Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into summer youth programming grant agreements with the following registered 501c3 nonprofit organizations for the listed amount. The total combined amount distributed to the 44 listed organizations shall be $3,426,292.00.
These grant awards will be used to expand quality summer programming for youth residing within the City of Columbus geographical boundaries. Funding will support local, registered 501c3 non-profit organizations in providing programming that will fulfill one or more of the following outcomes: improving academic performance and intellectual development; enhancing career readiness and workplace skills; and promoting the understanding and use of non-violent conflict resolution skills. The term of these grant agreements will begin on June 1, 2024 and will end on October 31, 2024. All grants shall be paid to awardees in advance.
Award Amounts and Grantees:
$10,000.00 ACTORS' THEATRE OF COLUMBUS
$30,000.00 AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO
$167,000.00 ALL T.H.A.T.- TEENS HOPEFUL ABOUT TOMORROW, INC.
$250,000.00 BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.
$171,000.00 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS, INC.
$150,000.00 CITY OF REFUGE GOODLIFE FOUNDATION
$114,102.00 CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER
$9,500.00 COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART
$49,000.00 COLUMBUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, INC.
$150,000.00 COMMUNITY FOR NEW DIRECTION INCORPORATION
$150,000.00 CREATING CENTRAL OHIO FUTURES
$80,000.00 DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES, INC.
$85,000.00 DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE, INC.
$50,000.00 DRIVEN FOUNDATION
$80,000.00 ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, INC.
$50,000.00 FEMERGY
$100,000.00 FOUR SEASONS CITY FARM
$2,825.00 FRANKLINTON FARMS
$130,000.00 I KNOW I CAN
$80,000.00 JESUS POWER ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH EAST
$50,000.00 KALEIDOSCOPE YOUTH CENTER, INC.
$207,860.00 LEGACY YOUTH SPORTS ACADEMY
$75,000.00 LIBERIANS IN COLUMBUS, INC
$30,000.00 LINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION
$98,000.00 LINDEN BLOCK PARTY 614 DBA We Are Linden
$75,000.00 LOOK MA' NO HANDS ORGANIZATION
$28,000.00 MEZZACELLO COLUMBUS
$180,000.00 OHIO HISPANIC COALITION
$5,500.00 PROJECT REDEEM
$54,500.00 PROYECTO MARIPOSAS
$25,000.00 REACHING HIGHER HEIGHTS CARE CENTER FOR LIFE
$76,225.00 SEE BRILLIANCE
$18,000.00 SEEDS OF CARING
$65,000.00 SOUTHSIDE HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.
$25,000.00 ST. VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES
$15,780.00 THE BUCKEYE RANCH, INC.
$80,000.00 THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT, INC., dba The King Arts Complex
$50,000.00 THE CORDELION PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, INC
$35,000.00 THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION
$10,000.00 THE MORTON FOUNDATION, dba The First Tee of Central Ohio
$50,000.00 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$50,000.00 THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
$117,000.00 TRADES OF FAITH INCORPORATED
$97,000.00 WARRIORS KARATE ACADEMY, INC.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that the funding is in place and that the expanded quality summer programming for youth will commence in June 2024.
Fiscal Impact: $1,440,000.00 is available from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 2285, $1,986,292.00 is available in the general fund and shall be transferred and appropriated to fund 2285 to fulfill the remaining required amount.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into advance-pay grant agreements with 44 local registered 501c3 non-profit organizations in support of summer youth programming; to authorize a transfer within the general fund and the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure in the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,426,292.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Recreation and Parks desires to enter into advance-pay grant agreements with 44 local registered 501c3 non-profit organizations, as listed above, to help fund summer 2024 youth programming in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer $1,986,292.00 from Fund 1000 General Fund, Dept-Div 45-4501 Division of Finance and Management to Fund 2285 Recreation and Parks Operating Fund, Dept-Div 51-5101 Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer $1,440,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 2285; and
WHEREAS, funds for the above-described contracts are budgeted and available for the above-mentioned purpose per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation of $1,986,292 and the expenditure of $3,426,292.00 in the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into non-profit grant agreements with the above listed 501c3 organizations so that programming may begin on June 1, 2024, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1: That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized to enter into advance-pay grant agreements in the following amounts with the respectively listed registered 501c3 non-profit organizations for summer 2024 programming opportunities, the term of which will begin on June 1, 2024 and end on October 31, 2024. The aggregate total of all grants shall be $3,426,292.00.
$10,000.00 ACTORS' THEATRE OF COLUMBUS
$30,000.00 AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO
$167,000.00 ALL T.H.A.T.- TEENS HOPEFUL ABOUT TOMORROW, INC.
$250,000.00 BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.
$171,000.00 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS, INC.
$150,000.00 CITY OF REFUGE GOODLIFE FOUNDATION
$114,102.00 CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER
$9,500.00 COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART
$49,000.00 COLUMBUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, INC.
$150,000.00 COMMUNITY FOR NEW DIRECTION INCORPORATION
$150,000.00 CREATING CENTRAL OHIO FUTURES
$80,000.00 DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES, INC.
$85,000.00 DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE, INC.
$50,000.00 DRIVEN FOUNDATION
$80,000.00 ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, INC.
$50,000.00 FEMERGY
$100,000.00 FOUR SEASONS CITY FARM
$2,825.00 FRANKLINTON FARMS
$130,000.00 I KNOW I CAN
$80,000.00 JESUS POWER ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH EAST
$50,000.00 KALEIDOSCOPE YOUTH CENTER, INC.
$207,860.00 LEGACY YOUTH SPORTS ACADEMY
$75,000.00 LIBERIANS IN COLUMBUS, INC
$30,000.00 LINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION
$98,000.00 LINDEN BLOCK PARTY 614 DBA We Are Linden
$75,000.00 LOOK MA' NO HANDS ORGANIZATION
$28,000.00 MEZZACELLO COLUMBUS
$180,000.00 OHIO HISPANIC COALITION
$5,500.00 PROJECT REDEEM
$54,500.00 PROYECTO MARIPOSAS
$25,000.00 REACHING HIGHER HEIGHTS CARE CENTER FOR LIFE
$76,225.00 SEE BRILLIANCE
$18,000.00 SEEDS OF CARING
$65,000.00 SOUTHSIDE HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC.
$25,000.00 ST. VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES
$15,780.00 THE BUCKEYE RANCH, INC.
$80,000.00 THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT, INC., dba The King Arts Complex
$50,000.00 THE CORDELION PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY, INC
$35,000.00 THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION
$10,000.00 THE MORTON FOUNDATION, dba The First Tee of Central Ohio
$50,000.00 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$50,000.00 THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
$117,000.00 TRADES OF FAITH INCORPORATED
$97,000.00 WARRIORS KARATE ACADEMY, INC.
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $1,986,292.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from Fund 1000 General Fund, Dept-Div 45-4501 Division of Finance and Management to Fund 2285 Recreation and Parks Operating Fund, Dept-Div 51-5101 Recreation and Parks Department per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $1,440,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund is hereby authorized per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the appropriation of $1,986,292.00 and the expenditure of up to $3,426,292.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 2285 Recreation and Parks Operating Fund in main account 65026, tax reportable grants to others, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 7. That this agreement is awarded pursuant to the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code relating to the process for awarding not-for-profit grant agreements.
SECTION 8. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.