Hand to Hand Grant

Hand to Hand Grant is sponsored by The San Diego Foundation. Empowers women and girls in San Diego County through programs enhancing education, job training, mentoring, and health initiatives.

Hand to Hand Seeks Nonprofit Proposals Serving Women and Girls in San Diego County | San Diego Foundation Read in English Leer en Español Hand to Hand Seeks Nonprofit Proposals Serving Women and Girls in San Diego County This announcement relates to a past funding opportunity. Applications are no longer being accepted. Please visit SDFoundation.

org/HandtoHand for the latest information. Hand to Hand, a philanthropic giving circle at Coastal Community Foundation at San Diego Foundation, invites nonprofit organizations to submit project proposals that promote economic self-sufficiency and positive change in the lives of women and girls.

“We look forward to learning more about small local nonprofits that work to empower change and create self-sufficiency for women and girls in San Diego County,” said Joyce Mehrberg, Hand to Hand President. “Our members are women who share our core beliefs that philanthropy matters, giving local means neighbor to neighbor, and that pooled resources can have a big impact. ” Proposals must be submitted online by no later than 5 p.

m. PDT on Monday, July 15, 2025. The grant application can be accessed online at SDFoundation.

org/apply . The purpose of the 2025 – 2026 Hand to Hand Grant Cycle is to support new programs/services or expand and improve current programs used in service of women and girls within San Diego County. Requests submitted should both fulfill Hand to Hand’s mission and include one or more of these focus areas: Education and job training, workforce re-entry, and/or Mentoring, health and wellness programs for women and/or girls.

To be eligible for a grant from Hand to Hand, organizations must have tax-exempt status and provide services in the community of San Diego. Proposals can request from $5,000 up to $15,000 for projects achievable within a 12-month time frame. Hand to Hand will only fund programs managed by public charity nonprofit organizations.

Hand to Hand is a group of women who grant funds to local nonprofits that promote economic self-sufficiency and positive change in the lives of women and girls. In the spring of 2008, a group of 19 women began to discuss ways that they could make a difference in the community for women and girls through their joint philanthropy, and Hand to Hand was founded.

As a charitable fund at Coastal Community Foundation at SDF, it has since grown to over 90 members. Established in 1987, the mission of the Coastal Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in North San Diego County by directing philanthropic efforts toward community needs.

A handful of citizens had an idea: to create a way to support housing and supportive services, education, mental health and environmental issues, and more in an area undergoing extraordinary change – North County. In August 2024, Coastal joined San Diego Foundation to expand philanthropic impact in North County San Diego. Learn more about Coastal Community Foundation at CoastalFoundation.

org . San Diego Foundation believes in just, equitable and resilient communities where every San Diegan can prosper, thrive and feel like they belong. We partner with donors, nonprofits and regional leaders to co-create solutions that respond to community needs and strengthen San Diego.

Since our founding in 1975, our community foundation has granted $1. 8 billion to nonprofits to improve quality of life in San Diego County and beyond. Join us in commemorating 50 years of impact – and looking toward the next 50 – by learning more at SDFoundation.

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