Approve $513,000 in community grants to 20 organizations
In Plain English
The city awards annual grants through the Environment and Community Investment Agreement program. A review committee selected 20 organizations to receive funding this year. If approved, organizations can receive up to 50% of their grant money upfront instead of the current 25% limit.
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Votes
requesting the ECIA committee to re-evaluate the recommended grant awardees, ignoring criteria related to financial and organization capacities, and ability to access and leverage other funds; utilize criteria more in terms of what was missing such as North Richmond and re-entry organizations; and return with a revised list of recommended grant awardees for the Council to consider by the end of July 2017
6 to 1
Public Comments
4 public comments — 4 spoken
- Antwon CloirdIn person
- Amanda ElliottIn person
- Nicholas AlexanderIn person
- Annie King-MeredithIn person
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