Breakaway Fund
Amount
$50K – $100K
Deadline⚠️ Unverified
Apr 11, 2027
Funder
Samueli Foundation
Eligible
501c3 only
⚠️ Deadline Not Verified — Confirm Before Submitting
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About This Grant
The Breakaway Fund provides unrestricted, no-strings-attached grants to support organizational development and capacity building for nonprofits serving Orange County. It is specifically designed to support organizations that have not previously received funding from the Samueli Foundation.
Full Guided Workflow Available
This grant has a funder website. Start the application to access the step-by-step workflow with Eligibility verification, Quick Start narrative skeleton, PDF upload, AI Writing Coach, and submission tracking.
✅ Test Agent — Import Form + AI Writing Studio
NOFO Writing Guide badge: Click “Open Narrative Step (NOFO Guide)” below — it creates the application and jumps straight to the Narrative step (?step=3) where the expandable NOFO Writing Guide badge appears for federal grants. Expand it to verify.
Option A (recommended): Click the one-click button below — it creates the application, imports sample funder-form questions, generates an LOI, and saves it to the Application record automatically.
Option B (manual): Click "Start Application", then follow the 3-step workflow: (1) Import Funder Form — go to ?step=2, click in-app-form-link, then import-from-funder-website. (2) AI Writing Studio — go to ?step=3, click open-ai-writing-studio, select "Letter of Intent (LOI)", click writing-studio-generate, then save-to-application-btn. (3) Verify the generated LOI text is saved in the Application record.
Start Your Application
Begin your guided application workflow — you can optionally run the AI eligibility check first to see how well you fit.
Generate a section-by-section application guide
Get a lightweight blueprint: section names, suggested lengths, key points to include, strategy tips, and a compliance checklist.
AI will analyze the grant's eligibility criteria, description, and target audience to extract individual requirements.
Must be a nonprofit organization serving Orange County, California. Priority is given to organizations that have not previously received funding from the Samueli Foundation.