Golden Valley Local Human Service Organizations Encouraged To Apply For GVHSC Funding

Press release from the City of Golden Valley:

June 17, 2020

The Golden Valley Human Service Commission (GVHSC) is looking for local human service organizations to apply for 2021 funding. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2020.

To receive funding from the GVHSC, applicants must:

• provide a program, project, or service that contributes to the City of Golden Valley and serves clients located in the City of Golden Valley
• be incorporated as a non-profit organization
• have operated and delivered services consistently for a minimum of one year, evidenced by an established record of meaningful service utilization levels and adequate
  support through financial and/or volunteer contributions
• operate on a non-discriminatory basis, according to federal, state, or Golden Valley ordinances, as appropriate according to the jurisdiction consistent with the applicant’s service area
• demonstrate that administrative management, general, and fundraising costs do not exceed 15 percent of revenue in any year for which the applicant has received funding from GVHSC without special GVHSC review and concurrence in the appropriateness of the particular unique circumstances which resulted in these costs exceeding 15 percent; and GVHSC together with the applicant agree upon a strategy for reducing these costs within the following fiscal year. Whenever applicant management, general, and fundraising costs exceed 15 percent, applicant representatives must justify to GVHSC.

For more information, visit the GVHSC page on the City website. Click here to view the 2021 allocation packet.

This press release was produced by the City of Golden Valley. The views expressed here are the author’s own.