SUBJECT:
Title
Grants to Communities - Updated Application and Review Criteria
Department
DEPARTMENT: Administrative Operations
Presenter
PRESENTER(S): Meredyth Muth, Director of Administrative Services and Operations
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Time
TIME ESTIMATE: 15 minutes
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Fiscal
FISCAL SUMMARY:
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Policy
POLICY ISSUES:
On July 15, staff presented Council with information about the Grants to Communities program. At that time, Council asked staff to return with an updated application as well as updated review criteria for the Council to consider prior to the application opening on September 1.
Recommendation
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Review the updated application and review criteria.
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SUMMARY/KEY POINTS
The attached application includes the following significant changes based on the Council discussion on July 15:
* Updates the evaluation criteria to specifically reference the Charter Preamble.
* Includes the maximum grant amounts Council requested on July 15:
o $12,000 for Service grants
o $5,000 for event grants (applicants may apply for up to two event grants)
* Adds additional application questions and new acknowledgements.
BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
In 2013, this grant program was formalized by resolution and adopted with specific procedures. Those procedures and the evaluation criteria were updated in 2022 and in 2024.
Eligibility is restricted to applicants recognized as community service organizations, organized and federally designated for tax purposes as non-profit corporations, and/or chartered chapters of state or national lodges or service organizations that engage in charitable or community service activities, and public schools located in Erie (both in Boulder Valey School District and St. Vrain Valley School District).
The Program has two categories of grants funded on an annual basis: Events and Health and Human Services Programs. The funding l...
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