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Community Benefit Program

Press Release: FPUD sets  2025 Community Benefit Program awards

MISSION STATEMENT: The Community Benefit Program recommends, promotes, coordinates projects, oversees funding and ensures timely completion of projects proposed by nonprofit and qualified organizations related to parks, recreation facilities, and roads and street lighting within FPUD’s service area. The program intends to benefit Fallbrook residents by using unrestricted public property tax revenue received by FPUD and allocated to the Community Benefit Program.

VISION STATEMENT: The Program identifies and solicits requests from FPUD’s service area nonprofit organizations to foster projects that enhance the quality of life for Fallbrook residents. The seven-member committee ensures that funded projects result from fair and equitable consideration of proposals sponsored by qualified organizations during the selection process.

2025 - 2026  Funding  Application Calendar of Events

DateEvent 
Jul 14, 6:00 pmWorkshop Meeting
Jul 15Open Electronic Application Process Online
Aug 15Close Electronic Application Process Online
Aug 22Opportunity for FPUD to Review Applications for Eligibility
Sept 2Proposal Development Workgroup to Assemble and Distribute Application Notebooks
Sept 23Committee Members Review Applications and Submit Questions to Proposal Development Workgroup Chair
Sept 30Notice Sent to Each Applicant Announcing Next Regularly Scheduled CBP Meeting and that Projects Will Be Discussed with Opportunity for Applicant to Respond to the Committee Questions with Clarification and/or Answers
Oct 13, 10:00 amRegularly Scheduled CBP Committee Meeting with Agenda Item for each Eligible Application and to Address Requests for Site Visits
Oct 13–24Site Visits
Oct 27, 10:00 amSpecial Meeting to Report on Site Visits, if applicable
Nov 1Committee Members Individually Score Applications and Turn in Scoring Rubric to Proposal Development Workgroup
Nov 10, 10:00 amRegularly Scheduled CBP Meeting to Discuss Application Scores and Determine Funding Awards
Nov 12Secretary Emails Each Applicant about Results of CBP Funding Decisions
Dec 8, 4:00 pmFPUD Board Meeting
Dec 15Negotiation and Execution of Award Contracts
Dec 16Report of Awards FPUD Website Update
Jan 12, 2026Contract Oversight Workgroup Assigns Project Monitor and Provides Reporting Requirements to Each Award Recipient
TBAFunding Distributed by FPUD
TBAReporting Period (Recipient must submit a final report 13 months from the date of this contract’s execution)
Eligibility Criteria for Funding and 2025 Application Instructions 

The 2024 funding application has closed. We received a total of 11 applications from the following organizations:

AnimalKind Corporation, Fallbrook/Bonsall Rally for Children, Fallbrook Center for the Arts, Inc, Fallbrook Community Youth Baseball, Fallbrook Land Conservancy, Fallbrook Regional Healthcare District, Fallbrook Riders, Inc, Fallbrook Sports Association, Fallbrook Trails Council, Fallbrook Village Association, Mission Resource Conservation District, Wildlands Conservancy

Here's how the 2024/2025 funding worked:

Report of Awards updated 12-3-2024 Funding Reporting Requirements for 2024.pdfDownload Sample Application Questions 2024*Download Scoring RubricDownload Rubric ScorecardDownload Sample Funding Agreement 2024

* This sample application is meant to provide an example only of the questions and documents that will be required for the final application. This sample application is not meant to be used as the final version of the application, and the order of questions and/or document upload may differ from the final application. All applications will be required to be submitted online via the Jotform link that will go live on July 15, 2024. No paper applications will be accepted. 

* This sample application is meant to provide an example only of the questions and documents that will be required for the final application. This sample application is not meant to be used as the final version of the application, and the order of questions and/or document upload may differ from the final application. All applications will be required to be submitted online via the Jotform link that will go live on July 15, 2024. No paper applications will be accepted. 

Members: The Community Benefit Program membership is chaired by Jim Mendelson FCBPChair@outlook.com, cell: 949-201-9967. Address all inquiries and comments to Jim.

The committee consists of six others chosen by the FPUD Board of Directors who reside in the FPUD service area and who have a broad perspective and awareness of community activities and needs. The current seven members, appointed by the FPUD Board of Directors in late 2022, serve either 2- or 3-year terms that began on January 1, 2023.

Members:

  • Jim Mendelson, Chair
  • Lila Hargrove
  • Jerry Kalman
  • Leticia Maldonado-Stamos
  • Anna Marchand
  • Elana Sterling

Meeting schedule: Meetings are held at FPUD, 990 E. Mission Rd., at 10 a.m. typically on the second Monday of each month, and are open to the public.  Time is allocated at the beginning of each meeting for public comment.

Meeting schedule: Meetings are held at FPUD, 990 E. Mission Rd., at 10 a.m. typically on the second Monday of each month, and are open to the public.  Time is allocated at the beginning of each meeting for public comment.

Meeting schedule: Meetings are held at FPUD, 990 E. Mission Rd., at 10 a.m. typically on the second Monday of each month, and are open to the public.  Time is allocated at the beginning of each meeting for public comment.

Schedule for 2025 meetings 
  • June 2, 2025
  • July 14, 2025
  • Aug. 11, 2025
  • Sept. 8, 2025
  • Oct. 13, 2025
  • Nov. 10, 2025
  • Dec. 8, 2025