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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all agreements necessary, and any subsequent amendments, with the Long Beach Community Foundation, a California nonprofit corporation, to establish and administer the Mayor’s Fund to End Homelessness;
Transfer the balance in the Mayor’s Fund-Homeless Trust (EX 440) to the Long Beach Community Foundation Mayor’s Fund to End Homelessness; and
Authorize the Health and Human Services Department to receive and expend funds from the Long Beach Community Foundation for Homeless Services Division programming. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On September 14, 1990, the City Council approved an ordinance establishing the Mayor’s Fund for the Homeless (Mayor’s Fund). The Mayor’s Fund is considered a discretionary fund, which is allocated to activities that are either not currently funded by Continuum of Care dollars, or are under-funded to meet the presenting need. Since January 1992, a solicitation envelope for the Mayor’s Fund has been included in the City of Long Beach (City) utility bill during the holiday season at the end of each year. There is also a donation link on the City’s website where community members can make donations year-round. Annually, the Mayor’s Fund receives an average of $25,000 in contributions. Under the City’s current administration of the fund, donations are not tax deductible.
The Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is requesting to transfer management and administration of the Mayor’s Fund to the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF). Once transferred, the fund will be named the “Mayor’s Fund to End Homelessness.”
The LBCF has been administering charitable funds and fostering philanthropy to benefit the City, local nonprofits, and educational institutions for more than 20 years. Their 150 charitable funds, totaling $35 million, have created and sustained critical services offered by hundreds of Long Beach organizations, including the Long Beac...
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