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Small Grants Committee finalizes recommended awards after daylong deliberations
Summary
The Sedona Small Grants Evaluation Committee on June 6 finished deliberations and approved a set of recommended awards that prioritize food security and core human services while trimming discretionary arts funding to balance the available grant pool. Members also flagged some applicants for follow-up on capacity and documentation.
The Sedona Small Grants Evaluation Committee concluded a second day of deliberations on June 6, 2024, producing a set of recommended awards that prioritize human services and food security while trimming some arts requests to stay within the program’s budget.
The committee, chaired by Stephanie Giesbrecht, worked from an allocation framework the panel confirmed early in the meeting — roughly 40% to arts, 40% to human services and 20% held as discretionary — then iteratively adjusted individual awards to preserve funding for high-priority, high-impact programs. The panel repeatedly emphasized direct local benefit as a deciding factor: organizations that demonstrably served Sedona residents and delivered measurable outcomes received higher priority.
Committee members spent much of the day re-sorting applicants (arts, social services, other), probing program metrics, and calling applicants by phone to clarify details. In a live call with a Verde Valley School representative,…
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