Deadline May 16
The Alameda Kiwanis Foundation is currently accepting applications for its annual Grant Awards benefitting local 501(c)(3) groups. The application form with all relevant information may be downloaded from the Kiwanis webpage [1]. All applications are due on or before May 16 and can be emailed to [email protected] [2] or printed and sent via USPS mail to Alameda Kiwanis Foundation, PO Box 1217, Alameda, CA 94501 (must be postmarked no later than May 16).
[3]Alameda Kiwanis raised more than $20,000 for these grants at its January 31 Winter Fundraiser at the Albert DeWitt Officers Club on Alameda Point. All of the proceeds will be distributed to Alameda nonprofits that serve the community, with a particular emphasis on children and their families. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
For the 2026 Grant Awards year, the Grant Committee is reaching out to nonprofit organizations that work to combat violence and racism, and promote equity and equality. The goal is to grant at least 25% of the available funds to those organizations.
The six permanent objectives of Kiwanis International, approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado, have remained unchanged through the succeeding decades:
- To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
- To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
- To promote the adoption and application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
- To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
- To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendship, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
- To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.
The Kiwanis Club of Alameda proudly celebrates more than 100 years of service to the community. Members are hands-on volunteers who support students, teachers, families, and individuals in need. To learn more about the club, email [email protected] [5] or come to a meeting on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Alameda Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue.