Welcome to WebGrants, the City of San Jose Grant Management System

The City of San Jose has a single convenient point of entry for your organization to view and apply for active City of San Jose grant opportunities. Please pre-register your organization into the system. Once your registration has been approved, you will be able to view and apply for City Grants as they become available. WebGrants will also generate email alerts on the status of each application throughout the submission cycle. We have pre-registered over 200 of the City’s returning grantees into the system. If you would like to know if your agency is already in the system please contact webgrants@sanjoseca.gov .

The following City of San Jose Grant opportunities are included in WebGrants:

• Community Action Pride (City Manager’s Office)
• Community Development Block Grant-Community Development Improvement
  (Housing Department)
• Community Development Block Grant-Contractual Community Services
  (Housing Department)

Council Grants (City Clerk’s Office):  Comprised of two grant programs: The Hewlett Packard (HP) Grant Program, which awards monies to organizations that serve the educational, recreational or cultural needs of the residents of San Jose; and The Constituent Outreach Grants awarded to serve the purposes of communicating with constituents, conducting informal surveys to elicit constituent priorities and to support special event communications.  

• Cultural Affairs Operating Grant (Office of Cultural Affairs)
• Cultural Affairs Project & Program Grant  (Office of Cultural Affairs)
• Emergency Shelter Grant (Housing Department)
• Festival, Parade & Celebration Grants (Office of Cultural Affairs)

General Fund (Citywide): Funds awarded to Community Based Organizations that support and supplement services provided by City Service Areas.

• Healthy Neighborhood Venture Fund (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS  (Housing Department)
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS-SPNS (Housing Department)
• Housing Trust Fund Program (Housing Department)
• Keep San Jose Beautiful Grant (City Manager’s Office)
• Safe Summer Initiative Grant (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)

San Jose After School-Homework Center (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services): The focus of the program is to provide San Jose children and youth homework assistance and tutoring, access to computers and related technology education and/or targeted skills training and other related services, in a safe environment in the hours before and after school.  Grants are awarded to public school districts, community based organizations include private schools with 501(c) 3 status, California Secretary of State registration and a City of San Jose business license.

• Smart Start (Library Department)

WIA Grants (work2future): The program focuses on offering a comprehensive range of workforce development services free of charge to adults and youth seeking to enhance their job-seeking skills. Services are provided at One-stop centers located in San Jose, Campbell and Gilroy, California. www.work2future.biz

• Youth Education and Improvement Grants (Environmental Services Department)

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