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City staff outline FY25 outside‑agency grant results and plan to shift FY27 grantmaking to external partners
Summary
City staff told the committee the FY25 competitive outside‑agency grant process drew about 110 applications, funded roughly 50 organizations with about $5 million in grant contracts, and proposed a FY27 model managed by external grant‑making partners to speed disbursement and improve reporting.
Dominic Barrett, senior policy adviser for human services, told the Organizational Development Standing Committee that the city’s competitive outside‑agency (nondepartmental) grant process received about 110 applications in FY25 across arts and culture, housing, and health and human services, and that roughly 50 organizations were funded through that process with contracts totaling about $5,000,000.
Barrett said the current city‑managed process can take up to 10–11 months from application to executed contract and payment because of contract development, attorney review and monitoring…
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