Community Based Organizations (CBO)
Grant Program
FY 2024 Funding Recommendations
Viola Van, Management Analyst II
August 16, 2023
1 City of Corona
Overview
• CBO Background
• FY23 CBO Funding Cycle Wrap Up
• FY24 CBO Funding Recommendations
2 City of Corona
Today’s Ask
3 That the City Council review and approve the Community Based Organization (CBO) funding recommendations for
FY 2024 in the amount of $166,667.
City of Corona
Background
November 2021
$500,000 in ARPA funding allocated to
support new nonprofit grant program • Minimum funding award - $2,500 • Maximum funding award - $25,000 4 February 2022
Reimbursable program funds to be
disseminated over three years:
ARPA Funding Allocation Schedule
YEAR AMOUNT
Fiscal Year 2023 $166,666
Fiscal Year 2024 $166,667
Fiscal Year 2025 $166,667
City of Corona
FY23 Grant Funding Cycle
At a Glance
5 City of Corona
Outreach
At A Glance: FY 2023 Grant Funding Cycle Wrap Up
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conducted in March 2022 via email to distribution lists, social media posts, and City’s website CBO applications submitted
Organizations awarded
6 $191,950
Total award amount allotted in Fiscal Year 2023
Inaugural year of CBO program was a success!
FY 2024 CBO Funding
Recommendations
7 City of Corona
FY 2024 Grand Funding Cycle
Outreach
Conducted in Spring 2023 via email to distribution
lists, social media posts, and City’s website
8 30 CBO applications submitted
• 27 organizations recommended for funding
• 17 reoccurring CBOs that received funds in FY23
• 13 new CBO submittals
Services offered varied in purpose and scope
• $674,125 total award funds requested
• $166,667 available to disseminate per approved
allocation schedule
City of Corona
Evaluation Criteria
9 Number of
Corona
Residents or
Students Served
1 Program’s Fit
in the Current
Needs of the
Community
3 Program
Alignment with
City of Corona’s
Strategic Plan
2 City of Corona
Application Disqualifiers
Three applicants not recommended for the
FY24 funding cycle for the following reasons:
10 1. Request(s) were beyond scope of ARPA
guidelines
2. Request(s) did not align with City’s
Strategic Plan or current needs
3. Request(s) did not serve broader Corona
student and/or resident populations
City of Corona
Arts and Music
Scholarships, arts awareness,
dance and musical
education programming for
Corona residents
Critical Social Services
Direct services for domestic
violence victims,
intellectually disabled,
support for cancer patients,
emergency aid for utility bills
Food Pantries
Food distribution
programming, providing
free/no-cost non-perishable
foods to Corona students
and residents in need
Miscellaneous
Improving spaces for veterans,
diabetes prevention
programming, renovations and
restoration of community
spaces, educational program
offerings in language
FY 2024 Programs Being Considered for Funding
11 City of Corona
FY 24 Funding Requests (New)
12 Agency Name Program FY 23 Funding
Received FY 24 Request FY 24 Recommendation
Christian Arts and Theatre (CAT) CAT Tuition Scholarship Program No $25,000 $12,500 Corona Heritage Foundation Roof Repairs and Technological Updates No $25,000 $12,500 Corona High School Madrigal Booster
Club
New Video Recording and Distribution System at Corona
High School Performing Arts Center No $59,715 $12,500
Corona Lions Club Corona Lions Club Scholarship Program No $5,000 $2,500 Corona Main Seventh Day Adventist
Church Corona Main Pantry Site Renovations No $18,660 $9,367 Corona-Norco Family YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program No $25,000 $12,500 Firecrackers Marez dba
So Cal Rebels
E1 Prospects Marez Academics and Sports Conditioning
Academy No $15,000 $7,500
Herencia Mariachi Academy General Music Program No $25,000 $12,500 St. Edward Catholic Church Emergency Aid Fund (EAF) No $25,000 $12,500 W.H. Jameson, Jr. American Legion Renovation, upgrade, and use of the 1929 American Legion Memorial Hall No $25,000 $12,500
$106,867
City of Corona
FY 24 Funding Requests (Recurring)
13 Agency Name Program FY 23 Funding
Received FY 24 Request FY 24 Recommendation
ABC Hopes, Inc. Extra Innings Program $12,500 $20,000 $3,200 Circle City Chorale Performances and restoration of the Circle City Children's Choir $12,500 $25,000 $4,000
Congregation Beth Shalom of Corona Corona Kristallnacht Educational Program $10,000 $15,000 $2,500 Corona Art Association Update and improve gallery and teaching space inside the Historic Civic Center $5,000 $10,000 $2,500
Corona Friends Church Food Distribution Program $3,400 $14,000 $2,500 Corona Historic Preservation Society Restoration of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at Butterfield Park and Repairs to Historic Site Marker #5 $6,250 $25,000 $4,000 Corona-Norco Settlement House Childspree Program, Motel Vouchers, and A/C Unit $37,800 $21,750 $3,400 Corona-Norco United Way Domestic Violence Program $12,500 $25,000 $4,000 Crystal Roses, Inc. Comfort Totes for Cancer Patient Support $5,000 $5,000 $2,500 For the People Taskforce Refrigeration Unit for Warehouse $10,000 $30,000 $4,000 Giving 365 Inc. Parkridge Community Food Pantry/Community Garden $10,000 $25,000 $4,000 Inland Vineyard Christian Fellowship Manna House Food Pantry $8,000 $20,000 $3,200 Inspire Life Skills Training Inspiring Hope Programming $12,500 $25,000 $4,000 Karol Kares Nancy's Here Charitable
Organizations
Bulk personal hygiene products for college students
experiencing homelessness $7,500 $25,000 $4,000
Peppermint Ridge Peppermint Ridge Fundraising Efforts $12,500 $25,000 $4,000 The Leela Project Barbers and Backpacks $12,500 $25,000 $4,000 The Stephan Center
(The Children's Preschool, Inc.)
Expansion of educational programs to support online
classes for professionals $10,000 $25,000 $4,000
$59,800
GRAND TOTAL = $166,667
City of Corona
Recommendation
That the City Council review and
approve the Community Based
Organization Grant Program funding
recommendations for FY 2024 in the
amount of $166,667.
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