Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Besa Community, Inc., a non-profit entity, in support of their capacity building.
Besa is a not-for-profit organization that coordinates community-wide service projects, manages citywide drives to educate and connect people to community resources, and partners with businesses and other not-for-profits to connect volunteers to communities in need.
Besa has responded to community needs perpetuated by a global pandemic and its aftermath. They expanded non-profit collaborations, fought inequities, and empowered community members to come together to overcome crises. Over the past three years Besa has:
• Mobilized 15,000 volunteers
• Committed 30,000 volunteer hours
• Completed 1,400 community service projects
• Made an impact of $1,554,000
Funding would specifically support capacity building through an anticipated 1,200 service projects at under-resourced non-profits within city limits. This goal is nearly double the 700 community projects in 2023. Each project provides efficiency and exposure to the missions of our non-profit partners through access to our diverse base of volunteers. In addition to volunteers, Besa will build the capacity of non-profits by hosting supply drives in times of need and making connections to corporate partners and influential community leaders.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Besa Community, Inc. in support of their capacity building; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($300,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Besa is a not-for-profit organization that coordinates community-wide service projects, manages citywide drives to educate and connect people to community resources, and partners with businesses and other not-for-profits to connect volunteers to communities in ne...
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