REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Funding Request from Santa Clara Firefighter's Foundation for 2020 Virtual Firehouse Run
Report
COUNCIL PILLARS
Enhance Community Sports and Recreational Assets and Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Firefighter's Foundation (Foundation) was established in 2002 as a 501(3)C nonprofit organization to promote the welfare of the community by providing services and support to youth, seniors, disabled, and disaster victims. Over the years, the Foundation has made significant financial contributions and volunteered thousands of hours of mentorship and community engagement to the Santa Clara community.
The Firehouse Run (Run) is an annual family friendly fundraiser event hosted by the Foundation to raise funds for the Santa Clara Schools Foundation. As noted in the attached Funding Request (Attachment 1) from the Foundation, the goal and community benefit of the annual event is to raise funds to benefit Santa Clara school children and provide them with resources they may not otherwise have access to. In the past five years, the Run has generated over $100,000 for the Santa Clara Schools. In 2019, the Foundation provided nearly $28,100 in grants to the Santa Clara School Foundation, benefitting over 6,000 students (Attachment 2). In addition, the Run allows for members of the Fire Department to interact with the community and continue to develop and strengthen the relationship between the Fire Department and the residents.
Since 2018, the Foundation has been the recipient of a grant for the annual Firehouse Run through the City's Community Grants Program. In 2018 and 2019, the Foundation was awarded grants of $10,000 to cover the costs of City and Caltrans permits and services, as well as external traffic management.
This year, the Foundation approached the City with a request for funding for a virtual Firehouse Run in December.
DISCUSSION
The purpose of the Community Grants Prog...
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