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Thrive Events
Thrive Holiday Mix & Mingle: Game Night with Your Legislative Aides
New Date: Wed, December 15, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Join Thrive for our fifth annual Holiday Mix & Mingle on Wed, December 15, 3:00 - 4:30 pm. This very special event will be filled with fun, games, prizes and great opportunities for the nonprofit and public sectors to mix and mingle! Don’t forget to wear your most festive holiday sweater. Everyone who registers will receive a special holiday cookie recipe and a yummy drink recipe!
Note: This event will be held virtually. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants one day prior to the meeting. All nonprofit staff and board members, as well as County and state level staff members, are encouraged to attend.
Environment & Sustainability TAG: Collective Climate Goals - Next Steps
Thurs, December 9, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Join Thrive to continue the series designed to collectively focus climate goals based on your priorities. In this meeting, we will look at the climate components narrowed down from our previous meeting and look at goals best suited for collaboration and advocacy efforts. Read more about the previous meeting.
This session will be facilitated by Matt Biggar, Ph.D., Principal of Connected to Place.
San Francisco Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative: Acquisition Grants
Deadline: Fri, January 21
Applications are now being accepted for the The San Francisco Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative grant. This grant is designed to support one-time expenses for eligible nonprofit acquisition and lease stabilization projects. Up to $2.5 million is available to fund:
Acquisitions: Grants up to $1 million for eligible commercial real estate acquisitions or 55-year+ leases
Organizations with leases for 3-4 years: Grants up to $50,000 for lease stabilization costs
Organizations with leases 5+ years: Grants up to $75,000 for lease stabilization costs
Technical Assistance is also available to support real estate readiness and financial planning. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until all available slots are filled.
Peninsula Clean Energy Has Big Rebates for Electric Heat Pump Water Heaters!
If you live in San Mateo County, you could be eligible for $2,000 or more if you replace your gas water heater with a heat pump water heater. If you are a CARE/FERA customer, or if you are upgrading your electrical panel, you could be eligible for even bigger rebates. Why switch? Heat pump water heaters are cleaner, safer and more energy-efficient than gas water heaters. Learn more about the rebates at the Peninsula Clean Energy website.
Note: If your electrical panel needs to be updated to accommodate the HPWH. You can be eligible for up to $1500 additional rebates.
Community Events
Community Vision: The Path to Ownership for Nonprofits
Tues, December 14, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
When organizations that are deeply rooted in their communities own real estate, they build power, wealth, and avenues for local self-determination. Join Community Vision and Boston Private for a chance to learn what it takes to get your organization ready for a real estate purchase. They will cover organizational capacity needs, review funding and financing options, and provide a window into what it means to be a property owner. Participants will take away a better sense of what it takes to put an organization on a path to buying a building.
Note: This event is presented free of charge by Boston Private and Community Vision.
For COVID-19 health and vaccine information for San Mateo County, visit San Mateo County Health.
COVID-19 Communications
The County of San Mateo Office of Community Affairs provides these COVID-19 prevention, testing, and vaccination communications for you to share with your community. For additional communications click here.
Keep your family and community safe this holiday season by getting fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before you travel. Visit: www.vaccines.gov or https://myturn.ca.gov/
The Board of Sup's approved a new round of grants helping microfood businesses that haven't received assistance from County relief programs in the past 12 months. Apps are available thru Dec. 17th at 5:00 pm. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3lEcoX4
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