ARTS & CULTURE: Includes organizations that foster greater exposure to or participation in the arts, expand arts education, or use art as a medium for creative expression. Priority will be given to organizations that target residents in underserved communities that have lacked access to quality arts programs.
ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVATION & RECREATION: Includes oganizations that focus on improving or preserving the natural and/or built environments; promoting environmental justice, fighting climate change, and/or conserving natural resources; creating, restoring, or revitalizing recreational facilities or spaces; and enhancing community safety, particularly in communities which disproportionately lack green space and access to natural resources, recreational facilities, and safe communities, due to disinvestment and inequitable development.
EDUCATION: Includes organizations that expand or improve learning opportunities for students of all ages who lack access to a quality education, including programs focused on providing early childhood education, language and literacy skills training, and tutoring and mentoring, as well as organizations focused on improving high school graduation rates and/or enrollment in higher education, especially for populations that have experienced systemic racism or discrimination, including returning citizens and immigrant communities.
FAMILY: Includes organizations that support the lives of individuals, children, families, and seniors, especially but not limited to immigrant communities, the LGBTQ+ community, and people of color, focusing on housing, living wage, food insecurity, job skills training, and other basic needs.
HEALTH & WELLNESS: Includes organizations that address access to health care and that seek to improve the physical or mental health of people who experience discrimination, including people of color, the disabled, and incarcerated individuals and returning citizens, as well as organizations that foster healthy living habits and holistic wellness.