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Board recommends funding four nonprofits for 2026; trustees agree to fold family-service one-time request into next year—s baseline
Summary
Staff recommended $465,340 in preliminary 2026 nonprofit core-service funding across four agencies; trustees supported fully funding tier 1 and tier 2 base requests and agreed to incorporate Family Service Center—s one-time training request into its baseline for next year so it is considered as recurring funding in future cycles.
Management analyst Jillian Kukerli Dietrich presented staff—s recommended allocations for the village—s 2026 nonprofit core-service funding program. Using a published application and scoring rubric and applying a 2.3% Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) escalation, staff recommended full funding of four agencies for a preliminary total of $465,340.
Recommendations included Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook (tier 1) at $180,455 plus continuation of in-kind landscaping and snowplow services; North Shore Senior Center (tier 1) at $182,195 to support senior-assistance programs; the Jocelyn Center (tier 2) at $64,270 for outpatient mental-health and youth programming; and the Family Service Center base (tier 2) at $38,621 for counseling and outreach services. Family Service Center had a second, one-time request of $21,397 for additional crisis-response training (tier 3); staff noted the preliminary 2026 budget did not include that recurring amount because tier 2 requests consumed the allocated category budget.
Trustees debated how to treat recurring versus one-time requests. Several trustees expressed support for folding the Family Service Center—s previously one-time training allocation into its baseline for next year's application so that the $21,397 amount would appear as part of the base and be subject to the standard PCE escalation rather than repeatedly appearing as a separate one-time request. The board signaled support for increasing the social-services fund pool consistent with PCE and for requiring agencies to submit a single consolidated request in future cycles to avoid multiple separate line items.
Trustees also asked about the data shown for unique Glenview residents served (differences in grid counts were raised for Family Service Center), and staff clarified the metric counts unique incorporated Glenview residents served by each organization. Staff said new agencies are limited to a $10,000 initial funding cap and recurring requests are limited to the PCE increase year over year.
The board did not take a formal final appropriation vote at the workshop; staff will present a refined recommended budget for final action during the budget process.
