Nonprofit organizations in the City of Concord are being encouraged to apply for newly available grants to help the city recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from the city’s spokesperson.
The $7 million program will award grants to tax-exempt nonprofits in amounts between $50,000 and $2 million, according to the release from Jennifer Ortega, Concord’s community relations manager.
The funding for the grant program comes from a total of $27 million provided to the city by the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Applications opened Sept. 30 and will close on Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. Awards are expected to announced in December.
The remaining funds from the city’s rescue act allotment are to be used for $7 million in city projects, special events and public safety, as well as $2 million to support unhoused residents, and $2 million for small businesses. Grants for small businesses will open in November.
More information and applications can be found at the city’s website at www.cityofconcord.org/ARPA.
Fix the roads first.
It’s funny how these “grants” seem to appear. It’s like free money, but I don’t think the government produces anything to raise their revenue in which to give their “profits” away. I really think our tax money is the giver of these grants, but I might be wrong.
The government has never “produced” anything. These grants are nothing more than taxpayer dollars being handed out to various groups.
Half that money will go into someone’s pocket the other half wasted. Watch and see if anything changes. It won’t. This is like living in Central America.
Only without breakfast tacos