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Grant committee hears more than two dozen nonprofit pitches, questions staff screening and starts fiscal-sponsorship pilot
Summary
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Grant Committee heard FY2027 requests from more than two dozen nonprofits on March 9, 2026, debated a staff decision that left one cancer-support applicant off the committee agenda, and reviewed a pilot allowing fiscal sponsors to submit multiple projects with caps intended to expand access to borough funds.
On March 9 the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Grant Committee met for a daylong run of FY2027 grant presentations from local nonprofits and community groups. Committee members heard program summaries from Alaska Legal Services, Catholic Community Services, First City Players, the Ketchikan Agricultural Producers Association (CAPA) and more, set scoring timelines and discussed a staff-level screening and appeal process that left one applicant excluded from committee review.
The meeting opened at 12:30 p.m.; the body confirmed a quorum, appointed a chair by unanimous consent and then proceeded through presentations. Heather Parker, supervising attorney for Alaska Legal Services’ Southeast offices, described the Elder and Family Legal Advocacy Project and said the program provided assistance to 19 Ketchikan Gateway Borough residents between July 2024 and June 2025, aiming to serve 15–20 local cases a year under the requested borough support. "We provide free civil legal services to low-income Alaskans," Parker said, noting work on housing, benefits appeals and elder protections.
The session’s most pointed exchange concerned a local cancer-support…
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