City is seeking grant applications from nonprofit organizations

Grant applications are available online: https://marathonfl.viewpointcloud.com/categories/1076/record-types/6483.

Paper applications will also be accepted.

Deadline: March 15, 2023

When the application period closes, City of Marathon staff and Marathon City Council will rank the applicants. City Council will make the final recommendations, as well as determine the level of funding provided to each nonprofit organization.

The Council will discuss the applications at the April 11th City Council Meeting.

City of Marathon City Code Sec. 2-196. –
Application procedures. All applications for grant funding shall be submitted in the particular year in which the grant funding is sought. The grant funding request shall be made on a form provided by the City Manager or designee. The grant application form must be accompanied by all of the required information as set forth in the application form. The City Manager or designee shall review the grant funding application for completeness. If the application is determined to be incomplete, the City Manager or designee shall reject the grant funding application and notify the applicant of such rejection, and the reasons therefore, within 15 working days.
(Ord. No. 2004-14, § 1.3, 7-13-2004; Ord. No. 2011-13, § 2, 10-25-2011) Sec. 2-197. - Evaluation criteria. In awarding grants to nonprofit organizations the City Council shall consider the following criteria:
(1) The organization will provide services that have been identified by the City as fulfilling a needed service with minimal or no duplication by other organizations.
(2) The organization is able to provide the services cost efficiently and with a high quality of service.
(3) The organization provides services in the City of Marathon.
(4) The organization has/has not received funding from the City in previous years.
(5) The organization has/has not received funding from Monroe County or other government agencies in previous years.
(6) The organization has the administrative and financial stability to deliver the services for which it is requesting funding from the City.
(7) The City Council may request additional documentation or information it deems necessary to evaluate any of the grant funding applications.
(Ord. No. 2004-14, § 1.4, 7-13-2004; Ord. No. 2011-13, § 2, 10-25-2011) Sec. 2-198. - Limitation on City Council funding.
The maximum amount of money the City Council may annually appropriate for grant funding to nonprofit organizations shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the prior year's General Fund Operating Budget. No grant award shall exceed 24 percent of operating expenses of the total annual budget of the recipient nonprofit organization excluding one-time capital expenditures. The final decision to make a grant award pursuant to this article is at the sole discretion of the City Council and contingent on the availability of appropriated funds in the City's annual budget. The Council may choose not to appropriate any funds in a particular fiscal year.
(Ord. No. 2004-14, § 1.5, 7-13-2004)