Pinellas County Human Services Social Action Funding
Social Action Funding Grant Application Process is OPEN
All applications must be completed and submitted no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2025. Click here for the link to the application.
The FY26 Social Action Instructional Guidelines are available here.
Eligible applicants may submit a maximum of one application.
See FY26 Questions and Answers posted below.
Background
Social Action Grants are available to qualified non-profit social service organizations desiring to provide services to homeless and low-income residents of Pinellas County to address their health, economic and social well-being. Pinellas County Human Services administers a competitive, online application process for Social Action Funding through Neighborly Software. The grant solicitation is posted on the Human Services website, and a standard application form is used to promote effective review and scoring.
The County funding priorities for Social Action Grants are food/nutritional services, homeless prevention and supportive services, healthcare and human services for disadvantaged residents and supportive services for an aging population. Organizations were eligible to apply for funding between $10,000 and $150,000.
Advisory Board
The Social Action Advisory Board (SAFAB)
Governing Documents
FY2025-26 Social Action Funding Instructional Guidelines
FY26 Social Action Funding Questions and Answers
Key Dates & Deadline for the new FY26 Social Action funding Grant Application Process
| Action | Date |
| Application Release Date | March 10, 2025 |
| Prospective Applicant Webinar | March 12, 2025, at 9:00am & March 13, 2025, at 2:00 pm |
| Question and Answer period Open | March 10, 2025 |
| Question and Answer period closed | March 18, 2025, at 4:00 pm |
| Answers posted | March 25, 2025, by 4:00 pm |
| Required Submission Deadline | April 4, 2025, at 4:00 pm |
| Review Committee Small | May 8, 2025, at 1:00 pm at Epicenter- 13805 58th St. N., Clearwater, FL 33760 Room 2-304 |
| Review Committee Large | May 12, 2025, at 9:00 AM at Epicenter 13805 58th St N., Clearwater, FL 33760 Room 2-304 |
| SAFAB Final Recommendations | May 12, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Epicenter 13805 58th St N., Clearwater, FL 33760 Room 2-304 |
| Award Recommendations to BCC* | June 2025 |
| Award Date | September 2025 |
| Project Period (12 months) | October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026 |