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Sacramento’s Violence Interruption, Disruption, and Suppression program supports responses to violence affecting high-risk youth and young adults ages 13–24. Qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofits must have at least three years of relevant prevention or intervention experience, current state registrations, and good standing with the City. Apply electronically through the City’s grant portal; review the complete guidelines before applying.
To be considered for Sacramento Region Community Foundation event sponsorship, maintain a GivingEdge profile and post your event under Get Involved. The Foundation reviews listed events and contacts selected organizations; separate sponsorship requests are discouraged. Share professional news or opportunities through the Nonprofit Roundup submission form by the first Thursday each month. The next cutoff is November 5; this is a newsletter deadline, not a sponsorship deadline.
EDD offers up to $17 million statewide for education and workforce-training projects connecting Californians facing employment barriers with quality jobs in high-demand industries. Eligible applicants include private nonprofits, community-based and faith-based organizations, workforce boards, education and training providers, community colleges, labor organizations, tribes, and public agencies. Projects serve English language learners, justice-involved people, people with disabilities, opportunity young adults, veterans, or people receiving public benefits facing new work requirements. Applicants must leverage funds or services equal to at least 20% of the requested grant amount; review the solicitation for capacity, partnership, and submission requirements. Funding is provided through reimbursement.
Sacramento invites bids for pedestrian-crossing, traffic-signal, accessibility, and related roadway improvements. Qualified contractors should review solicitation B27151111003 for licenses, bonding, plans, addenda, and the required paper delivery instructions.
Sacramento State seeks printing and mailing services under RFP B260007. Qualified suppliers should review materials, storage, individual and bulk order processing, and required samples. The question period ended October 18; product samples are due November 13. Confirm all cutoffs and amendments in the University portal.
Sacramento seeks hotels and motels within Sacramento County to accept City-issued emergency-sheltering vouchers for families experiencing homelessness. This is a lodging-services and voucher-payment opportunity. Review property standards, proposed room rates, invoicing, agreement terms, and solicitation P27231031002.
California Capital APEX introduces County purchasing, vendor registration, finding opportunities, and preparing proposals. Intended for business owners, contractors, consultants, and suppliers, including newcomers to government contracting. Registration does not establish eligibility for an individual County contract.
California Capital APEX’s virtual webinar covers research for state, local, and federal purchasing using Cal eProcure, local bid portals, USAspending, and SAM.gov. Established businesses pursuing government contracts can review the organizer’s Northern California service area and registration requirements.
Category 2 supports qualifying nonprofits, excluding higher education institutions, for community-based youth reentry, with awards up to $750,000 and no required match. Applicants must attach a draft or executed MOU establishing relationships with the relevant correctional and community-supervision agencies. Review youth reentry experience, prerelease access, and all federal eligibility requirements.
EDD offers $8.5 million for continued EMT workforce training. Only the 10 existing EMS pilot sites may apply; other organizations are ineligible. Awards range from $850,000 to $1.25 million and applicants must leverage resources equal to at least 20% of their budget. Sacramento is among the pilot counties.
This $15 million program funds local cannabis equity programs. Only California cities, counties and cities-and-counties can apply. Businesses and nonprofits cannot apply directly; monitor local jurisdiction programs for downstream assistance or partnerships. No match is required.
Cities, counties, resource conservation districts and federally recognized tribes may apply for cleanup assistance. Businesses and nonprofits are not direct applicants. Up to $200,000 per applicant and $50,000 per cleanup site; letter of intent required and no match required. Consult the issuing agency before planning a partnership.
A cannabis trade gathering connecting brands, buyers, retailers, and industry service providers. Day 1 is for qualified industry participants; check admission and credential requirements.
An introduction to chamber benefits, programs, and connections for new Stockton Chamber members.
An evening mixer for developing business relationships with the Stockton Chamber network.
Connect with business and civic leaders at the city reception.
A joint lunch for building business connections along the Sunrise Corridor.
Meet Greater Stockton Chamber members and community partners while welcoming Color Me Mine Stockton at its ribbon cutting.
A member forum connecting business leaders around economic and government affairs.
Morning connections with Rocklin businesses and chamber professionals.
BizLink’s annual gala brings entrepreneurs and professionals together for an evening of connections and celebration.
Meet local leaders and decision-makers over lunch with business professionals.
An evening mixer for Metro EDGE’s professional network, geared toward people 40 and under.
Sacramento Rainbow Chamber brings LGBTQ+ business owners, professionals, community partners and allies together for an evening of connections at Kumi Event Center. Admission is free for everyone; registration is available from the official event page.
Meet chamber members, prospective members, and staff over morning coffee.
Celebrate the Robinhood Drive restaurant’s 20th anniversary while connecting with Greater Stockton Chamber members and community partners.
Practical AI insights, an industry panel, and a networking marketplace for small businesses. Presented by California Capital Women’s Business Center and powered by Verizon. Space is limited; register in advance.
A chamber-member gathering for exchanging qualified leads and developing referral relationships.
