HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020_10_27_R110 CARES Act Second Round Non Profit Grant Awards The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia PRESENTED: October 27, 2020
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-110 ADOPTED: October 27, 2020
A RESOLUTION : CARES ACT OF 2020 SECOND ROUND 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); and
• 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 a second round of $4,797,036 in CARES Act
funding, and has accepted and appropriated that funding in Resolution 2020-094 adopted
September 8, 2020; and
WHEREAS,by Resolution 2020-094 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 SECOND ROUND 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 14 applications were received, with a combined grant request of
$476,230; and
WHEREAS, staff reviewed the applications for compliance with State Code and
CARES Act requirements, resulting in the elimination of four applications; and
WHEREAS, 11 non-profits are recommended to be funded with a cumulative grant
request of$373,030.
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 SECOND ROUND NON-PROFIT GRANT
AWARDS
Organization: Grant Amount:
Catholic Charities $50,000
Destiny Micro-Ministry LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of $18,500
Destiny Church Inc.) dba Destiny School for the Arts
Every Citizen Has Opportunities $50,000
Help for Others, Inc. $5,775
INMED Partnerships for Children $49,600
Legal Services of Northern Virginia $20,000
Loudoun Hunger Relief $25,000
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy $4,155
Mobile Hope Association $50,000
Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church $50,000
Virginia Diversity Foundation (dba Ampersand Project) $50,000
Total $373,030
2. The grant awards are made subject to expenditure of the funds in accordance with
Virginia law and the CARES Act spending requirements.
3. Staff is 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.
PASSED this 27`'' day of October, 2020.
Kell urk, ayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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