Elk Grove Police Activities League Loses Major Grant Funding

For the first time in several years, the Elk Grove Police Activities League (EGPAL) has not received a Community Services Grant (CSG) from the City of Elk Grove. The decision to deny EGPAL's $46,000 grant request was made at last Wednesday night's Elk Grove City Council meeting.

The matter was brought up by Elk Grove Vice Mayor Pat Hume during the council's deliberations over which grant requests to award. Funding for CSG's and Community Block Development Grants comes from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development grants are meant to respectively help fund local community social services programs and infrastructure projects.

"I noticed the [EG]PAL has zero funding attributed to it this year," Hume said. "Is there a desire from the council to see some of the money be funded that way. I don't want to do the work of where it might come from if there's not enough consensus."

Replying immediately was Elk Grove Mayor Gary Davis who said "Unfortunately, no."

For the fiscals year 2015 and 2014, EGPAL received $43,000 and $46,000 respectively in CSG's from the city. An examination of their most recent filing with the IRS shows the group had $128,466 in revenue from various sources, expenses listed as salaries, other compensation and employee benefits totaling $65,499, and $7,269 for professional fees and other payments to independent contractors.  

The filings also show the group paid executive director Kendra Lewis $36,665 in 2012 and $10,500 in 2011.

"With the current background with everything that is going on, I think we need to be cautious with them," Elk Grove City Council Member Steve Detrick said.

EGPAL is non-government organization and is not associated with the Elk Grove Police Department or the City of Elk Grove.