2023/03/08 Council Agenda Packet

1. Grant Requirements. The ASPCA shall pay the Grant to the Grantee according to the following schedule: Payment ID Due at Amount Due 21217916 02/10/2022 $ 58,000 Payment is contingent upon ASPCA's receipt of the signed Agreement from Grantee. The ASPCA will not advance Grant payment until all required documents have been received and reviewed. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Grant shall be used exclusively for costs incurred directly in connection with the Project and as set forth in this Agreement, and that failure to do so will result in the Grantee having to return the Grant to the ASPCA within ten (10) days of the ASPCA's request to do so. Unless Grantee is expressly exempt from this requirement (e.g. as an agency or instrumentality of government), it shall meet the ASPCA Grantee Organizational Standards (the "Standards"), attached hereto as Schedule 1. If Grantee does not meet the standards by the Effective Date, the ASPCA may, in its sole discretion, grant additional time for the Grantee to come into compliance with the Standards. If additional time is granted, Grantee shall have 12-months or until the Expiration Date, whichever is sooner, to comply with the requirements and provide proof of compliance as a part of its required reporting. The Grantee agrees that at no time will any funds it receives from the ASPCA be used to attempt to influence the outcome of any selection, nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any public office or office of a political organization within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 527(e)(2), and shall furthermore not use any of the funds it receives from the ASPCA to participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office. For projects that include grant funds used to purchase food for a gathering of individuals, the Grantee will limit the use of ASPCA funds to purchase vegetarian, vegan, fish or welfare -certified meat products only. "Welfare -certified meat products" shall mean products that are from farms, obtained either directly or through another supplier (restaurant, retailer, etc.), that are certified by at least one of the following certification programs: (a) Animal Welfare Approved; (b) Certified Humane; and/or (c) Global Animal Partnership, Steps 2 and above. For more information about welfare -certified products or where to locate welfare -certified products, please visit http://www.aspca.org/take-action/help-farm- animals/finding-higher-welfare-products. Employees, volunteers or other associates of the Grantee whose food expenses are reimbursed or otherwise paid from ASPCA grant funds, including, but not limited to beneficiaries of travel stipends and scholarships, are strongly encouraged to choose higher -welfare meat products, fish, vegan or vegetarian food. Grant Reporting: 520 8th Avenue • 7'h Floor • New York, NY 10018 • grants @aspca.org Page 12