How does my organization get funding from the Candle Lighters?
The Ghost House funds by a proposal process, that includes a package which must be submitted to the Proposal Committee. This Proposal is reviewed to make sure it meets the Candle Lighter guidelines and if it does, it is passed on to be voted on by the General Membership.
We fund the Proposals in the order they are voted on, with monies made in that year’s Ghost House.
Applications are due April 1, 2025 for the Proposal Committee’s review. Accepted applications will be informed by June and invited to our luncheon event.
If you would like to submit a proposal to be funded for your non-profit organization, please contact us for further information, or complete and submit the proposal packet below.
Here are just some of the organizations that we have funded in the past…
- Abode Services (formerly Tri-City Homeless Coalition)
- Adobe Restoration Fund
- Adolescent Unit – Washington Hospital
- All Seasons Riding Academy
- Ardenwood Regional Preserve
- Audio Visual Equipment – Fremont Main/Centerville Library
- Bay Area Women Against Rape
- Bicentennial Grove of Trees
- Boldly Me
- Bookleggers
- Boy Scout Troop #269
- Cabrillo PTA
- California Children’s Services
- Child Abuse Prevention Agency (CAPA)
- Children’s Division – Tri-Cities Libraries
- City of Fremont
- City of Fremont Paratransit
- City of Fremont – Parks and Recreation
- City of Fremont- Police Department
- City of Fremont Senior Center
- City of Newark
- Committee for the Restoration of Mission San Jose
- Community Drug Council
- Coordinated Association of United Seniors (CAUS)
- C.U.R.A. Inc.
- Deaf Informed Communications (DICO)
- Drivers for Survivors
- East Bay Crisis Pregnancy Center
- Explorer Scouts
- Fred Weibel Elementary School Library
- Fremont Adult Continuing Education
- Fremont Art Association
- Fremont Boys Club
- Fremont Chamber of Commerce
- Fremont Family Resource Center – FRC
- Fremont Fire Department Disaster Preparedness
- Fremont Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
- Fremont Senior Center
- Fremont Stage 1
- Fremont Symphony Orchestra
- Fremont Theatrical Association
- Friends of Heirloom Flowers Garden Club
- FUSD Advisory Safety Committee
- Glankler School
- Hall Ranch Park, Union City
- HERS Breast Cancer Foundation
- Irvington Creative Living Center
- JFK Titans Booster Club
- Kennedy Swim Club
- Kidango
- League of Volunteers (LOV)
- Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont (LEAF)
- Math Science Nucleus
- Maurice Marks Center for California History Fremont Library
- Meals on Wheels
- Museum of Local History Guild
- Music at the Mission
- Music For Minors II
- Niles Depot Historical Foundation
- Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
- Open Air Pavilion in Central Park
- Ohlone Center for Hearing Impaired
- Ohlone College
- Ohlone College Foundation
- Ohlone College Health Science Division
- Ohlone College Museum
- Ohlone Scholarship Fund
- Parental Stress Center
- Patterson House Advisory Board
- Planetarium Restoration – Hopkins Jr. High
- The Railroad Museum at Ardenwood
- Ronald Mc Donald House
- Rubicon Centers
- Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments (SAVE)
- Salvation Army Tri-Cities Corp.
- Science Center & Nature Trail
- Serra Center
- Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities/Fremont
- Special Olympics – Roadrunners
- Stage 1 Repertory Theatre
- Starstruck Theatre
- Steller Academy for Dyslexics
- Support Services Division
- Therapeutic Play Area
- Tri-City Band Corp
- Tri-Cities Children’s Center, Inc.
- Tri-Cities Multiple Sclerosis
- Tri-City Free Breakfast Program
- Tri-City Tag Your Child Program
- Tri-City Volunteers
- Young Life
- Vesper Sr. Day Care
- Viola Blythe Center
- Visually Impaired Program – Fremont Unified School District
- Washington High School
- Washington Township Museum of Local History
- YMCA Building Fund
- YMCA Girls’ Center