The Foundation currently uses an invitation-only process in order to reduce burden on applicants and expedite funds to partners that are strongly aligned with our focus areas. While we do not accept unsolicited requests for funding, we welcome communication with nonprofits in order to inform and strengthen our strategies. Please feel free to contact one of our program officers with any questions, and to sign up for our newsletter for updates. To review a list of our recent grants and program related investments, please click here.

Throughout the year, our program officers engage in a process of identifying community-based organizations in our five-county service area that have a demonstrated commitment to racial and socioeconomic justice, that are doing critical work to ensure communities recover from the pandemic and shape a just recovery, and that are a key part of the ecosystem in their region or field. We are focused on Black, indigenous, and all communities of color disproportionately impacted by structural inequities and systemic racism, and are particularly interested in organizations that are aligned with the Foundation’s Areas of Special Interest. Once an organization is invited to apply, the review process is streamlined and expedited.

Interest in our funding our funding greatly exceeds our capacity. Our current invitation-only process is designed to allow us to provide faster support with less burden to key organizations and efforts most aligned with our priorities. At the same time, we welcome communication with nonprofits in order to inform and strengthen our strategies. Please feel free to contact one of our program officers with any questions, and to sign up for our newsletter for updates. To review a list of our recent grants and program related investments, please click here.

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for our Program Related Investment (P.R.I.) Fund. For questions, please contact Rosa Benitez, Director of Program Investments, at rbenitez@weingartfnd.org or (213) 688-6320.

Once an application has been invited, our program staff engage in a conversation with the organization to understand more about their work, their infrastructure needs and goals, and how Weingart Foundation support would be useful. Our staff then engage in a discussion with one another to develop collective recommendations to our C.E.O. and Board of Directors, which meets five times a year to make decisions regarding applications. Applicants should feel free to contact Foundation staff for information on the status of your request. However, communication with members of our Board of Directors is discouraged.

The link to our grant portal is on our website page For Current Grantees. Organizations with active grants are able to use the portal to submit reports, and those that have been invited to apply are asked to do so through the portal. If you have been invited to apply for a grant or to fill out a grant report, you will receive an email from us with instructions on how to access the portal.

We are here to help. For assistance regarding the portal, please contact Lupe Mejia, Grants Management Assistant, at lmejia@weingartfnd.org or (213) 688-6310.

You will not be able to edit any information online after you submit your grant request or report. If you need to add information to or edit a grant request or report that you have already submitted, please contact Lupe Mejia, Grants Management Assistant, at lmejia@weingartfnd.org or (213) 688-6310.

NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we are extending all reporting deadlines until further notice in an effort to reduce burden on grantees. For more information, please contact your program officer.

For Unrestricted Operating Support (U.O.S.) grantees with award amounts over $50,000, we ask that executive directors complete a Grantee Survey at the end of the grant term and engage in a close-out phone conversation with their Foundation program officer in lieu of a final report. There are no interim reports required. For U.O.S. grantees with grants of $50,000 and under, reporting consists of one brief final report.

For project-based grants, we ask for periodic progress reports during the grant and when the grant period ends. Specific reporting requirements for each grant are described in the grant agreement.

All reporting forms will be made available through the Foundation’s grantmaking portal. Grantees will be notified when their forms are available to complete.

The Foundation utilizes an online system that allows us to send and receive grantee reports. In order for us to make reports available, grantees will first need to establish a new user account. Once created please notify Lupe Mejia, Grants Management Assistant, at lmejia@weingartfnd.org or (213) 688-6310. When the user account has been established, the Foundation will make reports available approximately one month before they are due. To access our portal and create a new account, click here.

Weingart Foundation program staff members are available to answer your questions about our grantmaking. Please feel free to contact our program staff by calling or emailing them directly. For general assistance call (213) 688-7799.

If your organization is working to advance racial and socioeconomic justice in Southern California and you want to let us know about your work, please feel free to contact one of our program officers, sign up for our newsletter for updates, or add us to your newsletter. While we do not accept unsolicited requests for funding, we welcome communication with nonprofits, and we continuously learn from the field in order to inform our work.