The appointed Grants In Aid Advisory Commission this week submitted to the City Council a list recommending that 41 Oahu nonprofit agencies divvy up $5.1 million in grants.

The recommendations came from a list of 134 submittals, according to the report submitted to the Council on Tuesday. Of the 134 submittals, 14 were determined by the commission to be ineligible due to different reasons.

A City Charter amendment passed by the voters in 2012 requires that one half of 1 percent of city revenues be distributed to nonprofits and that the advisory commission be established to help the Council choose which groups should receive funding.

Those groups recommended to receive the largest grants are Hawaii Meals on Wheels ($364,095) and the Waikiki Health Center ($300,000).

Grant proposals were scored on a scale of 1 to 100, and the determination of which groups were recommended for the grants was based solely on their scores, said city spokesman Jesse Broder Van Dyke.

The cutoff point was 77.86 points, Broder Van Dyke said.

The seven-member commission, in making its recommendations, followed a stipulation in the amendment that requires each of the nine Council districts to receive at least $250,000. The commission recommended that Council District 1, from the Waianae Coast to Ewa Beach, receive the most — $1,026,843 — and that District 9, from Ewa to Mililani, receive the least — $276,296.

The list now is in the hands of the Council, which can change the priority of the list and determine the groups to which it ultimately wants to provide funding.

The Charter amendment gives no guidelines to the Council on what to do with the list. However, a stipulation in this year’s operating budget bill allows the Council to move groups up or down on the list, provided those groups meet the language of the amendment.

Grant funding for nonprofits became a firestorm of controversy during budget proceedings during the spring when six Council members, led by Chairman Ernie Martin, pushed through a budget that included $8 million in earmarks for specific nonprofits in addition to the $5.1 million required by the mandate.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell said the additional funding flew in the face of the Charter amendment that established a standardized application process for the nonprofits to apply for the dollars without political manipulation. The administration sent letters to those who would benefit from those earmarks, warning them they might not get funding and urging them to apply through the process involving the commission.

Broder Van Dyke said Wednesday that only four of the groups that Council members targeted to receive grants actually applied and that only one was recommended for receiving a grant. That group was Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, which the advisory panel recommended should receive $130,350.

Caldwell has said he likely will not release the earmarks placed in the budget by Council members.