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Board proposes a lean nonprofit budget, offers small start for new literacy program
Summary
At its April 27 budget workshop, the Board proposed holding nonprofit funding flat from the previous year and tentatively adding $2,500 for Read to Succeed, while staff asked the board for direction on about $192,005 in nonprofit requests.
At a budget workshop on April 27, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen reviewed nonprofit funding requests and signaled a preference for a ‘‘lean’’ approach that keeps previously funded groups at last year’s levels and limits new commitments.
The city’s packet listed roughly $192,005.40 in nonprofit requests across the general and drug funds. Bruce (staff) told the board the general-fund numbers were not yet final and that staff needed direction so the amounts could be placed in the draft budget for the May workshop.
When the Chair asked whether prior-year recipients were already included in the draft, Danielle (staff) said organizations funded last year were included in the 26/27 draft; Paws and several new requests were not yet included. The packet identified three first-time requests: Paws ($31,000), Read to Succeed (about $10,037.02), and Life of Victory ($35,000); staff gave a combined nonprofit request total of $192,005.40.
The board’s prevailing view was to keep existing awards flat and defer full new commitments. The Chair said the city should be ‘‘lean’’ given current pressures and proposed keeping last year’s funding levels, adding only a small starter amount for Read to Succeed: ‘‘I would put in Read to Succeed at $2,500 to start off,’’ the Chair said.
Several members agreed. One member noted that Read to Succeed operates in neighboring Rutherford County and runs literacy programs and home-library efforts; the board discussed whether to pilot a small contribution before any larger commitment.
Next steps: staff will place the board’s direction in the draft budget for the May workshop so the board can finalize funding decisions when the general-fund numbers (including compensation-study adjustments) are available.
