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City of San Luis Obispo
Council Agenda Correspondence
DATE: December 10, 2024
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Greg Hermann, Deputy City Manager
VIA: Whitney McDonald, City Manager
SUBJECT: ITEM 5F – CONSIDERATION OF THE 2024-25 DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
AND INCLUSION HIGH IMPACT GRANT FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff received the following questions regarding Item 5f, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
High Impact Grant Funding Recommendations. The questions are below with staff’s
response shown in italics:
1) Please provide the application materials submitted as a part of the grant
process.
All application materials submitted as a part of the grant process can be foun d at
the following link: https://opengov.slocity.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=202692.
2) Please provide the historical funding allocations for the Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion (DEI) High Impact Grant.
The DEI High Impact Grant program was first established by the City Council on
November 17, 2020, and was also included in the 2021-23 Financial Plan as a part
of the first DEI Major City Goal. Funding for the program has continued to be
provided through subsequent budget processes.
The City has allocated a total of $709,800 (including $150,000 for FY 2024 -25 to
be considered by Council at the December 10, 2024 meeting) to a total of 29 non-
profit organizations and 42 projects. The following table (Table 1) shows the
breakdown of funding distributed per fiscal year:
Table 1.
DEI High Impact Grant Funding Allocations by Fiscal Year
FY 2020-2021 $109,800
FY 2021-2022 & 2022-2023 (combined years) $300,000
FY 2023-2024 $150,000
FY 2024-2025 $150,000
TOTAL $709,800
The following table (Table 2) provides detailed information about the historical
funding allocation per organization and program.
City of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum
City of San Luis Obispo
Council Agenda Correspondence
City of San Luis Obispo - DEI HIGH IMPACT GRANT – APPLICATION & FUNDING HISTORY
Organization Program 2020-21
Combined
2021-2022
& 2022-23
2023-24 2024-25 TOTAL
1 Afrikan Black Collective ABC Conference NA NA NA $ - $ -
2 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) of
SLO County AAPI SLO: Celebrate and Empower NA $ 9,000 NA $ 7,500 $ 16,500
3 Assistance League of SLO County Operation School Bell NA NA NA NA $ -
4 At Her Table At Her Table NA NA $
- NA $ -
5
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Bigs in Blue/Bigs with Badges $ - NA NA NA $ -
6 HERO Project NA NA NA NA $ -
7 Representation Matters: Supporting DEI through
diverse content NA NA $ - NA $ -
8 Pacheco Elementary School Mentorship
Program NA NA NA $ 10,000 $ 10,000
9 Boys & Girls Club Youth for Unity - Club at Laguna Middle School NA $ 10,000 NA NA $ 10,000
10 Central Coast Ag Network dba City Farm Expanding Access to Farm-Based Education for
Individuals with Disabilities NA $ 20,000 NA NA $ 20,000
11
Central Coast Coalition for Undocumented
Student Success (CCCUSS)
Undocu Community Summit $ 10,200 NA NA NA $ 10,200
12
CCC-USS Undocu Student Community Summit
& Organizational Transformation &
Sustainability
NA $ 24,900 NA NA $ 24,900
13 Community Action Partnership of SLO
(CAPSLO) Teen Wellness Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion $ - NA NA NA $ -
14 Community Counseling Center (CCC) of
San Luis Obispo County
