Grants Program - Notice of Funding Availability

On September 1, 2020, the East Palo Alto City Council appropriated up to $50,000 of the City’s General Fund Reserve to support the census outreach and collection efforts. The City of East Palo Alto will be accepting proposals for eligible Non-profits in doing business in the City of East Palo Alto who can demonstrate their ability to help increase the city’s percentage of residents participating in the count.  As a result, the city is offering the opportunity to provide city funding that can be utilized to facilitate resident participation in both East Palo Alto and Belle Haven Area of Menlo Park .

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The following guidelines will be used for the distribution of City funds for Census 2020:

• Applicants for the East Palo Alto “All of us” Census 2020 Grant must submit a proposal by close of business at 5:00pm September 8, 2020
• All proposals should be sent to Marie McKenzie, at mmckenzie@cityofepa.org
• Restriction of eligibility only available for local East Palo Alto non-profit organizations
• Maximum grant awards of $7,500
• Expenses to be restricted and only those expenses incurred after September 1, 2020
• Scoring Criteria: 50 points for total # of individuals contacts non-profit expects to make resulting from city funding, 50 points for capacity; the organizations ability to perform; Total 100 points
• The award will be made on September 15, 2020
• The work product must be completed between September 16 through 30, 2020

For the purposes of this grant, non-profit is defined as tax-exempt organizations such as organizations that ate exempt under Sections 501(c)3, 501(c)4, 501(c)6 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), or an organizations that files a form 990, Form 990EZ, or a Form 990-N with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  and that serves East Palo Alto Residents and must to the majority of their service business in East Palo Alto. 

Applicant Orientation will:

• Describe East Palo Alto’s Grants Program and program requirements for this grant
• Respond to questions from potential applicants
• Review the application process, review deliverables and the pay-out of the grant
• Obtain feedback from applicants regarding the grants process

Organizations that do not attend the orientation will still be eligible to apply.

The award of a contract, and there are no allowable renewal or extension thereof, is subject to allocations made by the East Palo Alto City Council and subject to the availability of funds.