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FY 2020 Community Grant
Application and Guidelines
Charter and Code of the City of Annapolis
Chapter 6.16.060 - Priorities for making operating and/or capital grants to non-profit organizations
under the City of Annapolis Community Grant Program.
A. For the purposes of this section an "operating grant" shall provide support for the day-to-day costs of running the
non-profit organization. A "capital grant" shall provide support for the purchase of property, the construction,
remodeling, or expansion of a facility, or purchase of equipment by a non-profit organization.
B. S
ubject to the availability of funds, the City will consider funding an operating and/or capital grant to a non-profit
organization with an application submission that meets one of the following priorities:
1. Provides services that sustain and empower youth, families and individuals to move towards an improved quality
of life and self-sufficiency;
2. Provides programs that preserve and enhance a community's character;
3. Provides programs that contribute to a vibrant economy; or
4. Promotes programs that are integral to community revitalization, economic development and environmental
sustainability.
C. T
here shall be a committee convened to review and evaluate applications submitted to the City of Annapolis for
an operating and/or capital grant in accordance with the criteria in Section 6.16.060 D. The committee shall consist
of: the Mayor's designated staff person; the Finance Director's designated staff person; and two at large staff
persons.
D. Application qualification criteria:
1. Applicant shall have the administrative and financial capacity to carry out the project successfully and shall be in
good standing with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation;
2. The project shall help meet the goals and objectives set forth in Paragraph B of this section;
3. The applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed activity shall provide maximum public benefit in relation to cost;
and
4. The applicant shall demonstrate the ability to leverage additional funds.
E. G
rants committee recommendations to Finance Committee.
The grants committee shall make recommendations to the Finance Committee for its consideration as part of the
annual budget process.
(Ord. O-14-08 Amended § 1, 2008)
(Ord. No. O-54-11 Amended, § I, 1-23-2012; Ord. No. O-7-14, § I, 12-22-2014; Ord. No. O-7-15 Amended, § I, 4-27-2015)