KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Two Knox County Commissioners proposed changes to the requirements nonprofits have to meet before they can be awarded a grant by the County.
Commissioners Andy Fox and Angela Russell proposed 12 requirements any nonprofit, charitable or civic organization must comply with before receiving a grant from the county.
The requirements essentially give the county a full scope of the organization’s workings, from its finances to requiring a sworn statement saying the funds from the grant won’t go to anyone in the United States illegally…