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

Date                                                                                                    Event

• July 14, 6 pm: Workshop Meeting                                                                                          
• July 15: Open Electronic Application Process Online                                   
• Aug.15: Close Electronic Application Process Online                                   
• Aug. 22: Opportunity for FPUD to Review Applications for Eligibility               
• Sept. 2: Proposal Development Workgroup to Assemble and Distribute  Application Notebooks                                                                  
• Sept. 23: Committee Members Review Applications and Submit Questions to Proposal Development Workgroup Chair
• Sept. 30: Notice 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 am: Regularly Scheduled CBP Committee Meeting with Agenda Item for each Eligible Application and to Address Requests for Site Visits
• Oct. 13 - 24: Site Visits                                                                                     
• Oct. 27, 10 am: Special Meeting to Report on Site Visits, if applicable                      
• Nov. 1: Committee Members Individually Score Applications and Turn in Scoring Rubric to Proposal Development Workgroup
• Nov. 10, 10 am: Regularly Scheduled CBP Meeting to Discuss Application  Scores and Determine Funding Awards             
• Nov. 12: Secretary Emails Each Applicant about Results of CPB  Funding Decisions 
• Dec. 15: Negotiation and Execution of Award Contracts                               
• Dec. 16: Report of Awards FPUD Website Update 
• Jan. 12, 2026: Contract Oversight Workgroup Assigns Project Monitor and            
• TBA: Provides Reporting Requirements to Each Award Recipient Funding; Distributed by FPUD
• TBA: Reporting Period (Recipient must submit a final report 13 months from the date of this contract’s execution

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:

* 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.