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Finance awards $3.07M ARPA funds to nine NGOs, non-profits
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Posted on Feb 02 2022
Finance Secretary David DLG Atalig informed Sen. Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero (D-Saipan) last Jan. 20 that $750,000 was awarded in fiscal year 2021, and $2,328,994 was awarded during fiscal year 2022.
Atalig provided the information after DeLeon Guerrero filed an Open Government Act request to obtain the latest information about the CNMI’s expenditure plan for the money it got via ARPA.
The non-profit awardees are the Commonwealth Cancer Association, American Red Cross-NMI Chapter, Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., Saipan Cares for Animals, Karidat Social Services, Mariana Islands Nature Alliance, Center for Living Independently in the CNMI, Micronesian Legal Services Corp., and CNMI Women’s Association.
Of the nine awardees, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance got the highest amount, $725,200, which was awarded in fiscal year 2022. Micronesian Legal Services Corp. received the lowest, $150,000—in fiscal year 2022.
The Commonwealth Cancer Association was awarded $400,000 in fiscal year 2021 and $84,600 in fiscal year 2022. The American Red Cross-NMI Chapter was awarded $350,000 in fiscal year 2021.
The Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc. was awarded $222,096 in fiscal year 2022; Saipan Cares for Animals got $300,000 in fiscal year 2022; Karidat got $323,830 in fiscal year 2022; the Center for Living Independently in the CNMI, $323,268, in fiscal year 2022; and CNMI Women’s Association, $200,000, in fiscal year 2022.
Of the nine awardees, only four—the Commonwealth Cancer Association, American Red Cross-NMI Chapter, Northern Marianas Protection & Advocacy Systems Inc., and Saipan Cares for Animals—received disbursement in the amount of $100,000 each.
Atalig said that, in accordance with the CNMI’s ARPA spending plan, non-profits were allocated $4 million in fiscal year 2021 and $6 million in fiscal year 2022, for a total of $10 million.
