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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC20-060 Women's Foundation1 THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO AGREEMENT OF GENERAL GRANT TERMS, CONDITIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS Date: 1/29/2020 The following are The Women’s Foundation of Colorado’s General Grant Terms, Conditions and Understandings. The Women's Foundation of Colorado (The Foundation) is awarding this grant to Eagle County Department of Human Services (The Grantee) for Women Achieving Greater Economic Security (WAGES) upon the following: Tax Exempt Status The Grantee agrees: 1.To maintain its status as a non-profit organization (or working under the umbrella of a recognized non-profit organization), i.e., recognized by the IRS as a public charity of the type described in Sections 501(c) (3) and 170 (b) (1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (the "Code") as amended. 2.That such tax-exempt status under Sections 501 (c) (3) (4) or 170 (b) (1) (A) of the Code has not changed since the issuance of the IRS determination letter which you provided to the Foundation in your grant application. 3.That there is no issue presently before any office of the Internal Revenue Service concerning any proposed changes in your tax-exempt status under Sections 501 (c) (3) or 170 (b) (1) (A) of the Code. 4.That it will provide the Foundation with immediate written notification of any changes in the organization's tax- exempt status. 5.To provide a report about the grant, through a third-party evaluation and grant renewal proposal, to The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, one year after the grant is received. Organization or Program Funding is restricted to support the organization’s WAGES work described in Appendix A. Expenditure of Funds DocuSign Envelope ID: 6DC98D5C-6FF6-4D6A-BCA6-7C0CABD9FE3E C20-060 2 Funds must be used during the grant period of 02/01/2020 through 02/01/2021. All funds must be used as described in the project budget submitted and 100% of funds must go to support the specific project. The Grantee agrees to expend the funds awarded for the purpose outlined in the following scope of work and will not expend such funds for any other purpose without The Foundation’s prior written approval: Amount of Grant Award: $25, 000 Purpose: See Appendix A No Right of Assignment or Delegation The Grantee agrees not to assign or otherwise transfer rights or delegate any obligations under this grant without prior approval from the Foundation. Reasonable Access for Evaluation The Grantee will permit the Foundation, upon request, to have reasonable access to its files, records and personnel for the purpose of making such financial audits, verifications or program evaluations as the Foundation deems necessary or appropriate concerning this grant award. Grantees in the WAGES cohort are expected to participate in learning and evaluation with the Foundation’s partner, OMNI Institute (OMNI). OMNI will provide the data collection tools. The grantee is expected to provide data to OMNI for analysis as part of the cohort evaluation and the grantee has access to technical assistance from OMNI to support their full participation. Use of Agency Name The Grantee agrees to allow the Foundation to list the Grantee as a Foundation funded program and to include a description of the Grantee and the services/programs funded by the Foundation in any Foundation news releases, publications, funds solicitation materials, or other reports. Withdrawal of Funds The Foundation reserves the right to require a total or partial refund of any of the grant funds if, in the Foundation’s sole judgment, such action is necessary for the following reasons: (a) you have not fully complied with the terms and conditions of this grant; (b) to protect the purposes and objectives of this grant or any other charitable interest of the Foundation or (c) to comply with the requirements of any law or regulation affecting the Foundation’s responsibilities with respect to this grant. Termination This agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of the insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy filing or dissolution of Grantee. This agreement may be terminated by either party upon written notice to the other party except that such termination will not relieve Grantee of Grantee’s obligation hereunder with respect to grant funds already received by Grantee. Upon termination of this agreement for any reason, all payments by the Foundation to Grantee shall cease at such time as may be determined by the Foundation. Grantee specifically acknowledges that immediate cessation of DocuSign Envelope ID: 6DC98D5C-6FF6-4D6A-BCA6-7C0CABD9FE3E 3 funding, before termination procedures are completed, may be necessary in recognition of the Foundation’s responsibilities to its donors. Agreement This agreement may be amended, supplemented or extended only by written agreement signed by the Foundation and the Grantee. Nothing contained herein, including the required reporting and review procedures, shall be construed as a warranty, representation or approval by the Foundation that the services rendered by the Grantee are adequately or properly rendered on either an individual or program-wide basis. Grantee shall hold the Foundation, its directors, trustees, officers, employees, and agents harmless from all damages, costs, fines, attorneys' fees or liabilities of any kind or nature arising from any claims, demands or suits resulting from the Grantee's rendering or failure to render services. The undersigned certify that they are duly elected and authorized officers of the Grantee and, as such, are authorized to accept this grant on behalf of the Grantee, to obligate the Grantee to observe all of the terms and conditions placed on this grant, and in connection with this grant to make, execute and deliver on behalf of the Grantee all grant agreements, representations, receipts, reports and other instruments. ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE ABOVE: _________________________________________________________________ Name of Organization _________________________________________________________________ Authorized Officer Printed Name & Title _________________________________________________________________ Authorized Officer Signature Date _________________________________________________________________ Authorized Officer Printed Name & Title _________________________________________________________________ Authorized Officer Signature Date Sponsoring Agent if your organization is not a 501 (c) (3) (4) or does not meet Section 170 (b) (1) (A) of the IRS Code: _________________________________________________________________ Name of Sponsoring Organization _________________________________________________________________ Executive Director’s Printed Name _________________________________________________________________ Executive Director's Signature Date Jeff Shroll, County Manager Eagle County Human Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 6DC98D5C-6FF6-4D6A-BCA6-7C0CABD9FE3E 2/12/2020 4 Appendix A Name of Organization: Eagle County Department of Human Services Amount Granted: $25,000 Name of Program: WAGES Eagle County Program Description: Eagle County Human Services will continue to provide its coaching and benefit program to its clients. The program will continue the successes of partnering with local coaches to assist clients as they move along the economic spectrum. Additionally, the department will work to continue to streamline participant referrals throughout different programs. WAGES Cohort Description: As part of The Foundation’s efforts to promote Women Achieving Greater Economic Security (WAGES), we will align resources and connect our partners through the WAGES Cohort, a group of direct service and public policy and advocacy grantees all working in different ways to support women and families on the path to economic security through better opportunities for women to earn livable wages. The Foundation’s purpose in convening these partners is to support grantees’ learning from and with one another, to identify effective strategies and potential policy solutions to improve opportunities for women to earn livable wages, with a particular interest in two-generation strategies for addressing poverty and promoting prosperity, and to identify and advance a policy change that will accelerate progress toward economic security for women and families in Colorado. The WAGES Cohort will be supported by an external evaluation and learning partner (currently the OMNI Institute), as well as expert facilitators. As a WFCO direct service grantee selected in Fiscal Year 2020 (April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020) and as a member of the WAGES Cohort there is an expectation that at least one and up to three staff members will participate in WAGES Cohort convenings. The WAGES Cohort will be convening virtually once per month for two hours from January to May. Direct Service organizations will be expected to attend an all grantee convening in the summer or early fall. Any additional convenings next year will be determined in partnership with WFCO and the WAGES cohort. While input will be sought from members of the WAGES Cohort to ensure convenings offer value for all participants, The Foundation generally expects virtual convenings to be about two hours and in-person convenings to be about one and a half days in which the agenda may include grantees sharing information about their programs or priorities, collaboration with the evaluation and learning partner regarding shared goals and monitoring of progress toward them, learning about topics of shared interest, and opportunities for participants to connect with one another and other WFCO stakeholders. Members of the WAGES Cohort will be expected to share input and information with the cohort facilitators and evaluation and learning partner as requested and to ensure at least one and up to three team members participate in each convening. As a member of the WAGES Cohort, The Grantee will also be asked to share stories of impact with WFCO several times annually and participate in evaluation and learning efforts in collaboration with our external evaluation and learning partner. WAGES Cohort members may also have other opportunities to connect with WFCO (invitation to Annual Luncheon and other events, educate WFCO Trustees and other stakeholders about your organization’s work, etc.). After the end of the third year of WAGES WFCO intends to partner with and convene members of the WAGES Cohort for a fourth year. WAGES Cohort members will have the opportunity to re-apply in 2020 with an abbreviated application and progress report for a fourth year of funding. WFCO will strive for the renewal grant amount to be a similar amount to that of the first three years but all grantmaking amounts will be dependent on Foundation resources. If there are any additional staff members that need to be included in WAGES cohort communications, please list the name/s, title/s, of the staff member/s that you anticipate participating in the cohort and/or coordinating with the outside facilitator and evaluation/learning partner. (Information does not to be re- submitted for those already included in communications.) DocuSign Envelope ID: 6DC98D5C-6FF6-4D6A-BCA6-7C0CABD9FE3E 5 First and Last Name Title Email Phone Please select (by highlighting) at least one role for each staff member listed Convening Participant #1 Contact with Facilitator Contact with Evaluator Convening Participant #2 Contact with Facilitator Contact with Evaluator Convening Participant #3 Contact with Facilitator Contact with Evaluator DocuSign Envelope ID: 6DC98D5C-6FF6-4D6A-BCA6-7C0CABD9FE3E