Community Partnership Non-Profit Funding Allocation
Summary
The city gives about $295,000 a year to mostly large regional nonprofits while 34 of 60 applicants got nothing — and pays a $71,000 consultant to run the program. Commissioners want to know if the city can do it in-house and fund more small local organizations.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 3
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
Redirecting the $71,000 consulting fee could fund additional local nonprofits.
The 26 funded nonprofits and the roughly 33,000 residents they serve.
Smaller local nonprofits, including 34 denied applicants, that lack capacity to meet reporting requirements.
Mentions & discussions (3)
City Commission — October 27, 2026
The city spends about $68,300 a year on an outside administrator for nonprofit grants; bringing it in-house would cost about $147,000. Commissioner Perkins argued grassroots groups in her district — like Saving Our Sisters and the Lessing Project — keep getting rejected under scoring criteria that favors larger countywide nonprofits. The commission will hold one-on-ones with the administrator and must approve any contract renewal.
City Commission — October 27, 2026
The commission reviewed whether to bring the SPI-run community partnership program in-house (it would cost about $79,000 more per year) and heard frustration that grassroots groups in Commissioner Perkins's district keep getting denied. One-on-one sessions with SPI are planned and any contract renewal must return to the commission.
City Commission — October 13, 2026
The city gives about $295,000 a year to mostly large regional nonprofits while 34 of 60 applicants got nothing — and pays a $71,000 consultant to run the program. Commissioners want to know if the city can do it in-house and fund more small local organizations.
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