Through the American Rescue Plan Act, the City of Killeen is making assistance available to Killeen nonprofits to enable nonprofits to continue to provide this ongoing support to the community.
Donor Name: City of Killeen
State: Texas
City: Killeen
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/12/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
The program will be funded using a portion of the City’s allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Funding Information
Nonprofits located in Killeen can request up to $10,000 to provide programs and assistance in response to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Eligible Programs
- Projects must address the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Projects must be directed at low to moderate-income residents or residents disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Provide household assistance through access to food, health care, safe and affordable housing, transportation, and other social services to low to moderate-income citizens
- Provide technical assistance, counseling, or other services to assist with business planning or employment (in disproportionately impacted communities)
- Serve a population disparately impacted by the public health emergency and its economic impacts
- Provide assistance for childcare, early learning services, child welfare-involved families, or foster youth
- Provide assistance for home repairs, digital literacy, or accessing public benefits for qualifying residents
- Address lost instructional time and educational disparities for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade (in disproportionately impacted communities)
Eligibility Criteria
In order to qualify for grant funding under this program, the nonprofit must:
- Be designated as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organization
- Be an existing non-profit organization and in operation prior to March 2020
- Serve residents of the City of Killeen
- Operate in the corporate city limits of Killeen, Texas
- Ensure funds will be used to respond to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in compliance with all requirements of the American Rescue Plan Act
- Not discriminate, or condition services based on religious affiliation (faith-based organizations are eligible if providing a social service without requiring religious activities such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization)
- Be current on all financial obligations to the City of Killeen and the State of Texas
- Not be owned by a City of Killeen employee, Council Member, or related to any Killeen official within the first degree of consanguinity (father, mother, son, daughter) or affinity (spouse, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law)
For more information, visit City of Killeen Nonprofit Grant Program.
