The City and County of Honolulu is accepting applications for $30 million available in relief to assist non-profits who have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: City and County of Honolulu
State: Hawaii
City: Ohau
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
The City has established a Non-Profit Recovery Program (“Program”) which will provide grants to nonprofits that can demonstrate a need for financial assistance to overcome the negative economic harm and temporary loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Hawaii Alliance for Non-profit Organizations conducted a Hawaii Sector Pulse Survey in September of 2021, and Aloha United Way recently surveyed Oʻahu non-profits in June of 2022, the results of which reflect that:
- Between 54% and 57% of non-profits surveyed experienced an increase in revenue during the pandemic;
- Approximately 17% of non-profits experienced no change in revenue during the pandemic; and
- Between 26% and 29% of non-profits experienced a loss in revenue during the pandemic.
This Program aims to assist the last group of non-profits who truly experienced economic harm due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of economic harm include, but is not limited to:
- Loss in revenues due to a decline in charitable donations and gifts due to COVID-19 restrictions cancelling or otherwise impairing participation in significant fundraising events.
- An increase in operating costs due to staffing inefficiencies because COVID-19 restrictions may have decreased the ratio of staff to clients in a program, and such losses exceed the relief provided through the federal payroll protection program (PPP).
- A loss in revenues due to closures as a result of COVID-19 infections in the workplace not otherwise recovered through a business interruption insurance claim.
- An operating loss due to carrying costs of a facility that was unused, or under-utilized due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions during the pandemic, where facility-based program revenues ordinarily covered these carrying costs
Funding Information
The City is allocating up to thirty-million dollars ($30,000,000) in CSLFRF funds for the Program. Eligible non-profits demonstrating a need for financial assistance because of the
negative financial harm suffered as a result of the pandemic may receive a grant up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant under the Program, the non-profit must meet certain criteria established herein by the City and the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Department of Treasury for utilizing CSLFRF funds. The non-profit must also demonstrate the need for economic support resulting from financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
For the purposes of this grant, financial hardship will be limited to organizations that experienced a net loss, which means that total expenses exceeded total revenues over its two tax years ended in 2020 and 2021, relative to their Oʻahu operations. Organizations must also provide a justification describing how the net loss was attributable the COVID-19 public health emergency. Eligibility for payment will be the accumulated net losses attributable to the COVID-19 public health emergency in the 2020 and 2021 tax years for Oʻahu operations only.
The non-profit applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered for grant funding:
- The Applicant must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization on Oʻahu and provide direct assistance, services, and/or benefits to Oʻahu residents.
- The Applicant must have been established long enough to have complete tax filings for tax years ending 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- The Applicant must be able to document and substantiate that it has experienced an economic loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated impacts.
- The Applicant must submit only one application and all the required supporting documentation described in the Application Process section below.
- The Applicant must provide Equity information as required in the application.
- The Applicant must be in compliance and good standing with all State and City laws, rules and regulations.
For more information, visit Non-Profit Recovery Grant Program.