Sports Facilities Endowment Fund Grant Criteria 

1. Nonprofit Status:  Applicant must be a nonprofit 501 (c)(3).
2. Matching Funds:  Organizations receiving a Sports Facilities Endowment Fund grant will be required to provide at least one hundred percent (100%) match to the City's grant (Defined as Organization funding of 50% or greater of the project cost.). 
3. Per Capita Awards:  Grants may be limited to a maximum of $200 per individual team member of the benefitting organization. A larger grant may be awarded if the Community Funding Review Committee and the City Council consider the nature and scope of the project warrants such funding.
4. Demonstrated Need for Funds:  Applicant must show a demonstrated need, beyond the normal capacity to fundraise, for the requested funds.
5. Location of Project:  Capital improvement project must be constructed within the boundaries of the City of Thousand Oaks. Evidence of property owner's permission for construction of capital improvement must be included with application. 
6. Benefit to City:  To be eligible for funding, organizations must demonstrate that any funds received will be used solely to construct sports facilities which benefit a wide cross section of City residents.
7. Prevailing Wage:  Under California Labor Code Section 1720 the granting of public funds may subject this project to the payment of prevailing wages.  Acceptance of the grant requires the grantee to indemnify the City against any claims that previalilng wages are owed from the project.
8. Timeliness:  Requests for funds must be for future capital improvements and not for reimbursement of funds expended on a past project. Funds will not be awarded until the project is ready to go for construction and bids have been awarded.
9. Frequency of Requests:  Funding in consecutive years is acceptable if a clear, community, philanthropic, or public benefit is demonstrated.
10. Grant Agreement:  Organizations receiving Sports Facilities Endowment Fund grants shall enter into a written Grant Agreement with the City and shall stipulate that grant funds will be used solely for the purposed described in the Application form. If the project to be funded with Sports Facilities Endowment Fund support is canceled, postponed or significantly altered or delayed after Grant Agreement is signed, the organization agrees to notify City and to be subject to City review and request to refund grant amount, in full or in part.

All applications must be accompanied by a letter of project approval from the property owner.  Applications will be reviewed in October by the Council-appointed Community Funding Review Committee who will make funding recommendations to City Council for approval.  For more information, contact jcovell@tolibrary.org.

Community Event Endowment Fund
The City makes every effort to set aside funding to award local nonprofit organizations for cultural arts and special events that benefit a wide-cross section of the community.  Community nonprofit organizations may apply for this grant during the annual application period between July 15 and September 1. Event or activities must take place between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 to be eligible.  See Application Packet for specific requirements and criteria.

Performance Grant Fund
The Cultural Affairs Department in association with the Alliance for the Arts has a Fiscal Year 2011/2012 Budget of $90,000 to award to local performing arts groups for productions at the Civic Arts Plaza to be distributed as Theatre Credit.  Nonprofit performing arts groups may apply for this grant during the annual application period between July 15 and September 1. Event or activities must take place between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 to be eligible.  See Application Packet for specific requirements and criteria.