Cultivating Generosity Grant Program
2022 "Inspiring Generosity" Grants Program
As in years past, this Fall…
the Christian communities of Los Angeles and Ventura turned their attention to the CFA’s Annual Grants Awards Banquet & Ceremony. This year’s event took place on March 31, 2022.
START PREPARING NOW FOR OUR 2023 AWARDS! If you are a local Christian charity or church, we invite you to apply for a grant THIS FALL.
Be a part of the “giving” ALL YEAR-ROUND by donating to the Grants Fund. The Fund is made possible by gift from you, and 100% of donations to directly to Grant recipients. Then in Spring… WE’LL CELEBRATE TOGETHER!
We constinue to salute the achievements of the dedicated charities and ministries who’ve made an impact in prior years, and congratulate those selected as Grant recipients at our next “Cultivating Generosity Celebration Banquet !
SAVE THE DATE CHANGE: CFA’s Annual Grants Award Ceremony will take place live in MARCH!
If you are selected as an award recipient you will be notified in early January. Stay tuned!
Our Eleven 2020 Grant Awards Recipients received a total of $60,000 bringing our total for the 6 years we have been doing the program to $310,000!
— PAST YEARS’ WINNERS —
Congratulations to the following 2020 Grant Awards Recipients:
ACTION (Area Christians Taking Initiative ON Needs), Camarillo, CA (actionvc.org)
Children’s Hunger Fund, Sylmar, California (childrenshungerfund.org)
Communitas International, Centennial, CO (gocommunitas.org)
Community Pregnancy Center, Simi Valley, CA (cpcsimi.org)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Los Angeles, CA (fca.org)
Forever Found, Simi Valley, CA (foreverfound.org)
Heritage Christian School, Granada Hills, CA (heritage-schools.org)
James Storehouse, Newbury Park, CA (jamesstorehouse.org)
Rescue Mission Alliance, Oxnard, CA (vcresuemission.org)
Sarah’s House Maternity Homes, Simi Valley, CA (sarahshousesimi.org)
Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles, CA (urm.org)
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