TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Jeffrey Oris, Office of the City Manager
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: August 16, 2022
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PRESENTATION: ANNUAL UPDATES BY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THE CITY.
A. FRIENDS OF SANDOWAY HOUSE NATURE CENTER
B. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
C. ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
D. DELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
E. EXPANDING AND PRESERVING OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE (EPOCH)
F. THE DELRAY BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Background:
During the April 13, 2022 City Commission Workshop regarding non-profit agreements, the Commission indicated they would like to return a past practice of having the non-profits funded by the CIty present to the Commission on achievements during the past year and to discuss these accomplishments and future endeavors. To this end, staff has reached out to the 6 non-profits that currently receive funding and have asked them to prepare a presentation on their activities in the previous year along with anything else they would like to share or discuss with the Commission. Each group has been asked to prepare for a 10 minute presentation and a roughly 5 minute question and answer session.
The presentations have been scheduled in the following order (with the amount of the organization's annual funding by agreement):
A. Friends of Sandoway House Nature Center ($21,200)
B. Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach County ($25,000)
C. Achievement Center for Children and Families ($143,000)
D. Delray Beach Historical Society ($100,000)
E. Expanding and Preserving our Cultural Heritage (EPOCH) ($31,000)
F. The Delray Beach Public Library ($1,427,000)
Each of the organizations have a 5-year funding agreement with the City except for Achievement Center for Children and Families, which has two agreements (one for $62,000 and a second for $81,000) and the Delray Beach Public Library, which has be...
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