Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund

The Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club (formerly the Saturday Afternoon Club) was formed in 1904 by local women to support cultural growth and appreciation, promote civic responsibility, and cultivate their individual talents and leadership.  In 2009, the Club became a non-profit with the official name of Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club. USAC has supported women's history events, homeless shelter and community food support services, local children's programs, creating and distributing scholarships at Mendocino College and Ukiah High School, and the community arts. The Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund was established from proceeds of the sale of the historic Saturday Afternoon Clubhouse building, formerly the Ukiah Methodist Episcopal Church.  The primary purpose of the Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund is to provide grants in Mendocino County to programs that help women and girls develop their potential.

Previous grants have gone to the Mendocino County Youth Project for a Latina performance art piece with mothers and daughters; 2bu Clothes Closet for of shelving and organizational supplies for the teen boutique; Alliance for Rural Community Health for Rural Health Scholars program; Raise and Shine/United Methodist Church for nature-scape playground structures and features for the First 5 Child Development Center program; scholarships for women at the School of Adaptive Agriculture; literacy training materials for the Literacy Volunteers of Willits; support of the “Jane Doe in Wonderland” educational performances by Game Over/Redwood Community Services; and for supporting the installation of fencing at Project Sanctuary’s Transition House in Ukiah.

In 2019, the Community Foundation is welcoming proposals from Inland Mendocino County non-profit organizations that have a history of supporting women and girls as demonstrated in their mission and programs.

Criteria:

The program/project should

  • offer an innovative solution that addresses an identified community need related to the well-being of women and girls;
  • or advances the economic welfare of women and girls.

Additionally, the organization may not have an active Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund grant.

Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund: total $1,000; grant range $500-$1,000

Deadline for Submission:  This grant program is now closed for the 2018-2019 grant cycle