FIFTH OPENING – The Sitka seine boats Hukilau and Rose Lee pump herring aboard this afternoon at the end of Deep Inlet during the fifth opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. The opening was being held in two locations beginning at 11 a.m. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
Assembly to Decide On Nonprofit Grants
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Assembly will make decisions Thursday night on its annual awards of city funds to local nonprofits.
Seven applications totaling $71,000 have been received for a share of the $45,000 available for distribution.
The special meeting starts at 6 p.m. at Harrigan Centennial Hall.
The Assembly put $50,000 in this year’s budget for nonprofits, with $5,000 set aside for emergency requests by the nonprofits later in the year.
The amount distributed has been about the same for the last four years, with grants in the categories of Human Services, Cultural and Educational Services, and Community Development. A chart from city staff shows all grant requests from fiscal year 2019 to 2023.
Sitka Lutheran Church, American Legion Post 13 and Sitka Fastpitch Softball Club are applying for the first time in at least four years.
Other nonprofits have been successful in receiving funds the past four years: Brave Heart Volunteers, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, and Sitka Trail Works. The Sitka Homeless Coalition also applied this year, and has received funds in the past.
In the distribution process each Assembly member marks choices and funding levels on a worksheet, and the figures are averaged to determine the possible final award. In the past the Assembly members’ individual choices have been shown a screen prior to voting, and funds were reallocated if an organization was not chosen for funding by four or more members.
Mayor Steven Eisenbeisz said he plans to have the same process as in prior years. He will ask for Assembly comments on applicants, or amounts to be distributed. Public comments will follow the motion on the floor.
The applicants “are established nonprofits who all do good things, so it’s just a matter of making the money work out,” Assembly member Thor Christianson said.
Kevin Knox said he considers a number of factors, including whether the information is complete and entered in the correct category. He also weighs impacts to essential services, and whether people’s lives will be affected.
Kevin Mosher said he looks for “a well-put-together application,” and “maximum benefit to the community.”
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March 2004
Matthew C. Hunter of Sitka recently returned from Cuba as part of a St. Olaf College International and Off-Campus Studies program. Hunter, a junior physics major at St. Olaf College, is the son of Robert and Kim Hunter of Sitka.
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March 1974
Eighth graders have returned from a visit to Juneau to see the Legislature. They had worked for it since Christmas vacation ... Clarice Johnson’s idea of a “White Elephant” sales was chosen as the best money-maker; Joe Roth won the political cartoon assignment; highest government test scorers were Ken Armstrong, Joanna Hearn, Linda Montgomery, Lisa Henry, Calvin Taylor and David Licari .....