Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation is honored to work with the Truckee Tahoe Airport District (TTAD) on their 2022 Agency Partnership Program. TTAD has a history of supporting larger projects that benefit its constituents district-wide through partnerships with local agencies and nonprofits.
Donor Name: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
State: California
City: Truckee
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Purpose
To provide guidelines for the prudent and transparent management and administration of community sponsorships and public agency partnerships to ensure the best value of TTAD’s investment and overall community benefit. The Policy will assure a fair and open process is used in the allocation of community sponsorship and public agency partnership funds.
Mission Statement
The Truckee Tahoe Airport aims to provide safe, high-quality services and facilities, reduce impact on airport neighbors and the environment, and invest in opportunities that increase community safety and provide sustained benefit to the entire Truckee Tahoe region.
Funding Information
Partnership requests should support public good and be more than $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Agency Partnerships with the District will only be considered when endorsed, through a formal motion or resolution with findings approved by the governing board, by another local public agency with an elected or appointed board. Non-profit and community organizations are eligible when in partnership with a public agency and are named as such in the formal motion or resolution.
- The partnering agency shall outline their direct investment, funding, or in-kind contribution being applied to the Agency Partnership request. Typically, the District requires significant in-kind and/or direct cash contributions, or ongoing care and maintenance of a program or facility by the partnering public agency for an application to qualify for District funding under Pl 311 – Agency Partnerships.
- The motion approved by the public agency governing board should:
- Describe the public benefit of the request and/or partnership opportunity
- Outline what the partnering agency intends to contribute to the request
- Express support for the duration of the requested even, program, or project
- Have an approval date no more than 18 months prior to the submission date
- If applicable, name the partnering non-profit organization.
- State and Federal Agencies are not eligible for funding.
- Organizations are permitted to apply for and receive only one District funding or benefit program annually unless the “other” District provided funding or benefit program is valued at no more than $1,000. Organizations that have an active multi-year commitment or active Agreement for Services under District Policy Instruction PI 317- Non-Profit Agreements for Services (in development spring 2022), or PI 507 – Discounted Rent for Non-Profit Use of Airport Non-Aviation Lease Space will be ineligible for Agency Partnership consideration.
- Capital campaigns are not typically funded through the Agency Partnership process; however, they may be considered on a discretionary basis when they demonstrate broad community impact and alignment with the objectives of the program and/or annual board-stated goals.
- The Truckee Tahoe Airport District will not award Agency Partnerships to any religion, church, creed, or sectarian organization to promote religious purposes. Religious organizations are not excluded from Agency Partnerships; however, the purpose of the program must be as described in the definitions section of this policy and shall not serve to promote a religious message as the primary purpose.
- Political organizations and/or individual campaigns are not eligible for Agency Partnerships for programs they conduct.
- Programs that discriminate on the basis of age (40 and above), race, religion, gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability, ancestry, or national origin are not eligible for Agency Partnership funds.
- Individuals are not eligible for funding.
- For-profit organizations holding fundraiser programs must identify a 501(c)(3) or California not-for profit corporation as a recipient of the program proceeds and provide acknowledgement of receipt of said proceeds from that non-profit organization.
- For-profit organizations are not otherwise eligible for Agency Partnerships.
- All programs or events must provide a benefit to the District’s constituents or those living in the District’s sphere of influence; and the organization’s programs or events must principally serve the District’s constituents.
- Individuals, organizations, or public agencies that have been named in a lawsuit involving the Districtor have pending litigation with the District are ineligible for sponsorship/donation, until such matters have been resolved.
- Applicants must be of upstanding moral and public character. Applicants have a fiduciary responsibility to maintain a public image that corresponds with that of the District’s mission and core values.
For more information, visit TTCF.
