Meet Your Neighbors Fund (San Francisco, CA)
SF Good Neighbor Week's 'teeny grant to make a big introduction': $100 for individuals to host simple, low-lift gatherings for the folks next door during Good Neighbor Week. Fixed $100, individuals only, backed by Civic Joy Fund and With Neighbors.
The invitation
Headline: "Meet Your Neighbors Fund". Promise: "A teeny grant to make a big introduction", with the descriptor "A grant to host simple, low-lift gatherings". It is for San Francisco residents applying as individuals (organizations and associations excluded). At the time of fetching: "The application is now closed", so no button text was visible.
The grant
Fixed $100. The application deadline was September 18, 2026; gatherings run September 26 to October 4, 2026 (SF Good Neighbor Week), extended through the end of October. Asked of hosts: introduce neighbors in your building or block with something achievable, "a potluck in your living room, coffee on your driveway". Post-event requirements are not stated on the fetched page.
What the landing page does well
- "Teeny grant, big introduction" says the amount is small on purpose and makes the smallness part of the charm.
- A problem statement comes first (people don't know the folks next door), then the fund as the answer.
- Examples are deliberately tiny and indoor-friendly for a dense city: living-room potluck, driveway coffee.
- Individuals-only eligibility keeps the money with residents instead of organizations.
- Partner logos (Civic Joy Fund, Good Neighbor Lab, With Neighbors) and the #sfgoodneighborweek hashtag place the fund inside a city-wide week.
- Visual feel: clean, modern, warm neighborhood photography; colors not stated on the fetched page.
Source
https://www.sfgoodneighborweek.org/meet-your-neighbors — listed on With Neighbors (https://withneighbors.org/microgrants)
Details
- maker: SF Good Neighbor Week (with Civic Joy Fund)
- place: San Francisco, CA
- amounts: $100 per host
- hosted url: https://www.sfgoodneighborweek.org/meet-your-neighbors
- grant shape: fixed
- local object: the folks next door; a living-room potluck or driveway coffee during Good Neighbor Week
- inspiration moves: 'Teeny grant, big introduction' framing, Problem statement before the offer, Apartment-scale examples, Individuals-only eligibility stated plainly
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Contributed by SF Good Neighbor Week (with Civic Joy Fund) · San Francisco, CA · https://www.sfgoodneighborweek.org/meet-your-neighbors · RCL-1.0
Original source: https://www.sfgoodneighborweek.org/meet-your-neighbors
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