The City and County of Honolulu is accepting applications for $15 million available in relief to assist non-profits who have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donor Name: City and County of Honolulu
State: Hawaii
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/25/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
The City established a Non-Profit Recovery Program (“Program”) to provide grants to nonprofits that can demonstrate a need for financial assistance to overcome the negative economic harm and temporary loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Program aims to assist the last group of non-profits who truly experienced economic harm due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of economic harm include, but is not limited to:
- Loss in revenues due to a decline in charitable donations and gifts due to COVID-19 restrictions cancelling or otherwise impairing participation in significant fundraising events.
- An increase in operating costs due to staffing inefficiencies because COVID-19 restrictions may have decreased the ratio of staff to clients in a program, and such losses exceed the relief provided through the federal payroll protection program (PPP).
- A loss in revenues due to closures as a result of COVID-19 infections in the workplace not otherwise recovered through a business interruption insurance claim. · An operating loss due to carrying costs of a facility that was unused, or under-utilized due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions during the pandemic, where facility-based program revenues ordinarily covered these carrying costs.
Funding Information
The City is allocating up to fifteen-million dollars ($15,000,000) in CSLFRF funds for this tranche. Grants awarded under the Program are based upon the availability of funds, compliance with program guidelines, submission of all required information and supporting documentation. Eligible non-profits demonstrating a need for financial assistance because of the negative financial harm suffered as a result of the pandemic may receive up to one-hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant under the Program, the non-profit must meet certain criteria established herein by the City and the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Treasury for utilizing CSLFRF funds. The non-profit must also demonstrate the need for economic support resulting from financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
- For the purposes of this grant under Tranche 2, an applicant that experiences a financial hardship due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, must demonstrate, at a minimum, a net loss in either the 2020 tax year or the 2021 tax year, or both, as annually reported to the Internal Revenue Service. “Net loss” means that the total expenses exceeded total revenues in either year, relative to their Oʻahu operations. Organizations must also provide a narrative describing how the net loss was attributable to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Eligibility for the grant will be based upon the net losses attributable to the COVID-19 public health emergency in either the 2020 tax year or the 2021 tax year, or in both tax years as the case may be, for O’ahu operations only.
The non-profit applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to be considered for grant funding:
- The Applicant must be a 501(c)(3) or a 501(c)(19) non-profit organization on Oʻahu and provide direct assistance, services, and/or benefits to Oʻahu residents.
- The Applicant must have been established long enough to have complete tax filings for tax years ending in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- The Applicant must be able to document and substantiate that it has experienced an economic loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated impacts.
- The Applicant must describe how its organization advances equity in the application.
- The Applicant must be in compliance and good standing with all State and City laws, rules and regulations.
For more information, visit City and County of Honolulu.
