The City of Kingston has allocated more than $1.2 million of its federal American Rescue Plan Act award to fund a local Nonprofit Services Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Kingston
State: New York
City: Kingston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/26/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $25,000
Details:
This program is intended to respond to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency by focusing on Kingston’s nonprofit organizations, many of which played an outsized role providing services during the pandemic or were unable to provide services to constituents due to school or other closures.
Grant awards of up to $25,000 each will help Kingston-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organizations recover from the negative financial impacts caused by the pandemic. This is a reimbursement program; award payments will be made following execution of a City/Grantee contract and the City’s receipt, review, and acceptance of expense documentation. The City is looking to fund programs and services that can start from the time grants are awarded through next year. Grantees will be reimbursed for eligible expenses with appropriate documentation in an amount of up to $25,000.
Evidence of expenditures must include sufficient information for the City to determine what the expense was for, to whom it was paid, and when it was paid. Supporting documentation may include copies of detailed payroll reports, cancelled checks, bank statements, credit card statements, and/or vendor receipts.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award, an organization must:
- Be a nonprofit or not-for-profit entity within City of Kingston limits or outside the city that provides services to city residents (preference will be given to city-based organizations)
- Be registered as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) nonprofit or not-for-profit in the State of New York
- Have been operating in the City of Kingston or providing services prior to October 1, 2021
- Not be facing any pending litigation or legal action
- Not have any principals, including all managing members and/or officers, who have been convicted of financial crimes within the past three years
- Not be suspended or debarred from the use of federal funds
Grant funds may be used to support nonprofit program delivery to those in need in the City of Kingston. Program activity examples include but may not be limited to: food distribution to low-income residents, shelter for the homeless, medical assistance, mental health services, and other basic needs services. Out-of-school and visiting in-school arts, culture, and other types of education programs are also eligible. Costs of physical improvements to facilities of entities located outside of the City of Kingston will not be funded.
Expenses incurred between March 3, 2021 and September 27, 2024 are eligible for reimbursement.
Eligible expenses include:
- Payroll for program staff
- Program-related inventory/supplies/equipment
- Improvements to ventilation in program spaces
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Other physical improvements to processes or location to comply with social distancing or other directives issued by the County or State due to the pandemic IF your organization is physically located in the City of Kingston
- Other costs related to the direct provision of services
- Guest educator fees
Ineligible uses of funds include:
- Costs incurred prior to March 3, 2021
- Loss that bears no relation or is grossly disproportionate to the type or extent of harm experienced due to the pandemic
- Payment of personal expenses (e.g., personal credit cards, family car, home repairs, non-business travel)
- Direct financing to political activities
- Religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization and/or those that promote or inhibit religious interest
- Economic hardship incurred for reasons other than the pandemic
- Costs previously covered by alternate federal, state, or local grant funding
- Payment of fines
- Purchase of drugs, tobacco, or alcohol
- Food and entertainment
- Bonus pay
- Indirect costs such as rent or utilities
- Physical improvements to real property located outside of the City of Kingston
For more information, visit City of Kingston.