The City of Jamestown American Rescue Plan Non-Profit Assistance Program NPAP in the form of competitive grant funding is designed to assist Jamestown non-profit organizations recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding economic crisis.
Donor Name: City of Jamestown
State: New York
City: Jamestown
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,500,000
Details:
A major focus to relieve the severe impact of COVID-19 is targeting the economic impact that fell on low-income and underserved communities. These pre-existing disparities in low-income communities’ verses others, only amplified during the pandemic. Foundation put their focus on diversity and assisting communities that have been disproportionately impacted. The nonprofits/Civic organizations needed assistance due to receiving increased demand for services during the pandemic, along with declines in revenue sources such as donations and fees.
Funding Information
Non Profit Assistance Program is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The U.S. Department of Treasury is responsible of overseeing this unprecedented program that provides a substantial infusion of resources to eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to help reverse the negative impacts of the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for as trong and equitable recovery. The NPAP funding is limited to $1,500,000.
Eligible Activities
Assistance may be used for the following:
- Replacement of lost revenue due to COVID-19.
- Expenses related to implementing safer operating procedures such as spatial changes to enable social distancing, enhanced cleaning efforts, barriers or partitions, or COVID19 vaccination, testing, or contact tracing programs
- Expenses to weather periods of closure including payroll and benefits costs, costs to retain employees, mortgage, rent, or utilities costs, and other operating costs
- Expenses to mitigate financial hardship including technical assistance, counseling, or other services to assist with organizations planning needs
- Expenses must have been incurred after March 20, 2020.
- There can be no duplication of benefits. Expenses already covered by other COVID-19 relief measures including federal, state, and local grants or loans, are not eligible uses for funding under this grant program.
- Other as proposed by applicant and accepted by JLDC Staff + Board
- Funding for new programs designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or those designed to serve a population disparately impacted by the public health emergency\ and its economic impacts, such as lower-income households
Eligible Entities
- Both public and private non-profit organizations, 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4), which are headquartered in the City of Jamestown and provide a benefit to the City and its residents.
- Organizations must have a non-profit designation at the time of grant application submission. Programs/projects must be carried out in the City of Jamestown and serve City of Jamestown residents.
- Applicants must offer their services to all residents of the City of Jamestown, regardless of political or religious opinions or affiliations, age, sex, race, color, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation.
- Social clubs, Political organizations, and/or Athletic Associations are ineligible.
For more information, visit City of Jamestown.
