PREPARED BY: GREG DWYER DATE OF MEETING: 06/17/2024
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS APPROVING FY 2024-25 FINAL GRANT AWARDS FOR THE ANNUAL SAN PABLO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM AND ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $45,000 IN EXTERNAL FUNDING FROM THREE SOURCES TO THE FY 2024-25 CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY EVENTS BUDGET TO FULLY FUND THE FY 2024 25 PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL PROGRAM APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 IN ONE-TIME GRANT DISBURSEMENTS
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WORKPLAN Compliance statement
The Community Grant Program 501(c)(3) - Special Event Funding is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The City Council previously appropriated $55,000 in discretionary funding as part of the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget under the City Council Departmental Budget (100-1110-44050) to provide financial assistance to non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations and establish a FY 2024-25 Annual San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Program. An additional $45,000 in funding has been received from three outside sources to support the grant program as follows: The Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians - $25,000; Republic Services, Inc., dba Richmond Sanitary Services - $15,000; and a donation from the San Pablo Senior Advisory Board - $5,000. With combined funding from all sources, there is a total program funding of $100,000 for the Annual San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Program for FY 2024-25.
San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Review Committee
On May 23, 2024, the San Pablo Community Foundation (SPCF) Grant Review Committee reviewed all 16 eligible applications totaling $157,500 in grant funding requests received by the City for the FY 2024-25 SPCF Annual Grant Program following the grant application deadline of April 11, 2024.
SPCF Grant Review Committee - Grant Award Recommendations
Following its review, the SPCF Grant Review Committee recommended that the City Council award 16 applicants for FY 2024-25 SPCF grant funding awards totaling $100,000, the full amount of available program funding, as outlined in detail below.
This year includes a recommended grant award to the nonprofit Weigh of Life. Current San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Committee Member, Genoveva Garcia Calloway, serves on the Weigh of Life Board of Directors and recused herself from participating in the San Pablo Community Foundation Committee’s recommendation to award Weigh of Life a grant.
Recommended Grant Awards
Below are the grant award recommendations for FY 2024-25 from the SPCF Grant Committee submitted for the City Council’s consideration:
Organization: General Fund Category (Fiscal Agent) Amount:
1. California Symphony $ 7,500
2. Generations Vision for the Future $ 5,000
3. House of Loving Hands $ 5,000
4. King’s Accountability Group, Inc. $ 5,000
5. Kiwanis Club of San Pablo (Latina Center) $ 5,000
6. Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy $ 5,000
7. Morada de Mujeres Milenio $ 5,000
8. Safe Organized Spaces Richmond $ 7,500
9. San Pablo Baseball Association (T-Bone Bucket Boyz Basketball Academy) $ 7,500
10. San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association (T-Bone Bucket Boyz Basketball Academy) $ 7,500
11. San Pablo Rotary $ 5,000
12. Wayfinder Family Services/The Hatlen Center $ 7,500
13. Weigh of Life - Voted on with Committee Member Calloway abstaining $ 5,000
14. West Contra Costa Salesian Boys & Girls Club $ 7,500
Organization: (AB 939/Environmental Category) Amount:
1. Earth Team $ 7,500
2. The Watershed Project $ 7,500
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Total: $100,000
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds totaling $55,000 are already budgeted in the adopted Biennial FY 2024-25 and 2025-26 City Council departmental budget (100-1110-44050) for these grants and all of those funds remain available. Additional funding of $45,000 from three external sources provides combined grant funds totaling $100,000, sufficient to cover all proposed grant awards if accepted by the City into the FY 2024-25 General Fund budget (100-0000-33403) and appropriated to the City Council Special Events budget for expenditure (100-1110-44050). The City will process checks for the SPCF grant award recipients upon City Council approval, with checks being mailed by the first week of July 2024.
ATTACHMENTS:
Att A - Resolution for FY 2024-25 SPCF Grant Award Recommendations