Board review takes from three to six weeks and can be expedited in urgent situations. We seek projects that show promise for strengthening the civic and social fabric that connects people, neighborhoods and institutions of Southern California. We encourage broad creativity and believe that beyond meeting important civic, social, economic and cultural needs, projects sponsored by Community Partners should serve as vehicles for fortifying the leadership capabilities of our Project Partners. We look at the project leadership's understanding of community needs, the strength of the case they make for the project, and their past experience successfully solving problems. Because project leaders usually cannot reach their goals without cash and other contributed resources, we work with prospective project leaders to make sure reasonable prospects exist for them to raise the resources necessary to operate the project.
Projects vary widely.
We do not sponsor religious projects. We instead encourage individuals merely seeking employment or who want to start businesses to work with other excellent resources available in Southern California. All events to raise funds or awareness of a Community Partners' project must be conducted as part of a project with a specific program service plan. Finally, we consider film and video projects only when such media are integrated with a larger direct-service program. All projects sponsored by Community Partners can receive contributions tax-deductible by donors to the full extent allowable under state and federal law.