HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - 2025 CMTY SERVICES ARTS GRANTSCITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
Agenda Item: 11
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: Li
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DATE: January 28, 2025
SUBJECT: 2025 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ARTS GRANTS
DEPARTMENT: Recreation and Community Services
PRESENTER: Noely Allevato
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Approve the 2025 Community Services and Arts Grants Committee's program funding
recommendations in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for Community Services Grants and
$100,000 for Arts Grants, for a total not to exceed $200,000.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all Grant Program Agreements with the
agencies approved for funding, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita (City) has provided funds for nonprofit organizations through the
Community Services and Arts Grants program for approximately 35 years. Each year, a Grants
Committee (Committee) is assembled to determine funding categories, review and rate
applications, and make funding recommendations for community service and arts projects
throughout Santa Clarita.
This year's Committee included Mayor Bill Miranda; Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste; former
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission Chair Jonathan Waymire; Arts
Commission Chair Patti Rasmussen; and three City staff members from across the City
Manager's Office, Recreation and Community Services, and Public Works departments. The
Committee, with the exception of Arts Commission Chair Patti Rasmussen, is responsible for
reviewing and rating the community services applications.
All applications under the arts categories were reviewed and rated by a separate Peer Review
Rating Panel, which included the following members:
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1. Arts Commission Chair - Patti Rasmussen
2. Local Arts Educator - Susan Wakefield, College of the Canyons
3. Local Arts Advocate - Tom Lund, Newhall Family Theatre for the Performing Arts
4. Regional Arts Advocate - Katherine Nestved, City of Santa Clarita
The Committee continues to be responsible for determining the funding categories and making
funding recommendations based on aggregate scores for each of the individual grant
applications. This year, the Committee selected "City of Santa Clarita Community Benefit" for
Community Services grants and "Supporting the Arts in the City of Santa Clarita" for Arts grants
as the focus areas.
With the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget, the City Council approved a budget of
$200,000 for the Community Services and Arts Grants program. The allocated amount for each
area of the grant program is $100,000 for Community Services grants and $100,000 for
Community Arts, Arts Organization Capacity, and Santa Clarita Presents grants.
The maximum funding limits for Community Service Grants, Community Arts Grants, and Arts
Organization Capacity Grants are each up to $5,000, while Santa Clarita Presents Grants are up
to $7,500.
Community Services Grants - Thirty-one Community Services Grants applications were
received, with requests totaling $149,059. This year's grant program includes a recommendation
from the Committee to fund 22 of the applicants with a total grant allocation of $100,000.
Arts Grants - Twenty-one Arts Grants applications were received across all three Arts
categories, with grant requests totaling $108,605. The Committee is recommending that funding
be awarded to 20 of the applications, totaling $100,000.
Attachments Al and A2 list the agencies and their respective programs or projects recommended
for funding. Attachment B lists the agencies and their respective programs not recommended for
funding.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $200,000 are available in the Recreation and Community Services Grants
expenditure account 1005000-517101 (General Fund).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment Al - CS Recommended for Funding - 2025
Attachment A2 - Arts Recommended for Funding - 2025
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Attachment B - Not Recommended for Funding - 2025