Cultural Brokers and Bridge Builders:
Establishing Latin/x Student and Family Links to
Mental Health Care
NA NA $ - $ - $ -
15 Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
of SLO County Diversity is the Power of Change NA $ 5,000 $ 8,000 $ - $ 13,000
16 Corazon Latino Civic Education Campaign to Close Equity Gap NA NA NA $ - $ -
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17 Cuesta College Foundation Making the CASE for Equitable Higher
Education in SLO NA NA NA $ - $ -
18
Diversity Coalition
SLO Multicultural Center & Community Diversity
Education & Training $ 10,000 NA $
- NA $ 10,000
19 Diversity Coalition Programming NA $ 17,500 NA NA $ 17,500
20 BIPOC Board Leadership Program NA NA $ 40,000 $ 10,000 $ 50,000
21
Downtown SLO
Picture Yourself in SLO: 40 Years of DEI at the
Downtown Farmers' Market NA $ 11,400 NA NA $ 11,400
22 Expanding Multicultural Participation at
Downtown SLO's Farmers' Market NA NA $ - NA $ -
23 Increased Food Access at Farmers' Market NA NA NA $ - $ -
24 Economics of Being a Woman (not eligible) Financial Education and Disaster Preparedness
eLearning Program NA NA NA $ - $ -
25 French Hospital Center Foundation Bilingual Lay Patient Navigator Program $ - NA NA NA $ -
26 Friends of SLO Botanical Garden Enabling Garden at the SLO Botanical Garden NA NA NA NA $ -
27
GALA Pride & Diversity Center
Intersectional Educational Empowerment and
Expansion Project NA $ 23,500 NA NA $ 23,500
28 SLO Queer Cultural Revitalization Project NA NA $ 20,000 NA $ 20,000
29 Complex LGBTQ+ Mental Health Support NA NA NA $ 15,000 $ 15,000
30 Girl Scouts of CA Central Coast Girl Scout Entrepreneurship Program NA NA NA NA $ -
31 History Center of SLO County Translation & Multilingual Access NA NA $ 6,000 NA $ 6,000
32 Hospice of SLO County Volunteer Training & Community Outreach NA $ 6,795 $
- $ 7,750 $ 14,545
33 Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) Disability Access and Communication NA $ 7,668 NA NA $ 7,668
34 Jacks Helping Hand, Inc Jack's Assistance Program NA NA $ - NA $ -
35 Jewish Community Center - Federation SLO Jewish Film Festival $ - NA NA NA $ -
36 Joga Bonito Central Coast Joga Bonito NA NA $
- NA $ -
37 Literacy for Life Literacy Program $ 10,000 NA NA NA $ 10,000
38 Treasured Objects: Personal Heritage Stories NA NA NA $ - $ -
39 Lumina Alliance Lumina Alliance Survivor Advisory Board NA NA $ - $ - $ -
40 Make the Extra Pass Foundation MTEP Scholarships for the Nico Mannion
Hooperverse Basketball League NA NA NA NA $ -
41 Mission Community Services Operation
WBC San Luis Obispo Small Business Impact Project NA NA $ - NA $ -
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42 Mission Headstrong Veterans' Fitness, Autism Fitness Phase 2, &
Aging Adult Fitness NA NA NA $ 15,000 $ 15,000
43 Monarch Hills Education Monarch Hills Education NA NA $ - NA $ -
44 DEI Growth Program for Monarch Hills NA NA NA $ - $ -
45 Mozart Festival Ass. Dba Festival Mozaic Summer Festival: Family Concert & Midday
Concert $ - NA NA NA $ -
46 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Mental Health Resource Outreach Campaign NA NA NA $ 11,364 $ 11,364
47 One Cool Earth Earth Genius $ 3,200 NA NA NA $ 3,200
48 School Garden Program NA NA NA NA $ -
49
Peace Academy of the Science & Arts
2021 Enrichment Programs $ - NA NA NA $ -
50 Academic & Leadership Enrichment
Programming NA NA NA NA $ -
51 Mawtini: Arab American Narratives of Home and
Belonging NA NA NA $ 39,441 $ 39,441
52
People's Self-Help Housing Corp.