An awards lunch bringing business and community leaders together to recognize leadership.
Free one-on-one business counseling can lead to a $2,500–$5,000 grant for approved equipment, supplies, or software that supports growth. For-profit businesses must operate within Sacramento city limits and meet licensing and business-activity requirements; nonprofits are ineligible. Start with a City 311 business account and a Business Resources request, then complete at least five hours of City-contracted counseling and obtain your counselor’s written recommendation and application invitation. Home-based applicants must show at least $25,000 in prior-year gross revenue. Rolling monthly review until funds are exhausted; confirm availability with the City. Separate fee credits of up to $2,500 may also be available.
A $5,000 support package combines $2,500 cash with $2,500 in Shophand technical support and services for operations, marketing, software, or AI tools. Eligible applicants are actively operating U.S. for-profit businesses with fewer than 50 employees and under $5 million annual revenue. Applicants must follow Shophand on Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and Facebook. No application fee or purchase required; preference is given to businesses that used a Your Shophand service during the current cycle.
Rolling Delta Conservancy funding supports community programs, events, tourism, educational materials, public access, infrastructure, and environmental projects. Eligible nonprofits, public agencies, and tribes should check project geography and compare this smaller track with the larger Delta grant program. Register through RAPTR; proposals are considered in order received while funding remains.
CDFA funds incentives for CalFresh shoppers purchasing California-grown fruits and vegetables at certified farmers markets, mobile markets, CSAs, farm stands, and small brick-and-mortar retailers. Nonprofits, neighborhood retailers, farmers, and food-access organizations can develop partnerships serving Sacramento, Stockton, and other eligible communities. Identify potential market or retailer partners before applying; review the RFP’s authorization and program requirements.
CNRA funds nonprofits, public agencies, and California tribes providing immersive natural or cultural resource experiences for youth from low-income or disadvantaged communities. Cultural excursions and experiential learning can qualify alongside outdoor access. Review allowable activities, transportation, and program expenses while developing a credible youth proposal. Concept proposals are submitted through RAPTR; no match is required.
Eligible San Joaquin County businesses with 1–50 employees may receive up to $2,000 per employee using California Paid Family Leave; firms with 51–100 employees may receive up to $1,000. Reimbursement can cover temporary staffing, cross-training, recruitment, onboarding, and business continuity. Applicants need California business registration, active Secretary of State status, and an employer account number. Apply promptly: funding is first-come, first-served.
Eligible commercial properties in qualifying unincorporated San Joaquin County areas can receive façade-improvement support. Screen the property address first: a Stockton or San Joaquin mailing address alone does not establish eligibility. The County’s published program runs through December 31, 2026, subject to available funds; confirm remaining funding and current application requirements before planning work.
Meet business owners, entrepreneurs, and local professionals, exchange referrals, and build partnerships through morning chapter meetups and evening mixers across the Sacramento region.
Morning meetup locations · 9:00–10:00 AM PT on listed dates:
Tuesday — Folsom: City Slickers, 705 Gold Lake Drive #200.
Wednesday — Sacramento: Blueprint Coffee Project, 1200 2nd Street.
Thursday — Citrus Heights: R Vida Cantina, 7040 Sunrise Boulevard.
Friday — Roseville: The Aura Kitchen and Bar, 117 Church Street.
Dates, times, and venues can vary, and additional events may be scheduled. Check the organizer’s current calendar and RSVP for your chosen meetup. Membership options are available; check each event for admission details.
November meetups · 9–10 AM PT: Folsom — Nov. 3, 17, 24; Sacramento — Nov. 4, 18, 25; Citrus Heights — Nov. 5, 19, 26; Roseville — Nov. 6, 20, 27. Confirm holiday-week meetings with the organizer before attending.
The NBA Foundation is accepting nonprofit applications serving under-resourced youth ages 14–24. Funding supports workforce development, career readiness, job skills, job placement, career advancement, and economic opportunity.
Prioritize programs operating in NBA team markets. Apply through the Foundation’s FLUXX grant portal. Prepare Form 990, current organizational budget, project budget, and board list.
Review SMUD’s Vendor Portal for active solicitations, explore SEED opportunities for small businesses, or prepare through SMUD’s business workshops and videos.
Sacramento County seeks construction-manager-at-risk services for the Sacramento International Airport Airfield Maintenance Facility project.
Sacramento County invites qualified specialty contractors to refurbish the existing pipe-chase leak-detection system at the Main Jail and Hall of Justice.
A six-workshop City of Roseville and SBDC series covering financial statements, profitable pricing, sales, new revenue streams, taxes and compliance, and growth capital.
Find realtors, realty associations, residential and commercial listings, workshops and seminars, and real-estate events.
Sacramento-area realtors, lenders, and housing counselors should know about SHRA’s CalHome and PLHA mortgage-assistance programs. Qualified first-time homebuyers may receive up to $40,000 through CalHome or $50,000 through PLHA. Income, property, occupancy, education, and financing requirements apply, and applications must be handled through an SHRA-approved lender.
