Build OC Fund
Amount
$10K – $1.0M
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 Build OC Fund provides capital project funding to help nonprofit organizations in Orange County enhance their facilities and infrastructure. The program prioritizes projects that are nearing completion to maximize immediate community impact.
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.
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AI will analyze the grant's eligibility criteria, description, and target audience to extract individual requirements.
Must be a nonprofit organization with a capital project located in and serving Orange County, California.