File #: RS2022-1593    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/9/2022 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 6/21/2022 Final action: 6/21/2022
Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $2,544,580.20 from the Nashville Public Library to various non-profit organizations for the provision of free and high-quality afterschool and summer programming through the Library's Nashville After Zone Alliance out-of-school time coordinating system.
Sponsors: Burkley Allen, Russ Bradford, Ginny Welsch, Jennifer Gamble, Zulfat Suara, Kyonzte Toombs, Delishia Porterfield
Attachments: 1. Grant Contracts

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A resolution appropriating a total of $2,544,580.20 from the Nashville Public Library to various non-profit organizations for the provision of free and high-quality afterschool and summer programming through the Library’s Nashville After Zone Alliance out-of-school time coordinating system.

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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,

WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,

WHEREAS, the Library has accepted applications from non-profit organizations to receive funding from the Nashville After Zone Alliance coordinating system for the provision of free and high-quality afterschool and summer programming; and,

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to these nonprofit organizations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1.                     There is hereby appropriated Two Million Five Hundred Forty Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Dollars and Twenty Cents ($2,544,580.20) from the Public Library to nonprofit organizations as follows:

                     $159,580.80 to Aspiring Youth Enrichment Services;

                     $342,192 to Backfield in Motion;

                     $81,328 to Beech Creek Ministries;

                     $78,304 to Bethlehem Centers of Nashville;

                     $181,510.80 to Black Lemonade;

                     $206,832 to Church on the Rock; 

                     $126,112 to DYMON in the Rough;

                     $133,718.40 to Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership;

                     $12,686.40 to From the Heart International Education Foundation;

                     $162,964.80 to Global Outreach Developments International;

                     $73,180.80 to In Full Motion, Inc.;

                     $360,640 to Martha O-Bryan Center; 

                     $65,049.60 to Moves and Grooves, Inc.;

                     $70,556.40 to Nashville International Center for Empowerment;

                     $193,371 to Nations Ministry Center; 

                     $147,683.60 to Why We Can’t Wait, Inc.

                     $148,869.60 to YMCA of Middle Tennessee

Section 2.                       The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into grant contracts,  attached hereto and incorporated herein, with the nonprofit organizations listed in Section 1 for the amounts provided herein and the purposes stated.  Such contracts shall specify the terms and conditions under which the grant funds are to be spent.

Section 3                     That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Agenda Analysis

Analysis

 

This resolution appropriates $2,544,580.20 from the Nashville Public Library to 17 nonprofit organizations for the provision of free and high-quality afterschool programs through the Library’s Nashville After Zone Alliance Program. The nonprofits are as follows:

 

•                     $159,580.80 to Aspiring Youth Enrichment Services;

•                     $342,192 to Backfield in Motion;

•                     $81,328 to Beech Creek Ministries;

•                     $78,304 to Bethlehem Centers of Nashville;

•                     $181,510.80 to Black Lemonade;

•                     $206,832 to Church on the Rock;

•                     $126,112 to DYMON in the Rough;

•                     $133,718.40 to Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership;

•                     $12,686.40 to From the Heart International Education Foundation;

•                     $162,964.80 to Global Outreach Developments International;

•                     $73,180.80 to In Full Motion, Inc.;

•                     $360,640 to Martha O-Bryan Center;

•                     $65,049.60 to Moves and Grooves, Inc.;

•                     $70,556.40 to Nashville International Center for Empowerment;

•                     $193,371 to Nations Ministry Center;

•                     $147,683.60 to Why We Can’t Wait, Inc.;

•                     $148,869.60 to YMCA of Middle Tennessee.

 

The resolution also authorizes Metro to enter into grant agreements with each of these organizations detailing the terms and conditions under which the grant funds are to be spent.

 

Fiscal Note: This would be paid from Fund 10101, Business Unit #39104121, Nashville Public Library’s operating budget.