Call for Charities

The SITE Southern California Community Outreach Committee invites you to submit a proposal to receive a donation from our upcoming 2025 SITE SoCal Holiday Event + Charity Gala at La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, CA. SITE Southern California has been committed to giving back to our local communities through donations to local non-profit organizations.

Our mission statement for this event is:

• The organization must be an established California non-profit with IRS 501 c3 status.
• The organization must fall within the scope of our mission statement: “To benefit small, grassroots, non-profit organizations, with little to no overhead, where the majority of the money received will go directly to the cause and benefit Southern California communities”.
• The organization needs to be ‘small’ enough that donated funds would make a significant difference to the lives of its recipients. We focus on charitable organizations that do not already receive large corporate or government funding.
• The funds must be spent within the calendar year of 2026.
• The organization must be fiscally responsible and fully accountable for how the money will be spent over the next year.

We cannot guarantee the amount of funds our event will generate. In previous years, the average recipient has received between $10,000 and $35,000. Funds will be distributed in the first quarter of 2026.

Please note there will be an area to upload additional documents that would help illustrate your organization from photos, letters of recommendation, marketing collateral, videos, etc.

• You must be available to attend the SITE SoCal Holiday Event at La Quinta Resort and Club on December 10–12.
• Be prepared to produce a video five minutes or less that will be used on stage at the Holiday Event. Cost to produce the video would be your expense, video is subject to committee approval.

In addition to the Holiday Event Gala, we will have an additional opportunity for our members to participate in a “hands-on” event. This event is in addition to, and separate from, being a recipient of the funds. In the past we have made blankets, capes for kids, built gingerbread houses for an upcoming event, wrapped gifts, assembled vanity kits, etc.

We are also open to opportunities to volunteer off property, whether it is at a shelter, building a playground, anything where we can get a large amount of people involved.

We will have an additional opportunity for a donation drive for our members to bring donation items to you. Please provide examples of items in need that your recipients need that would make an impact for your organization.

The SITE Southern California Community Outreach committee will review each proposal and may ask for more details. Personal and/or phone interviews may be set up in June for the semi-finalists.

Please apply online NO LATER THAN June 3, 2025

We look forward to learning more about your organization and thank you for applying to our request for proposal.

Jessica Martino, VP Community Outreach
SITE SoCal
jessica.martino@omnihotels.com
Cell: 303-903-9584