July 1, 2025
Department
DATE: July 1, 2025
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Patrick Seals, Administrative Chief
Nicholas Delgado, Associate Management Analyst
SUBJECT:
ECIA Grant Award Recommendations for Fiscal Year
2025-26 (Category 1, 2 & 4)
FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of $750,000 is allocated for the Fiscal Year 2025- 2026 grant cycle (Account String: 11771018-400201
2A111)
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
December 17, 2024
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
On July 29, 2014, the City and Chevron Products Company entered into the initial Chevron Modernization Project
Environmental and Community Investment Agreement
(ECIA). Under the ECIA, a competitive grant program was established to fund community programs focused on
community, youth, and youth sports. Staff is bringing forth a subsequent funding recommendation from the ECIA
Grant Review Committee for the FY 2025-2026 Richmond
ECIA Community Grant Program for final review and
approval by the City Council.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a recommendation from the Environmental &
Community Investment Agreement (ECIA) Grant Review
Committee for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 grant awards to 28
organizations in an amount not to exceed $750,000;
ADOPT a resolution and AUTHORIZE the City Manager
to negotiate and execute Grant Service Agreements with
approved grantees – City Manager’s Office (Patrick
Seals/Nicholas Delgado 620-6512).
AGENDA
REPORT
July 1, 2025
DISCUSSION:
Background
The ECIA provides $90 million in revenue to Richmond over a 10-year period. From this total, $6 million is allocated to fund the competitive grant program.
The FY 2025-2026 grant cycle is allocated in the following ways:
Grant Award
Options
Eligibility Award Decision
Made By
Award Range Total Award
Amount
1 Competitive
Grant Awards
(Relevant for this
Staff Report)
Non-profit organizations
reporting gross receipts of
equal to or less than
$50,000 annually (990N)
City Council
(Recommendations
made by ECIA
Review Committee)
$5,000 - $50,000
$500,000
2 Competitive
Grant Awards
(Relevant for this
Staff Report)
Non-profit organizations
reporting gross receipts of
more than $50,000
annually (990/Audited
Financials)
City Council
(Recommendations
made by ECIA
Review Committee)
3 City Council
Approved
Awards
Organizations that applied
for the ECIA Grant
(categories 1 and 2) but
where not recommended
for funding
City Council
Amounts based
on Council
discretion
$ 50,000
4 Community
Services Mini-
Grant Awards
Non-profit organizations
with 501(c)(3) tax status
with programming
connected to the
Community Services
Department
Community
Services
Department Up to $5,000 $ 150,000
TOTAL $750,000
On December 17, 2024, the City Council approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Environmental and Community Investment Agreement (ECIA) competitive grant program annual allocation of $750,000 and authorized the release of the Request for Application and Guidelines (Attachment 1).
Outreach and Technical Support
Information about the FY 2025-2026 ECIA grant cycle was posted to the City’s website, presented in the City Manager’s Weekly Report, and emailed through various listservs to inform as many organizations as possible of the ECIA grant.
July 1, 2025
Also, City staff members hosted two (2) workshops that focused on completing the ECIA grant application. All grant-related materials and video-recorded training sessions were posted on the City’s ECIA grant webpage.
Evaluation Process
The ECIA grant application was released on January 2, 2025, and applications were due on February 9, 2025. A total of 75 grant applications were received of which 73 eligible applications were submitted to the ECIA Grant Review Committee (Committee) for evaluation and scoring in April 2025.
Total Points Available: 110 Points
o Program/Project Description and Concept (Total 40 points) o Impact and Goals (Total 40 points)
o Financial Viability (Total 20 points)
o Richmond-based (10 extra points)
Committee members submitted their scores and evaluations to City staff members in May 2025. City staff members totaled and averaged the scores for each application and generated rankings (a ranking of 1 denoting the highest average score overall, a ranking of 2 denoting the second highest average score overall, etc.).
