[Zero Waste Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2019-2021]
Resolution approving Department of the Environment Funding Recommendations for Zero Waste grant awards to fourteen organizations in grant cycle period (FY 2019– 2021)
WHEREAS, The Zero Waste program of the Department of the Environment provides grant funding to non-profit groups; and,
WHEREAS, The Zero Waste grant program is dedicated to funding projects that recover material from San Francisco’s landfill, thereby assisting the City in achieving its goal of zero waste, and achieving this at a low cost per ton of waste diverted; and,
WHEREAS, In addition to helping San Francisco reach its zero waste goals, these grant funded projects achieve a range of co-benefits such as creating jobs, providing classroom materials for educators, securing healthy food for low-income San Franciscans, and building community; now, therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, the Commission approves the award of Zero Waste grants, totaling $720,000 to be disbursed during FY 2019-2021 to the following organizations:
Organization FY 2019-2021
Asian Pacific American Community Center (APACC) $60,000
Garden for the Environment $40,000
Groceries for Seniors $10,000
Hunters Point Family $30,000
Replate $60,000
San Francisco Conservation Corps $60,000
SF State University $50,000
San Francisco Unified School District $100,000
SCRAP $60,000
The Story of Stuff Project $30,000
Tech Exchange $50,000
UCSF Recycling &Waste Reduction, Facilities Services $50,000
Upstream $70,000
Urban Strategies $50,000
I hereby certify that this Resolution was adopted at the Commission on the Environment meeting on May 28, 2019.
Anthony Valdez, Commission Secretary
Vote: 6-0 Approved
Ayes: Commissioners Ahn, Chu, Stephenson, Sullivan, Wald and Wan
Noes: None
Absent: Commissioner Bermejo