Press Release

The City of Pompano Beach will accept online nonprofit partnership requests from April 7^th until May 2^nd for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026. The City receives nonprofit partnership requests once a year via the City’s website at http://pompanobeachfl.gov/community. Nonprofit organizations need to provide services/programs that benefit the City of Pompano Beach residents and expand the services the City is currently not in a position to provide to the residents. In addition, nonprofit organizations should work to achieve our strategic goals and highlight our rich cultural make-up as a community. Strategic Philanthropy, Inc. will administer the Nonprofit Program on behalf of the City of Pompano Beach.

Due to the number of requests the City of Pompano Beach receives, the City has prioritized its giving to two funding priorities that align with the City’s Strategic Plan 2021-2036. The nonprofit organizations supported by the City play a key role in advancing the Strategic Plan’s vision for a thriving community. The City’s funding priorities are organized under two main strategic priorities: Workforce-focused Excellence and Community-focused Excellence.

Workforce-focused Excellence Strategy

• Workforce Readiness:
  • Give access to vocational assistance, training/education, technical skills, job search assistance, and referrals for job placement for high school age students in Pompano Beach and/or adult residents
  • Train in interpersonal skills to assist in job-seeking
  • Connect employers who need skilled workers to those in need of employment
  • Develop small business and entrepreneurship training for residents with lack of access to jobs
  • Provide childcare and transportation services for residents to work and thrive in the communities that they live in

• Education:
  • Work with local nonprofits on school readiness, low-performing schools' turnaround and the achievement gap
  • Offer resources to help teachers to be more effective
  • Helping underperforming students acquire the knowledge, skills and behaviors they need to succeed in school, college or career pathways
  • Offer education in financial literacy, budgeting, insurance, and home maintenance to teach residents to manage resources on a limited income
  • Stimulate cognitive and social emotional learning and career pathway interest of teens with the use of technology including but not limited to: STEM education, cybersecurity and e-sports


    
    

Community-focused Excellence Strategy

• Behavioral Health:
  • Help residents (including youth and families) who have substance use disorders, mental health disorders or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders with treatment, recovery support services and prevention
  • Improve behavioral health outcomes for residents by reducing rates of hospitalization, mortality, substance use, and involvement with the criminal justice system
  • Support the prevention and reduction of community violence, including those most at risk of experiencing community violence, including youth, racial and ethnic minority groups, and disadvantaged or underserved groups



• Senior Services:
  • Assist senior residents in maintaining their independence and improve their quality of life by providing transportation, meal assistance, support groups and healthy living programming

• Community Events & Preserving Cultural Heritage:
  • Support events that drive economic development into the Pompano Beach area
  • Support events that use of our "world-class" beach, growing downtown and destination venues as an event venue
  • Preserve cultural sites, objects and/or expressions that have a historical or cultural significance to the City and highlight our rich cultural make-up as a community

In an effort to answer any questions nonprofits may have about the application process, the City will host an online info session via Zoom on April 15th from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. You must register online for the info session.

For more information, please visit http://pompanobeachfl.gov/community or contact Kelly@StratedgicPhilanthropyInc.com.