TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Gina Clayton, Finance & Operations Director
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Esq., Executive Director
DATE: September 24, 2024
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A.-G.U.I.D.E. FUNDING REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 - EXPANDING & PRESERVING OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE - SPADY MUSEUM
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve the A.-G.U.I.D.E. Funding Agreement with Expanding and Preserving Our Cultural Heritage, Inc. (Spady Museum) in an amount not to exceed $109,000 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and authorize the CRA Board Chair and Executive Director to execute all documents for said purpose.
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Background:
Expanding and Preserving Our Cultural Heritage, Inc. (“EPOCH”) applied for CRA A-G.U.I.D.E.: Achieving Goals Using Impact Driven Evaluation Funding for FY 2024-2025 under the category of Recreation and Cultural Facilities. Funding is requested for one program (Program “A”), which is the EPOCH-Spady’s Museum Programming through Exhibits, Education, Programs and Archives. The specifics of the EPOCH-Spady’s request are summarized below.
Current Funding Request Amount: $109,000
Organization Total Budget: $480,043
CRA Funds - Percentage of Budget: 22.71%
FY2023-2024 Funding: $109,000
STAFF REVIEW:
This year’s Funding Evaluation Committee consisted of CRA Assistant Director, Christine Tibbs; CRA Finance & Operations Director, Gina Clayton; CRA Program Director, Grace Gdaniec; and one representative from the City of Delray Beach - the Assistant City Manager, Jeff Oris. The Committee rated the application package based on the established A-G.U.I.D.E. criteria. Criteria used in review of the application were grouped into six categories weighted to total 100% as follows:
Organization Capacity 20%
Need for Project/Program 20%
Project/Program Description 10%
Logic Model 20%
Evaluation Plan 10%
Budget & Sustainability 20%
The Application Evaluation Form has six categories, and the majority of the items are rated on a scale o...
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