HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020_08_11_R086 CARES Act of 2020 - Non-Profit Grant Awards The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED: August 11, 2020
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-086 ADOPTED: August 11, 2020
A RESOLUTION: CARES ACT OF 2020 NON-PROFIT GRANT AWARDS
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2020, the State Secretary of Finance announced allocations
of the$1.3 billion received by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Federal Government's
Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security(CARES)Act of 2020 funding; and
WHEREAS, the CARES Act funding is limited in permissible uses, and generally
restricted for costs that:
• Are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect
to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19);
• Were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27,2020(the
date of enactment of the CARES Act) for the State and/or local government; and
• Were incurred between March 1, 2020, and December 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg has been allocated$4,797,036 in CARES Act funding, and has
accepted and appropriated that funding in Resolution 2020-071 adopted June 9, 2020; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 2020-071 the Town Council has dedicated$1,000,000 of
its funding allocation to be used to support non-profits who are working to assist Leesburg
residents who have been impacted, either financially or medically, by COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, Virginia Code § 15.2-953 authorizes Town grants to nonprofit
organizations that are exempt from taxation under§ 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
and are engaged in providing emergency relief to residents; and
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A RESOLUTION: CARES ACT OF 2020 NON-PROFIT GRANT AWARDS
WHEREAS, the Governor of Virginia has declared a statewide state of emergency,
and this Council has declared a local state of emergency based on the public health threat
posed by COVID-19, and the provision of assistance to residents impacted by COVID-19 in
accordance with the CARES Act spending requirements will constitute emergency relief to
those residents; and
WHEREAS, a total of 31 applications were received, with a combined grant request
of$964,776; and
WHEREAS, staff reviewed the applications for compliance with State Code and
CARES Act requirements, resulting in the elimination of four applications; and
WHEREAS, one non-profit organization withdrew its application during the
process because its funding needs were met with support from an alternative grant; and
WHEREAS, proposals from the qualifying applicant non-profits encompass a wide
variety of emergency services related to the impact of COVID-19, including rent and
mortgage assistance, utility assistance,health services,food support, transportation, distance
learning, and special needs therapy; and
WHEREAS, a Community Grant Review Committee was formed to evaluate the
request and make recommendations to the Town Council; and
WHEREAS, 26 non-profits are recommended to be funded with a cumulative grant
request of$802,561.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
1. CARES Grant awards will be made to the following non-profit organizations that
are supporting and providing emergency services to Leesburg residents who have
been impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic:
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A RESOLUTION: CARES ACT OF 2020 NON-PROFIT GRANT AWARDS
Organization: Grant Amount:
All Dulles Area Muslim Society $25,000
Catholic Charities
$50,000
Elijah Gate Christian Center (DBA Harrison Street $25,000
Academy)
Every Citizen Has Opportunities $50,000
Friends of Loudoun Mental Health $17,000
Hearts of Empowerment $15,000
Help for Others, Inc.
$7,250
INMED Partnerships for Children $35,686
Legacy Farms $14,625
Legal Services of Northern Virginia $20,000
Leonard W Kidd Memorial Post 2001 $5,000
Loudoun Cares $35,000
Loudoun Citizens for Social Justice / Loudoun Abused $50,000
Women's Shelter
Loudoun County Free Clinic
$50,000
Loudoun Hunger Relief $50,000
Loudoun Literacy Council $17,000
Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers $5,000
Love, KK $9,000
Mobile Hope Association $50,000
Mosaic Virginia $12,000
Pathway Homes, Inc. $10,000
Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church $50,000
Salvation Army of Loudoun $50,000
Tree of Life Ministries $50,000
Virginia Diversity Foundation (DBA Ampersand Project)
$50,000
Volunteers of America Chesapeake $50,000
Total
$802,561
2. The grant awards are made subject to expenditure of the funds in accordance with
Virginia law and the CARES Act spending requirements.
3. Staffis directed to coordinate grant fund distributions to the awarded organizations
and work with the organizations to collect all necessary documentaion needed for
verification of spending in accordance with Virginia law and as required by the
Federal grant program.
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A RESOLUTION: CARES ACT OF 2020 NON-PROFIT GRANT AWARDS
4. Staff is further directed to equitably distribute the remaining balance of$197,439
in undesignated Non-Profit Grant funds among the 26 awarded organizations,
based on need and capacity to spend the additional funds on qualifying activities
by December 30, 2020.
PASSED this 11t'' day of August, 2020.
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Kelly „ rk, 19'.yor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Council 4
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