Proposed city grant to fund over sixty organizations

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A newly proposed city council bill would grant $7,204,738.31 to 66 different organizations to help with COVID-19 impacts.

This is the second round of this relief grant. The first round granted over sixteen million dollars to over 70 organizations.

This grant is a mixture of money from the original COVID-19 Small Business and Employee Retention Grant Program and the Business Relief Grant Fund. $3,451,837 would be taken from the Business Relief Grant Funds and $3,781,650 would be taken from the COVID-19 Small Business Relief and Employee Retention Grant Program. All of this money comes from the CARES Act Fund appropriations to the City of Jacksonville.

Businesses on the list include several religious organizations, and non-profits like Hubbard House, Inc.

Some of the largest allocations would be dedicated to the North Florida Council, Inc. Boy Scouts of America ($350,000), Jacksonville FC, Inc. ($360,000), United Way of Northeast Florida, Inc. ($562,500), and the Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc. ($630,000). The largest allocation of money, $2,160,875, will be going to Jacksonville Baseball, LLC., the owners of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

The bill will be heard in City Council as an emergency next Tuesday.

Cox Media Group