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Attachment A 1
2025 Community Services Grants Recommended for Funding
2025 Community Services Grants
Agency
Program
Amount
1
A Light of Hope Support Center, Inc
Youth Addicts to Advocates Leadership Pilot
$ 4,800
2
Agape Village Day Program
Community Access Van Project
$ 5,000
3
Assistance League of Santa Clarita
Fostering Success
$ 5,000
4
Bridge to Home
Emergency Motel Voucher Program
$ 5,000
5
Carousel Ranch
Program Equipment: Portable Misting Fan System
$ 5,000
6
Child & Family Center
Breakthrough Parenting Training
$ 5,000
7
Circle of Hope
Customer Relationship Management System
$ 5,000
8
Fostering Youth Independence
Healthy Meals
$ 5,000
9
Guardians Support Center, Inc
Handheld Radio System
$ 1,415
10
Northeast Valley Health Corporation
NEVHC SCHC Enhancement Project
$ 5,000
11
ONEgeneration
Santa Clarita GAP Kinship Outreach Project
$ 5,000
12
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center
Oral Health and Prevention in Homeless Shelter Programs
$ 5,000
13
Santa Clarita Track Club
The Strides for Wellness Challenge
$ 1,415
14
Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club
STEM in a Box
$ 5,000
15
Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society
Marketing Brochure
$ 4,500
16
Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center
Mirrors for Senior Exercise Classes
$ 5,000
17
Santa Clarita Valley Young Marines
8 Flag Color Guard
$ 2,871
18
SCV Education Foundation
Bag of Books Expansion
$ 5,000
19
SCV Food Pantry
Safety Enhancements
$ 5,000
20
SCV Wildland Weed Warriors
Habitat Restoration
$ 5,000
21
Single Mothers Outreach
Parenting Communication Program
$ 5,000
22
Young Life
Technology Enhancement Project
$ 5,000
TOTAL GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDED:
$ 100,000
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Attachment A2
2025 Arts Grants Recommended for Funding
2025 Arts Grants
AgencN
I Program Amount
Community Arts
1
COC Foundation
Augmented Reality in Art
$ 5,000
2
Eclipse Theatre LA
The Show Must Go On!
$ 4,240
3
Hart Choir Booster Club
Hart Show Choir Technology Update
$ 1,395
4
Hope Theatre Arts
Theatre & Story Side -By -Side 2025
$ 5,000
5
Include Everyone Project SCV
Junior Stars and Theatre Inside Experience
$ 5,000
6
Major Impact Theatre
2025 Original Script and Storage Program
$ 5,000
7
Mission Opera
Mission Opera Arts Community Tosca Support
$ 5,000
8
Olive Branch Theatricals
OBT Summer Musical The Wedding Singer
$ 5,000
9
Open Wings Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream
$ 5,000
10
Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra
Spring Concerts
$ 5,000
11
Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra
Palaver Strings Workshop - Musical Skills Enhancement
$ 5,000
12
The Artree
Nest
$ 4,365
13
William S. Hart Education Foundation (WiSH)
Music in Mental Health
$ 5,000
Arts Organization Cauacity
14
Dig Deep Theatre
Dig DeepDash 5k
$ 5,000
15
Mission Opera
Mission Opera Capacity Grant Storage Shed
$ 5,000
16
Olive Branch Theatricals
Wireless Microphone System
$ 5,000
17
Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra
Support for Technology Upgrades and Concert Venue Rentals
$ 5,000
181
Saugus High School Instrumental Music Program
I Santa Clarita GAP Kinship Outreach Project
$ 5,000
Santa Clarita Presents
19J
ESCAPE Theatre
LiP Abner The Musical
$ 7,500
201
Santa Clarita Ballet Company
IThe Sleeping Beauty
$ 7,500
TOTAL GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDED:
$ 100,000
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Attachment B
2025 Community Services & Arts Grants
Proposals Not Recommended for Funding
2025 Community Services Grants
Agency
Program
Amount
1
153 Initiative Foundation
Merch High
$ 5,000
2
818 Consultants
Arts & Auto Event
$ 5,000
3
Avenues Supported Living Services
Computer Upgrade Project
$ 5,000
4
Caregiver Safe Place
Caregivers Day Out Program
$ 5,000
5
Ignite the Light of Hope Foundation
Mobile Food Distribution
$ 5,000
6
Learning360
All Aboard the Literacy Express
$ 5,000
7
Million Little
Family Wokrshop & Community Event
$ 5,000
8
1 OMG Youth Sports
OMG Health Matters
$ 5,000
9
Pleasantview Industries
I Table for Ten
$ 2,000
2025 Arts Grants
Agency
Program
Amount
10
SCV Food Pantry
I Feeding Artist
$ 5,000
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