JACS Funding

Funding Criteria - JACS General Fund

The application process is open to all 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations or groups with a 501(c)(3) organization as its fiscal agent, with special consideration given to community-based organizations or projects with the following characteristics:

* Serving the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, with particular emphasis on the Japanese American community
* Focus on community service, health and human services, and leadership development
* Arts organizations, individual artists and arts-related projects should apply to the Cecilia Nakamura Arts Fund
* In existence less than five years
* Operating budgets less than $250,000 (excluding fiscal agent)

Groups can apply for grants funding up to $3,500. All funding decisions are made by the Board of Trustees of JACS. All decisions are final, and there is no appeal process.

Please mail an original hard copy of the application to:

JACS
231 E. Third Street, Suite G104
Los Angeles, CA 90013

In addition, please email an electronic version of your application to jacsfund@yahoo.com.

Funding Cycle

New funding cycle for 2008:

Applications are accepted from October 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009.
Grant awards to be announced by June 1, 2009.

Download Application/Funding Criteria

Electronic applications can be downloaded as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file.

JACS Fund Application - Word document
JACS Funding Criteria

Should you have any questions or need adiditional information, please email jacsfund@yahoo.com.