FY 2024-2025 ECIA Grant Award Recommendations
The Committee is recommending that the following 28 organizations receive a total of $691,224 in funding at the “ECIA Committee Recommendation” level for the FY 2025- 2026 grant cycle for Category 1 ($230,000) Category 2 ($301,224) and Category 4 ($160,000).
July 1, 2025
Category 1 (990N) Recommendations
Organizations with gross receipts less than $50,000
Organization Name Project Titles Requested
Amount
ECIA Committee
Recommendation
Hurlbut Benevolent
Foundation
Youth Nutrition Assistance
Program
$30,000 $30,000
Atchison Village Football
Club
After School Soccer Club $50,000 $50,000
Got Goals Inc! Youth Leadership and Career
Readiness Program
$50,000 $50,000
Just Imagine Kidz
Nia Academy $50,000 $50,000
P.U.R.E Youth Group
Youth Voice Matters $50,000 $50,000
TOTAL $230,000 $230,000
Category 2 (990) Recommendations
Organizations with gross receipts greater than $50,000
Organization Name Project Titles Requested
Amount
ECIA Committee
Recommendation
Easter Hill United
Methodist Church
Freedom School $46,000 $46,000
Early Childhood Mental
Health Program*
Circle of Care $50,000 $50,000
Children's Art Studio
Richmond
Children’s Art Studio $15,224 $15,244
West Contra Costa
Public Education Fund*
Long Term English Learner
(LTEL) Student Support Program
$50,000 $50,000
Richmond United Soccer
Club
Soccer Safety $50,000 $50,000
Shooting Stars
Foundation
Financial Literacy Camp $40,000 $40,000
New Life Movement Designer of the Year $50,000 $50,000 TOTAL $301,224 $301,224
July 1, 2025
Category 4 Recommendations
Mini Grant recipients
Organization Name Project Titles Requested
Amount
ECIA Committee
Recommendation
Black Girls Mental
Health Foundation
BIRTH Network $10,000 $10,000
Keyz 2 the Future Be Smart Health and Wellness $10,000 $10,000 New Life Movement Downtown Youth Resource
Consortium
$10,000 $10,000
Headwaters Science
Institute
STEM Field Days $10,000 $10,000
Bad Business Model
Bikes
Bike Education $10,000 $10,000
Rosie's Service Corp
Leaders
Youth Leaders Holiday Event $10,000 $10,000
Bay Area Creative Igniting Creativity and Confidence $10,000 $10,000 Richmond United Soccer
Club
Soccer Field Usage $10,000 $10,000
Motivated 2 Help Others Game Changers STEM Program $10,000 $10,000 American Youth Soccer
Organization
AYSO PLAY! $10,000 $10,000
Rob Skate Academy Rob Skate Afterschool Program $10,000 $10,000 T-Bone Bucket Boyz Bucket Boyz Girlz Basketball $10,000 $10,000 Bay Area Community
Resources
Discovering the Reality of Our
Community
$10,000 $10,000
San Pablo Cowboys
Football
San Pablo Cowboys $10,000 $10,000
Community Violence
Solutions
Youth Violence Prevention $10,000 $10,000
Got Goals! Parent Retreats and Education $10,000 $10,000 TOTAL $160,000 $160,000
July 1, 2025
*Organizations who reported annual budgets over $750,000 (per last completed 990s or audited financials).
Next Steps
After approval of the grant award recommendations by City Council, City staff members will enter into grant agreements with awardees. City staff members will manage the contract processes which include, but are not limited to, entering into contracts with grantees, contract administration, serving as a point of contact for all grantees, conducting site visits, reviewing progress reports, and reviewing and approving invoices.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – FY 2025-2026 ECIA Grant Application
Attachment 2 – FY 2025-2026 ECIA Grant Guidelines
Attachment 3 – FY 2025-2026 ECIA Grant Program Evaluation Matrix and Ranking (Category 1, 990N; Category 2, 990; Category 4, Mini Grants) Attachment 4 – Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to enter into Grant Service Agreements with the FY 2025-2026 ECIA Grant Awardees