REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of Funding Recommendations for the Sunnyvale Cares Nonprofit Grant Program Applications
Report
BACKGROUND
On April 14, 2020, Council directed the City Manager to create a Nonprofit Assistance Program with $150,000 to provide grants to Sunnyvale nonprofits that suffered a loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff created a program called, Sunnyvale Cares. The application period for the Sunnyvale Cares Nonprofit Grant Program was from June 3 to June 30, 2020. On June 9, 2020, Mayor Klein announced that he appointed a three-member ad hoc advisory committee (Committee) to review the applications submitted and make funding recommendations to the City Council. The Committee members are Councilmember Russ Melton, Councilmember Mason Fong, and Mayor Larry Klein.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.4.13: Council Subcommittees and Council or Mayor-Created Advisory Task Forces
Council Policy 5.1.1: Socio-Economic-Goals and Policies
Goal 5.IJ: Encourage and support a network of human services that provides for the basic needs of Sunnyvale's residents.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" with the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potential significant impact on the environment.
DISCUSSION
The Sunnyvale Cares Nonprofit Grant Program's goal is to support vital Sunnyvale nonprofit organizations impacted by loss of revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The application guidelines (Attachment 1) were as follows:
* Organizations primarily serve City of Sunnyvale residents or small businesses.
* Organizations must prove nonprofit IRS designation of 501C(3) or 501C(6).
* Organizations must demonstrate financial impacts directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as inability to hold fund-raising ...
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