EQUITY & DIVERSITY FUND SERVICES - REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

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Application due by Friday, October 18th, 2024 at 5:00 PM PST.

Download the Request for Proposal Document.
Download the Application.

Organizational Background

Organization's Name

Organization's Website

Project Lead Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Title

In what language(s) do you provide servies? (please be specific)

Please attach the following business documents:

Financial Statements, including current operating budget.

List of Board of Directors or fiscal sponsor's Board of Directors.

Most recent 990.

501(c)3 letter or your fiscal sponsors 501(c)3.

Fiscal sponsorship agreement (if applicable).

How long have you been fiscally sponsored? (if applicable)

Select funding category or categories for which you are applying. You may apply for multiple funding categories in one application.

Community Safety and Violence PreventionHealing-centered PracticesIntergroup RelationsArts-based Cultural Performance and Community Events

Executive Summary

Condense and highlight the contents of the Proposer’s Business Proposal to provide SCG with a broad understanding of the Proposer’s qualifications, experience, approach, and staffing. (2,000 characters maximum)

Proposer's Qualifications

Provide an overview of the organization, including mission, vision, and core values. (1,000 characters maximum)

Provide an overview of the services and programs offered by your organization including target audience and number served. (1,000 characters maximum)

Describe the geographic area(s) served, including the name and number of cities, communities, unincorporated areas and /or SPAs, and their respective total populations with relevant demographic breakdowns. (1,000 characters maximum)

Proposed Activities per Funding Category

Describe in detail your proposal for the Community Safety and Violence Prevention category.

(5,000 characters max)

a) Share a detailed description of the type of program/offering and how it will be conducted. Please include timeline, steps and/or milestones.

b) Who is your target audience and why?

c) Share your organization's experience and approach to providing culturally responsive, trauma-informed community-based programs in the past. Have you worked with the target audience for this proposal?

d) Describe how this offering/program will support racial healing and racial equity for the community served and the county at large. How do you plan to sustain these impacts?

Describe in detail your proposal for the Healing-Centered Practices category. (5,000 characters max)

a) Share a detailed description of the type of program/offering and how it will be conducted. Please include timeline, steps and/or milestones.

b) Who is your target audience and why are you choosing to center their healing?

c) Share your organization's experience and approach to providing healing practices and or restorative justice centered offerings in the past. How was impact measured and/or observed?

d) Describe how this offering/program will support racial healing and racial equity for the community served and the county at large. How do you plan to sustain these impacts?

Describe in detail your proposal for the Intergroup Relations category. (5,000 characters max)

a) Share a detailed description of the type of program/offering and how it will be conducted. Please include timeline, steps and/or milestones.

b) Share some examples of successful collaborations among diverse groups. What are some insights and learnings that your organization and the community learned?

c) How will you engage the different groups you are working with? What are some trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approaches you have taken in the past and/or plan to take with these efforts?

d) Describe how this offering/program will support racial healing and racial equity for the community served and the county at large. How do you plan to sustain these impacts?

Describe in detail your proposal for the Arts-based Cultural Performance and Community Events category. (5,000 characters max)

a) Share a comprehensive detailed description of the type of program/offering and event planned. Please include timeline, steps and/or milestones.

b) Share your experience hosting art-based cultural experiences in the past. What are some of the themes covered in past programming?

c) What are some potential challenges you foresee and/or challenges faced in the past. What tools, resources and practices do you use to address these challenges?

d) Describe how this offering/program will support diversity, equity, inclusion and/or racial healing for the community served and the county at large. How do you plan to sustain these impacts?

Proposal Budget

Upload your Proposal Budget (line item budget)

Please write a brief budget summary narrative (4,000 character maximum). Consider the following requirement when developing the budget:

1. Proposer shall furnish all personnel, labor, and materials necessary for services proposed.

2. Proposers’ total annual cost shall be inclusive of direct and indirect cost of providing service(s). Indirect (and/or Administrative) costs may not exceed 10% of the total direct costs.

3. Line-item budget and budget narrative should reflect how the Proposer calculated the total price. Proposals may be disqualified if costs do not add up or there is a discrepancy between the line-item budget and the budget narrative.

Business License

Please provide a copy of a valid Business License if applicable.

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