Grants

Each year, SMBSF offers a limited number of grants to individuals, sailing teams, and sailing and watersports programs that demonstrate a need for extra funding. Requests may be made for educational expenses, regatta fees, and other costs of participating in sailing events and activities. SMBSF also assists sailing programs by partially funding safety equipment needs and much more.

Grant Requirements

• You must be a resident or affiliated with a yacht club in the Santa Monica Bay area to receive a grant.
• Requests that are not submitted on time or are incomplete may be returned for you to provide any missing information, or reviewed at the next board meeting.
• We expect you (or your parent or guardian) to make time for an interview with one of our board members.
• Those requesting grants are required to enter into a Grant Agreement with the SMBSF which states the terms and conditions of the grant.

Grant Rules

• A request for funding does not guarantee funding.
• Awards may be granted for the full amount or only a portion of the requested amount.
• The award of a grant neither precludes subsequent requests for similar or different purposes by the same grantee nor guarantees a subsequent award for the same or different purposes

Grants are Awarded at Board Meetings

Although grant requests may be made at any time, grants are only awarded during regularly scheduled meetings occurring no fewer than five times per year.

All meetings are open to the public (except for executive sessions) and generally held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00pm either virtually or at Del Rey Yacht Club 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey, California 90292.