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Coppell council agrees to publicize city'funding option for local service groups
Summary
Council members directed staff to make the city''s service-organization funding process more visible after a work-session discussion prompted by the Salvation Army''s Red Kettle activities; no funding decisions were made.
Members of the Coppell City Council agreed in a work-session discussion Jan. 14 to make the city''s service-organization funding process more visible to nonprofits, after members said charitable groups did not know an application route existed.
Council members and staff said the city already has an application and criteria for contributing city budget dollars to local nonprofit programs but does not actively market that process; they asked staff to post the criteria and application prominently online and consider modest outreach to notify organizations that funds are available.
The discussion began after council members and volunteers worked a Salvation Army Red Kettle fundraiser and learned the group was unaware of the city''s program. “They didn't know that we had a funding mechanism,” Council Member Biju (first name in transcript) said, adding he…
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