Apply for a FY26 Community Challenge Grant

Before applying, review the following documents, which explain eligibility, evaluation criteria, and how to apply.

• FY26 CCG Solicitation2: Summary of the Request for Proposals
• FY26 CCG Guidebook: Detailed Request for Proposals
  • Review Addenda below in Step 5.
• Appendix A2: Checklist to ensure you have all the items to submit a complete application
• Appendix B2: Document to prepare your application responses before entering into online form
• Appendix C1: Property Owner Letter for general public or private property
• Appendix C2: Property Owner Letter for property under jurisdiction of the SF Public Utilities Commission
• Appendix C3: Property Owner Letter for property under jurisdiction of the SF Unified School District
• Appendix D: Required Budget Template
• Appendix E: Required Work Plan Template
• Appendix F: Outlines the City’s standard grant terms

Learn more and ask questions at our in-person and virtual workshops. Online workshops will be recorded and posted to this page along with presentation slides. Slides from our Information Sessions are available here.

All questions about the RFP must be submitted by email to the grant administrator or may be asked at the optional grant application workshops. Questions will be addressed and published below for everyone’s benefit. It is the responsibility of the applicant to check for RFP addenda, Question and Answer postings, and other updates.

Technical questions regarding how to complete or submit the online application will be answered until the submission deadline. Send an email to the grant administrator if you have technical assistance needs.

All questions must be submitted by Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. to
ccg@sfgov.org

Responses are posted here to ensure transparency.

We may issue updates to the RFP via addenda. These updates provide critical information that may affect your application:

• Addendum 1: Revises Section 4.1 Minimum Qualifications Screening to fix a typo.
• Addendum 2: Revises Section 2.2 Eligibility to clarify who determines Love Our Neighborhoods tier; revises Section 3.2 How to Apply to clarify how to propose your own service objective and adds guidance for multi-site projects.
• Addendum 3: Revises Section 4.1 Minimum Qualifications Screening to exclude tile and street murals from the anti-graffiti coating requirement.
• Addendum 4: Replaces Appendix D: Budget Template to remove reference to stipends under personnel. 2.4 Reporting and Reimbursements revised frequency from semi-annually to quarterly.
• Addendum 5: Replaces Appendix A – Checklist with Appendix A2. Replaces Appendix B – Application Questions with Appendix B2. Clarified Section 3.2 How to Apply under Project Location, Property Owner/Tenant Letter, and Guidance for Multiple-Site Projects. Updates the preamble in Section 4: Application Review and Selection to address demographic data. Clarified in 4.2 Evaluation and Selection Criteria that optional letters of support may be submitted by stakeholders with no direct financial interest in the project.
• Addendum 6: Replaces FY26 CCG Solicitation with FY26 CCG Solicitation2. Revises Sections 4.1 Minimum Qualifications Screening, 4.2 Evaluation and Selection Criteria, and 5.5 Protest of Non-Responsiveness.
• Notice to Applicants: Clarification on Required and Optional letters.

Other updates:

• 10/8/25 (4:30 PM) Updated Question and Answer document noting that members of the Board of Supervisors may not provide letters of support.
• 10/6/25 (12:20 PM) Posted FY26 CCG Notice to Applicants. Updated Question and Answer document as noted in the Notice.
• 9/23/25 (12:00 PM) Posted Addendum 6. Posted FY26 Solicitation2. Updated Question and Answer document.
• 9/18/25 (11:30 AM): Posted Addendum 5
• 9/15/25 (4:40 PM): Updated Question and Answer document.
• 9/8/25 (4:20 PM): Updated Question and Answer document.
• 9/5/25 (12:30 PM): Posted Addendum 4, which replaced Appendix D: Budget Template and revised 2.4 Reporting and Reimbursements frequency from semi-annually to quarterly.
• 8/29/25 (5:30 PM): Updated Question and Answer document.
• 8/26/25: Updated and added Bayview Drop-In event; added Love Our Neighborhoods and CCG Eligibility information session.
• 8/22/25 (8:30 PM): Replaced Appendix C1 Property Owner Letter with a version that includes a contact for the San Francisco Public Library. Posted Addendum 3, which excludes tile and street murals from the anti-graffiti coating requirement. Updated Question and Answer document.
• 8/15/25 (9:00 PM): Updated Online Application Project Location section by renaming "City Department" to “Public Agency” and added “Other” as an option. Replaced Appendix B with new document that fixed the typo to match Addenda 1 and updated Public Agency (as noted above). Updated Question and Answer document.
• 8/8/25 (12:30 PM): Added slides from City Permits and Approvals Workshops. Workshop recordings available on YouTube. Updated Question and Answer document.
• 8/4/2025 (8:18 PM): Updated Appendix F City's Standard Agreement to remove unnecessary drafting comments. Updated Question and Answer document. Posted Addendum 2, which in Section 2.2 Eligibility explains the authority on determining the Love Our Neighborhoods tier (and eligibility for CCG), in Section 3.2 How to Apply clarifies how to propose your own service objective, and added Guidance for Multiple-Site Project and Jurisdictional Property Letters. Added Drop-in Hours event in the Bayview.
• 7/30/25 (10:16 PM): Posted slides for the Information Sessions.
• 7/28/25 (9:00 AM): Updated instructions on Online Application Form for Service Objective 2. Added required submitter email address on the submissions page. Updated Key Dates on website noting weekly posting of answers to questions. Added Question and Answer document. Updated Appendix A Checklist to include C3 Property Letter for SFUSD property.
• 7/23/25 (12:00 PM): Posted Addendum 1. Added dates for posting responses to questions.