Boundless San Francisco
Crankstart, administered by Lever for Change
An open competition awarding up to $150 million total, with up to three awardees receiving up to $50 million each for solutions that make San Francisco a better place to live. Finalists receive $250,000-$500,000 plus technical assistance.
- Indicative award
- $250k–$50M (total award)Up to $150 million total; up to three awardees receive up to $50 million each. Finalists receive $250,000 and $500,000 from Crankstart plus technical assistance.
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · Sep, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-09 — 56 days awayLaunched August 5, 2026. Registration closes September 11, 2026 at 5 p.m. Pacific; applications are due October 9, 2026 at 5 p.m. Pacific. Up to seven finalists and up to three awardees are selected in 2027.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Open to organisations anywhere in the world with a proposal benefiting San Francisco, in any subject area. Applicants must first complete the competition's Organization Readiness Tool, then register before submitting; the page does not itself state nonprofit-status or university restrictions, so confirm through the readiness tool and application portal. Applications pass through administrative review, a participatory review in which other applicants score proposals, and an expert evaluation panel.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- place-based change · san francisco · large-scale open call
- Apply at
- https://www.leverforchange.org/open-calls/boundless-san-francisco/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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