What: Council funding agreements with nonprofits and an application for the FY27 Alabama Summer and Afterschool grant.
Where it stands: the agreements appeared on consent agendas of the Budget and Finance Committee (October 12) and the Council (October 6, 13 and 27). Outcomes are unknown.
Next: confirm approvals when minutes are posted.
Details
Modern Green Book Foundation: Avenue Street Market services through 6/30/2027, not to exceed $15,000, split between Districts 4 and 9.
FY27 Alabama Summer and Afterschool grant application: up to $225,000.
Other agreements named on agendas: Friends of Avondale Park, Huffman Ballpark Friends, Red Mountain Theatre, AIDS Alabama, Flourish Alabama and Alabama Ballet.
Not every consent item was read.
No minutes have been posted, so outcomes are unknown.
Nonprofit agreements (for example AIDS Alabama) were on the consent agenda. The Flourish Alabama agreement (not to exceed $100,000, through June 30, 2027, for youth, technology, community garden and cleanup programs; a District 8 request) was pulled from consent and approved.
Consent agenda: Modern Green Book Foundation, Friends of Avondale Park.
The FY27 Summer and Afterschool grant application (up to $225,000, due end of October) was discussed separately; staff said it would supplement existing library and parks programs, and the committee sent it to the full Council with a recommendation to approve.
Birmingham Corps $75,000 workforce renewal (served over 100 residents against a target of 40) and the $43,500 Jefferson County Conservation Foundation stormwater education agreement were approved.
Agenda: Alabama Symphonic Association Explorer Concert Series (up to $25,000 over three years); American Red Cross blood products for BFRS (up to $60,000); Urban Impact commercial kitchen and workforce training, District 5 (up to $50,000); UAB and Birmingham Public Libraries placing four social workers in libraries (up to $444,000 over two years); Downtown Jimmie Hale Mission emergency warming station services through June 30, 2027 (up to $75,000, a funding agreement, not an emergency declaration); and small neighborhood and district funds of $1,000 to $13,675 (STREAM Innovations, Oak Tree Ministries, City Vision, Jackson Olin band uniforms). Outcomes unknown.