DEI in SLO Affordable Housing and Nonprofit
employment NA NA NA NA $ -
53 Enhancing Affordable Housing Access Through
Bilingual ? NA NA NA $ - $ -
54 Pregnancy & Parenting Support of SLO
County Baby Bank NA NA NA $ - $ -
55
RACE Matters
Belonging 2021 $ 32,600 NA NA NA $ 32,600
56 Style and Substance NA $ 40,000 NA NA $ 40,000
57 Shop Talk NA NA $ 16,800 NA $ 16,800
58 Black Girl Wellness NA NA NA $ 5,000 $ 5,000
59 Recovery Road Runners, INC. Run Strong, Grow Strong NA NA NA $ - $ -
60
Restorative Partners
Restorative Conferencing Program $ - NA NA NA $ -
61 Restorative Conferencing Program NA $ 18,525 NA NA $ 18,525
62 Restorative Justice Conferencing Program
(Phase II) NA NA $ - NA $ -
63 Richard Pancho Gonzalez Youth
Foundation Pancho Foundation SLO Tennis Programming NA $ 8,212 NA NA $ 8,212
64 San Luis Coastal Education Foundation Opportunity Initiative NA NA NA $ - $ -
65 SLO Chamber of Commerce SLO County Family Friendly Workplaces
Program NA NA NA $ - $ -
66 SLO Child Development Resource Center Child/Family Strengthening Services $ - NA NA NA $ -
67 Child and Family Play Therapy NA NA $ - NA $ -
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68 SLO Classical Academy SLO Academy Native Spanish Speaker
Scholarship Program NA NA NA NA $ -
69
SLO Climate Coalition
Micro-Community Collaborative Holistic Climate
Justice Directory $ - NA NA NA $ -
70 Stronger Together & Resilient SLO Accessibility
Project NA NA $ - NA $ -
71 SLO Coastal Education Foundation Students of Promise Initiative NA $ 15,000 NA NA $ 15,000
72 SLO Community Leadership Foundation:
Leadership SLO
The Representation in Leadership SLO Initiative NA $ 4,000 NA NA $ 4,000
73 SLO Community Leadership Foundation NA NA $ - NA $ -
74
SLO County UndocuSupport
SLO County UndocuSupport Partnership and
Direct Aid with Local Immigrant Families NA $ 16,000 NA NA $ 16,000
75 SLO County UndocuSupport NA NA $ 39,776 NA $ 39,776
76
SLO County Immigrant Resource Hug: A Pilot
Pop-up in Partnership with Local Mobile
Services
NA NA NA $ 18,945 $ 18,945
77 SLO Hillel Jews of Color: Intersecting Identities,
Intersecting Struggles NA $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 10,000 $ 30,000
78
SLO International Film Festival
The Change Makers $ 7,500 NA NA NA $ 7,500
79 Free Short Film Program Highlighting BIPOC
Filmmakers NA $ 6,900 $
- NA $ 6,900
80 SLO Jazz Festival Diversity through cultural music, education, and
art at SLO Jazz Festival NA NA NA NA $ -
81
SLO Museum of Art (SLOMA)
IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access NA $ 5,000 NA NA $ 5,000
82 Expanding Equity in Exhibitions NA NA $ 9,424 $
- $ 9,424
83
SLO NOOR Foundation
Free Health & Supportive Services for
Uninsured BIPOC & Hispanic Residents $ 20,000 NA NA NA $ 20,000
84 Whole Community Care (WCC) Project NA $ 13,050 $
- NA $ 13,050
85 Equitable Healthcare Access Program NA NA NA $ - $ -
86 SLO Partners Training All People in Influential Sectors $ - NA NA NA $ -
87 SLO Repertory Theatre
Bringing BIPOC Voices and Stories to SLO REP
and tour Community $ 16,300 NA NA NA $ 16,300
88 Expanding Diverse Voices at SLO Rep NA NA NA NA $ -
89 SLO4Home, Inc. SLO4Home Refugee Resettlement NA NA NA NA $ -
90 SLO Village Aging Better Together - Partnering with SLO to
become an Age-Friendly City NA NA NA $ - $ -
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91 SLO Wind Orchestra Empowering Women in Music: A Celebration of
Talent and Diversity NA NA $ - NA $ -
92 SPOKES: Resources for Nonprofits Symposium Promoting DEI in your Organization NA NA NA NA $ -
93 The Community Foundation San Luis
Obispo Health Equity SLO: Access for All NA NA NA NA $ -
94
TMHA
DEI & Mental Health Services $ - NA NA NA $ -
95 DEI Mental Health Initiative NA $ 27,550 $
- NA $ 27,550
96
United Way of SLO County
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion $ - NA NA NA $ -
97 Community Resilience Initiative NA NA NA NA $ -
98 Increased Support Services for SLO: 211 and
VOAD Collaboration and Community. NA NA NA $ - $ -
TOTAL $109,800 $ 300,000 $150,000 $150,000 $709,800
NA = No Application Submitted
$ - = Application Submitted but Funding Not Awarded