Subject:
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Emergency Management intent to apply to the Walmart Foundation Spark Good Local Grant Third Quarter Funding to Support Whole Community programs.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval by the Department Director of Emergency Management for the grant application and other pre-award required documentation to the third quarter Walmart Foundation (WF) Spark Good Local Grant.
• An application submission is required to receive the third quarter WF Spark Good Local Grant award.
• Application requests a grant award up to $5,000 for Pinellas County Emergency Management.
• Funding will support whole community programs.
• No Match is required.
• If approved by the Walmart Foundation Spark Good Local Grant, grant funds of $5,000.00 will be provided with no grant match required. This grant was not anticipated during the development of the FY26 Adopted Budget; therefore, if approved, a budget amendment will likely be requested to recognize and appropriate the funds into the Emergency Management General Fund. Since this is not budgeted, no budgeted funds will be offset if the grant is awarded.
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Strategic Priorities:
Healthy and Safe Communities
2.2 Enhance community safety
Summary:
The approval and execution of the WF Spark Good Local Grant application and other pre-award documents is a requirement to obtaining the award. The grant application opening date occurred on August 1, 2025 and closed on October 15, 2025. Emergency Management applied and submitted the required application documents through the online portal on October 14, 2025 for use in preparedness within the whole community program for vulnerable populations.
Background/Explanation:
The WF Spark Good Local Grant provides local cash awards ranging from $250 to $5,000 from Walmart U.S stores, Sam’s Club and Distribution Centers within the community area of request. A maximum of twenty-five pending or approved applications are allowable per organization at any one time. Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (County) is considered a single organization. Once funded, reapplication to the same facility is not allowed within the same fiscal year. Additional facilities can be requested for grant funding.
Fiscal Impact:
The WF Spark Good Local Grant Award up to $5,000.00 is not included in the FY26 adopted budget and a budget amendment will be proposed if funding is awarded.
If approved by the Walmart Foundation Spark Good Local Grant, grant funds of $5,000.00 will be provided with no grant match required. This grant was not anticipated during the development of the FY26 Adopted Budget; therefore, if approved, a budget amendment will likely be requested to recognize and appropriate the funds into the Emergency Management General Fund. Since this is not budgeted, no budgeted funds will be offset if the grant is awarded.
Delegated Authority:
Authority for the Department Director to sign this grant application is authorized by the County Administrator Memorandum dated March 28, 2016.
Staff Member Responsible:
Cathie Perkins, Director of Emergency Management
Partners:
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Attachments:
IntentToApplyAccepted-SparkGoodID679
APP5831Received ID92159900
2016.03DelegationAuthority.CoAdminToDirectors