Community groups that protested against a cut to City of Winnipeg grants earlier this summer won a victory as the mayor's inner circle voted to restore $2.1 million to the program. 

The Tuesday vote was originally set for June 27, but was delayed by the executive policy committee after dozens of groups rallied outside city hall to call on council to reverse a plan to cut its community grants fund from $3.4 million to $1.3 million.

City officials had also planned to prohibit grant recipients from …