.

--- ## Description Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Housing initiative invests in strategies to make housing more accessible and create communities where everyone has a place to live. Grounded in the foundation’s belief that having a place to live is a human right, its recent grantmaking has focused on grassroots community organizing led by neighbors and equity-focused coalitions advancing affordable housing solutions. Proposed work should focus on coalition-building, policy advocacy, or growing leadership in support of the “3Ps of housing”: production, preservation, and tenant protection. The initiative connects community organizing with action on affordable housing, supporting collective efforts to produce housing, preserve housing, and protect tenants. --- ## Eligibility Applicants must: - Be invited to apply by Silicon Valley Community Foundation. - Propose coalition-building, policy advocacy, or leadership development supporting the “3Ps of housing.” Recent grantmaking has focused on grassroots organizing led by neighbors and/or equity-focused coalitions advancing affordable housing solutions. --- ## Application Process - **Access:** Housing grant applications are accepted by invitation only. - **Program information:** Visit the [Housing program page](https://www.svcf.org/nonprofits/grants/housing). - **Questions:** Contact [grants@siliconvalleycf.org](mailto:grants@siliconvalleycf.org). --- ## External Links - [Housing program page](https://www.svcf.org/nonprofits/grants/housing) - [Recent and past grantee organizations](https://www.svcf.org/impact/grants-catalog/grantees-list) - [Silicon Valley Community Foundation contact page](https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/contact-us) --- ## Contact Information | Contact | Email | Phone | Webpage | |---|---|---|---| | Housing grant inquiries | [grants@siliconvalleycf.org](mailto:grants@siliconvalleycf.org) | | [Housing program](https://www.svcf.org/nonprofits/grants/housing) | | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | | 650.450.5400 | [Contact page](https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/contact-us) |75:T65d,Funder: Silicon Valley Community Foundation Due Dates: Invitation-only applications Funding Amounts: Not specified Summary: Supports community-led organizing, coalition-building, policy advocacy, and leadership development to advance affordable housing production, preservation, and tenant protection. Key Information: Housing grant applications are accepted by invitation only. --- ## Description Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Housing initiative invests in strategies to make housing more accessible and create communities where everyone has a place to live. Grounded in the foundation’s belief that having a place to live is a human right, its recent grantmaking has focused on grassroots community organizing led by neighbors and equity-focused coalitions advancing affordable housing solutions. Proposed work should focus on coalition-building, policy advocacy, or growing leadership in support of the “3Ps of housing”: production, preservation, and tenant protection. The initiative connects community organizing with action on affordable housing, supporting collective efforts to produce housing, preserve housing, and protect tenants. --- --- ## Eligibility Applicants must: - Be invited to apply by Silicon Valley Community Foundation. - Propose coalition-building, policy advocacy, or leadership development supporting the “3Ps of housing.” Recent grantmaking has focused on grassroots organizing led by neighbors and/or equity-focused coalitions advancing affordable housing solutions. --- ## Application Process - **Access:** Housing grant applications are accepted by invitation only.76:T454,Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) is a dynamic community foundation established in 2007 that connects people, ideas, and resources to transform systems and ensure equity and opportunity for all. 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