During that period, one-time grants to help families on the verge of eviction pay rent, security deposits and broker fees increased by 3percentto to $114.3 million, according to the report.
The program makes only one-time grants to help people out of crisis situations.
Big, one-time grants are something that companies like Apple and Yahoo are increasingly doing to avoid paying higher salaries over multiple years and suffering repeated criticism.
Most of the money goes to 28 "affiliated institutions," but dozens of others receive one-time grants or other forms of aid.
One-time grants must be used for salaries for positions that are in jeopardy or have been eliminated as a result of the current economic crisis, or for fees for previously engaged artists or contractual workers.
The organization aims to provide one-time grants to people with discrete requests, say someone who still has a job but is short cash for a one-time expense like a car repair or a security deposit.
The Fort Collins Homelessness Prevention Initiative, which provides one-time grants for emergency rent assistance, has seen a 50% increase in the number of people they are helping every year.
Eileen Fisher Inc. is making one-time grants totaling $100,000 to support organizations that help women in the areas of wellness, financial independence, self-esteem and prevention of violence, said Amy Hall, social consciousness director for the company.
Ms. Gordon said that the board had invited the candidates who are eligible for public money to make presentations at tomorrow's meeting about receiving runoff payments, which are one-time grants equivalent to a quarter of what they received for the primary.
The researcher has found from visits to schools that they find it relatively easy for them to get one-time grants to buy a set of PCs and a server or two.
Instead of offering one-time grants, why not issue patient capital and take long-term equity positions in Haitian firms.