Business cards, flyers, brochures, banners, posters, branded merchandise, and other printing services.
Printing, graphic services, screen printing, and promotional products for business, nonprofit, and event needs.
Tents and essential rental equipment for business, nonprofit, and community events of many sizes.
Business-insurance options, assistance understanding coverage needs, and quote requests.
Post opportunities, search for volunteers, and connect people with meaningful ways to serve.
Projects reduce polluted runoff through erosion control, agricultural improvements, and related work. Consult the Regional Water Board grant coordinator before applying; a 25% match is generally required, with waivers considered.
Startup and existing small businesses in Sacramento, San Joaquin, and other eligible Northern California counties can seek financing for working capital, inventory, equipment, and improvements. Startups need a business plan and projections; free counseling is available.
Sacramento-area immigrants and refugees can seek small-business loans, mentoring, financial education, and credit counseling through Opening Doors. Its program page provides the application and eligibility information.
Small businesses and people starting businesses in eligible low-wealth communities can seek financing with financial-literacy and business assistance. Contact IBank’s Small Business Finance Center at SBFC-Programs@IBank.ca.gov for a participating lender and current availability.
California businesses with 1–100 employees may offset coverage and training costs when an employee uses Paid Family Leave on or after June 30, 2026.
IBank partners with lenders and Financial Development Corporations to help qualifying California small businesses obtain financing when conventional credit may be difficult to secure.
Explore federal loan programs for working capital, equipment, real estate, startup costs and business growth. SBA works through approved lenders rather than lending directly in most programs.
Nonprofits and public agencies may seek $200,000–$8.5 million for new parks or major improvements in critically underserved or climate-vulnerable communities.
The Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Grant supports projects involving certified California skilled nursing facilities. Businesses, nonprofits, individuals, public agencies and tribal governments may be eligible.
Low-interest loans of $25,000–$1.5 million are available to qualifying nonprofit small or rural health facilities in California. A 5% match is required.
Six live sessions cover grant research, organizational readiness, needs statements, program design, evaluation, budgeting, sustainability and funder relationships.
Sacramento Rainbow Chamber's recurring community fundraiser and networking night, held on the first Thursday each month.
This is our monitored source list. You do not need to visit every chamber site: current activities are summarized in full directly below. Official links are provided only when you are ready to register or want deeper information.
One-stop standard: activity, presenter, date, time, location, cost, eligibility, deadline, and contact details are shown here whenever the chamber publishes them.
Citrus Heights Chamber morning networking for business owners and professionals. Meet local leaders, introduce your business, exchange referrals, and pick up practical growth ideas. Complimentary coffee and breakfast bites are included.
A practical introduction to the chamber's mission, services, programs, network, and member benefits. Intended to help new members begin using their membership immediately.
A welcoming morning connection opportunity for current and prospective members to exchange ideas, meet regional business leaders, and learn how to become involved.
The chamber identifies monthly mixers, ribbon cuttings, professional-development workshops, webinars, advocacy, and BEST of Arden activities as its chamber programming. Its public chamber-event feed currently shows no dated upcoming chamber-produced event. We will add the next confirmed activity here—not substitute items from its separate community calendar.
CAACC is included as a Sacramento-based statewide chamber source for Black business advocacy, supplier diversity, access to capital, procurement, workforce development, clean energy, policy, and economic-equity programs. Its official upcoming-events page currently shows no future dated activity. The next chamber-produced or chamber-partnered program will be summarized here as soon as it is announced.
This is the California Black Chamber connected to KDEE 97.5 FM—the Soul of Sacramento—not the similarly named California African American Chamber. Its chamber work includes business development, financial literacy, procurement readiness, statewide representation, member services, jobs, and the SCALE program. KDEE, operated by the chamber's foundation, adds community radio, small-business information, public-affairs programming, and chamber-supported outreach.
Build new business connections over food, drinks and raffle activities at the chamber’s monthly mixer.
A full-day program for small and midsize business owners focused on building, scaling and growing, followed by an awards dinner.
A free chamber resource fair connecting business and nonprofit operators with practical local support.
Connect with Sacramento-area entrepreneurs, business owners and community leaders at the chamber’s recurring relationship-building mixer.
Employer registration is open for two fall career fairs reaching Sacramento State students and alumni in engineering, construction, computer science, business MIS and related fields.
All business and nonprofit information and listings are publicly accessible. No per-category limit, membership or login is required.
Select Business or Nonprofit, choose a category, and follow the official source links to check requirements, register or apply.
FSCDC conducts a deeper, organization-specific search in one agreed area—for example, grants matched to a nonprofit, Bay Area chamber mixers, contracting leads, or public activity by named organizations. For 30 days, we track verified developments, changes, contacts, deadlines and opportunities requiring action.
Starting at $250 • One-time feeOngoing assessment, strategy, action planning and accountability for organizations that need help applying information to their actual business or nonprofit goals.
Starting at $225 per quarter