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Community Connections relies on grants and county fiscal-agent partnership to sustain services
Summary
Executive director Tika Jenkins described a grant-dependent funding model, a county fiscal-agent relationship that enabled organizational stability, and upcoming plans for a facility facelift supported by county resources.
Tika Jenkins told the County Compass that Community Connections depends heavily on grants—local, state and federal—and that the organization is roughly 90% grant-dependent. “Being about 90% dependent on grants is a very stressful space to live in as an organization,” she said, noting variation in fund restrictions and the difficulty of long-term planning.
Jenkins credited Columbia County for serving as the nonprofit’s fiscal agent after the organization outgrew city-based fiscal arrangements, calling that shift a “game changer.” She said the county’s support includes offering building space and helping with planned facility improvements; Johnson noted county funds were being allocated for a facelift to give the nonprofit more room. Jenkins also described internal staffing that supports fundraising and finance (a development director, Chaz, and finance director, Vida) and said the board is considering a yearly fundraiser to reduce grant dependency.
