L.A. REPAIR Grant Opportunity for Community-based Organizations and Nonprofits in California.
Donor Name: City of Los Angeles
State: California
City: Los Angeles
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,000
Details:
The Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism (L.A. REPAIR) is L.A.’s first participatory budget pilot program. L.A. REPAIR will distribute roughly $8.5 million directly to nine L.A. City neighborhoods, called REPAIR Zones.
The City holds the following goals for the L.A. REPAIR program:
- Emphasize public ownership of government resources: Direct available resources in a manner which residents feel is most urgently needed; trust grassroots groups to manage projects.
- Deepen democracy: Increase the volume, quality, and longevity of residents’ engagement in city governance.
- Improve trust in government: Enhance transparency and accountability in budgeting decisions.
- Build stronger communities: Connect funding to community based organizations and local context by incorporating on-the-ground community knowledge ー improving chances of successful and sustained outcomes that matter most to people.
- These goals will be realized through a participatory process, in which the community will co-design the process, provide their ideas on how best to spend the available funds, propose programs in response to ideas, and vote on which programs are ultimately funded.
- LA Civil Rights has partnered with the Participatory Budgeting Project, a nationally recognized nonprofit expert in participatory budgeting, to assist with the implementation of this pilot program.
Up to 12 grants totaling more than $3 million are available for programs that will serve the following three REPAIR Zones:
- Boyle Heights
- Mission Hills-Panorama City-North Hills
- Southeast Los Angeles
Funding Information
In order to maximize the impact of the funds available, proposals should be for a minimum of $250,000 and up to the available funding amount for that Zone.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposers who meet the following minimum eligibility requirements may submit a proposal.
- Eligible organizations must:
- Be a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization, or a charitable organization [such as a 501(c) (6)] that will partner with one or more partners to host a festival or other large-scale event.
- Be an established organization through Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (W9) with a valid City of Los Angeles Business Tax Certificate (BTRC).
- Be headquartered in Los Angeles County.
- Have a minimum of three years of prior service-based programming.
- Follow non-discrimination and equal opportunity provisions mandated by Federal, State, and local laws.
- Proposers that are incorporated must be in good standing and meet all licensing requirements applicable to its organization.
- Proposers that are not incorporated must apply with a fiscal sponsor that is incorporated.
- Lastly, Proposers must meet the City’s administrative requirements and enter into a contract with the City before the funding is released.
For more information, visit City of Los Angeles.
