Grant Application for Emergency Fund Assistance

 

The Ripon Community Emergency Fund (“Emergency Fund”) was established at the San Joaquin Community Foundation, to provide limited financial assistance to present and future residents of the City of Ripon, California, (“Charitable Class”) who incur Qualifying Expenses as a direct result of experiencing a Qualifying Emergency that results in Economic Hardship. Applications for grant assistance are reviewed by an Advisory Committee comprised of representative of the City of Ripon, California. The Fund is administered by the San Joaquin Community Foundation.

 

In order to be eligible to receive assistance from the Emergency Fund, an applicant must be a resident of the City of Ripon, California. The applicant must have also incurred a Qualifying Expense as a direct result of experiencing a Qualifying Emergency that results in Economic Hardship.

 

An applicant (or in the case of death, a survivor) must have experienced a Qualifying Emergency within the past 12 months. Generally, a Qualifying Emergency is defined as an unexpected incident that happens to an individual that involves any of the following:

 

The Qualifying Emergency must have arisen from circumstances outside of the applicant’s control.

 

In addition to sustaining a Qualifying Expense, there must also be accompanying Economic Hardship. The means test used to determine whether an applicant has an Economic Hardship to pay a Qualifying Expense, is if:

Generally, the maximum grant amount available for assistance is $2,500 during any 12-month period. All payments are made directly to vendors as bill payments; assistance funds cannot be sent directly to applicants.