Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into summer youth programming grant agreements with the following registered 501c3 nonprofit organizations for the listed amount.
From January 13, 2025, through February 14, 2025, the City of Columbus accepted applications through an open and competitive process to provide funding to support nonprofit organizations looking to establish or grow summer youth programs focused on promoting improved academic performance, health and well-being, and/or enhanced career readiness and workplace skills. These areas are designed to empower youth to learn, grow and develop during the summer months and beyond.
Funding proposals were then evaluated by an interdepartmental review committee comprised of representatives from various Departments.
The services included in these grant agreements cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current responsibility and capacity to provide.
Award Amounts and Grantees:
$75,000.00 J.C. Broadus Center for Youth Advocacy, Inc.
$125,000.00 Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children
$75,000.00 Remember Us Urban Scouts, Inc.
$125,000.00 Somali Bantu Diverse Center
$75,000.00 City of Grace Church, Inc.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $475,000.00 in grant proceeds for financial support of summer youth engagement and employment programs. This ordinance will reduce Rec and Parks Operating fund subsidy and appropriations by $49,421.00 and transfer $49,421.00 of appropriations within, and expenditure from the General Fund
Emergency action is requested to ensure that funding can be disbursed prior to the start of the summer youth program period on May 1, 2025.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Office of Violence Prevention to enter into advance-pay grant agreements with five (5) local registered 501c3 non-profit organizations in support of s...
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