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AAPIP is pleased to be a partner in a new local effort, One Nation Bay Area Project, with both existing and new philanthropic partners — The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Marin Community Foundation.  We are partnering with the One Nation Foundation over the next two years to strengthen relationships between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the Bay Area.

Together, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation and AAPIP are partnering with the One Nation Foundation to continue our work over the past decade with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities. This new fund will grant organizations up to $10,000 to support civic engagement efforts that bring together American Muslim and non-Muslim leaders and residents to address community issues of common concern.

The One Nation Bay Area Project grant cycle will begin on Monday, November 7, 2011. The last day to submit your application is Friday, December 9, 2011. Please check your respective community foundation website for specific submission information (note: there are different submission formats for each foundation).

Types of projects that will be considered are:

• Interfaith social action and/or community service projects
• Neighborhood or school-based projects that bring residents and parents/guardians together to tackle a community or school concern
• Community-based/grassroots-level projects that seek to broaden the base of support on a community issue to include American Muslim and non-Muslim voices on that issue or need
• Local or regional training of American Muslim residents to engage in community problem-solving (trainings may include participation by other non-Muslim community members as well)

Eligibility: Grant funds will be awarded competitively. You do not have to be a current or past grantee of a participating community foundation or AAPIP to apply for funds. Funding requests for one-time events will not be competitive unless they are part of a broader campaign or strategy.

• One Nation Bay Area RFP

Click on “One Nation Bay Area RFP” to download the guidelines and to learn more about this grant initiative

• Application Form for ONBA

Click on “Application Form for ONBA” to open a form that you can fill out online and submit via email.

Application Workshops

Three orientation workshops for potential applicants will be held to learn more about the One Nation Bay Area Project and how applications will be evaluated. Organizations planning to submit an application are strongly encouraged to attend. An RSVP is required.  We recommend that you attend the workshop in the region where you plan on implementing your project.

WORKSHOP 1:

For projects in Marin

Date: Thursday, October 20thfrom 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m.

Location: Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing, Suite 200, Novato 94949

For RSVPs:  Contact Sandy Sherwood, Program Associate, at 415-464-2509 or via email at ssherwood@marincf.org

WORKSHOP 2:

For projects in  San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties

Date: Monday, October 31stfrom 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite # 300, Mountain View 94040

For RSVPs: Please sign up online at www.siliconvalleycf.org

WORKSHOP 3:

For projects in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties

Date: Thursday, November 3rdfrom10:00 a.m. – 11:00a.m.

Location: The San Francisco Foundation, 225 Bush St., 5th Floor, San Francisco 94104

For RSVPs:  Contact Prasi Gupta, Program Fellow at 415-733-8543 or via email at pgupta@sff.org