Nonprofit agencies that have suffered from tight state funding over the last several years got an early Christmas present Thursday when the Joint Finance Committee added $6 million to the $35.2 million grant-in-aid bill for the coming fiscal year.
The extra $6 million allowed the budget-writing committee to raise the amounts received by individual agencies by an overall 20 percent, although some received more and some less. The bill still needs approval by the General Assembly and Gov. Jack Markell, but the Legislature rarely alters JFC-authored financial bills.
The $6 million bonus, made possible by improved state revenue forecasts, will help the nonprofits regain some of the ground they lost in the last few years, but not entirely, according to Controller General Russ Larson.
The biggest winner in the grant-in-aid sweepstakes was the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware, which is getting $1 million over the $357,360 it is slated to receive for running individual programs.
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