The Chan Zuckerberg Community Fund (CZ Community Fund) supports nonprofit organizations that are helping build a thriving San Mateo County, where everyone has the opportunity to prosper. The CZ Community Fund is an annual grantmaking program for local organizations to have access to the resources they need to advance their work.
Now in its tenth grantmaking cycle, the CZ Community Fund supports organizations that provide direct services in priority areas like housing, healthcare, education, job and career skills, and other social supports.
Organizations working in and providing direct services to San Mateo County in the following priority areas are eligible for the CZ Community Fund:
Affordable Housing
Arts and Culture
Education and Youth
Food Security
Health & Wellbeing
Homelessness
Workforce Development
Thank you for your interest in this year’s Community Fund. Before you begin the application process, please review the FAQs.
The CZ Community Fund request for applications (RFA) opens on May 5, 2026, at 8 a.m. PT, and closes on June 5, 2026, at 5 p.m. PT. Selected organizations will join the CZ Community Fund grant partner cohort, receiving two-year general operations or project support grants of up to $200,000.
2026 Chan Zuckerberg Community Fund
The Chan Zuckerberg Community Fund (CZ Community Fund) supports nonprofit organizations that are helping build a thriving San Mateo County, where everyone has the opportunity to prosper. The CZ Community Fund is an annual grantmaking program for local organizations to have access to the resources they need to advance their work.
Now in its tenth grantmaking cycle, the CZ Community Fund supports organizations that provide direct services in priority areas like housing, healthcare, education, job and career skills, and other social supports.
Organizations working in and providing direct services to San Mateo County in the following priority areas are eligible for the CZ Community Fund:
Affordable Housing
Arts and Culture
Education and Youth
Food Security
Health & Wellbeing
Homelessness
Workforce Development
Thank you for your interest in this year’s Community Fund. Before you begin the application process, please review the FAQs.
The CZ Community Fund request for applications (RFA) opens on May 5, 2026, at 8 a.m. PT, and closes on June 5, 2026, at 5 p.m. PT. Selected organizations will join the CZ Community Fund grant partner cohort, receiving two-year general operations or project support grants of up to $200,000.