About Community Challenge Grants Program

The Community Challenge Grants Program (CCG) provides grant funds to nonprofit organizations. Our program is an important tool for building resilient San Francisco neighborhoods. CCG has funded community-led projects that:

• Enhance San Francisco's beauty with street maintenance and graffiti abatement;
• Create community gathering or open space areas;
• Improve streetscape design;
• Increase urban greening and agriculture;
• Create and install public art or other amenities that beautify the neighborhood.

Voters approved the Neighborhood Beautification and Graffiti Clean-Up Fund in 1990. The Community Challenge Grants program launched with funds from voluntary payroll and business tax elections.

The Community Challenge Grants Program is a division of the City Administrator's Office.

Community Challenge Grants are back, providing over $3.3 million in funding to support projects that foster resilience, safety, and belonging. This year's grant cycle will fund 25 neighborhood-led projects, including murals, gardens, festivals, cleanup and greening efforts, and youth engagement programs—transforming San Francisco block by block through community-led creativity.

See the Mayor's press release on CCG's website to learn more.

Individuals who would like to contribute to the CCG Fund can donate through Give2SF.

Businesses who would like to send a portion of their Gross Receipts Annual Business Tax to the Community Challenge Grants Fund can contribute using the Gross Receipts Annual Business Tax website.