Irvine officials announced Aug. 3 that the city is offering $4.7 million in grants to nonprofits supporting small businesses and disadvantaged communities.
The city is allocating $2.2 million to nonprofits that assist small businesses, $2.2 million to those that help what city officials call “vulnerable populations”—or groups at a higher risk of illness, disability, and educational or economic disadvantages—and $300,000 for newly established nonprofits.
The grants will be distributed incrementally over 2 years.
“The City of Irvine is committed to supporting the critical needs of our community, such as childcare, food insecurity, housing and mental health resources,” Mayor Farrah Khan said in a statement.
Khan said the funds come from the city’s share of the federal American [Rescue] Plan Act, which was enacted to deliver economic relief for the pandemic….