The City of Fishers plans to spend $255,000 of the 2020 municipal budget supporting local nonprofit organizations.  The three-member Fishers City Council Nonprofit Committee, consisting of council members Pete Peterson, Cecilia Coble and the Chairman Todd Zimmerman, held a discussion Monday evening on how to support specific local organizations next year, based on funding requests submitted by local nonprofits.

Here are the committee’s recommendations for 2020 funding:

$65,250   Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program

$64,707    Youth Mentoring Initiative (YMI)

$15, 043   JANUS

$100,000  Conner Prairie

$10,000     HSE Schools Foundation

The committee had a lengthy discussion about the proposal from the HSE Schools Foundation, concerned the money requested was for alumni outreach and not programs impacting current students.  The committee provided less than the foundation requested as a result.

The spending proposal goes next to the City Council Finance Committee, and if approved there, goes to the full council for a final vote.