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Commission gives guidance to Grant & Aid committee: exclude schools and established foundations, consider legacy partners and a 10% budget uptick

2714837 · March 20, 2025
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City staff said 76 Grant & Aid applications requested a combined $777,500; commissioners provided direction to exclude school and foundation applicants and to give the review committee a budget guideline equal to a 10% increase over last year’s disbursed amount.

City staff told the commission that 76 grant applications had been received in the current Grant & Aid cycle requesting a combined $777,500. Staff said 36 applications were returning applicants and 40 were new; the packet lists five school applicants totaling $55,000 and 11 organizations with established foundations requesting $68,300.

Staff calculated that removing school and foundation applicants from the total request would leave approximately $654,200 for consideration. Staff also summarized requests from six “legacy” agencies…

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