The Montgomery County Solid Waste District, a division of Montgomery County Environmental Services, is now accepting applications for the 2024 Beautification Grant.
Donor Name: Montgomery County Solid Waste District
State: Ohio
County: Montgomery County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Keep Montgomery County Beautiful promotes and empowers individuals, businesses, and communities to improve the environment in Montgomery County, Ohio through litter prevention, beautification, and neighborhood cleanups. Keep Montgomery County Beautiful is a program of the Montgomery County Solid Waste District.
Funding Information
$20,000 available for 2024. Funding decisions are made by the Beautification Subcommittee of the Keep Montgomery County Beautiful Board, based upon rating criteria. Award announcements will be made in April.
- Maximum funding per grant is $1,000.
- Maximum of one grant award per organization.
- Partial funding may be approved.
- No monetary match is required.
Eligibility Criteria
Funds are available on a competitive basis within Montgomery County (see list of eligible groups below). Funding can be used to:
- Purchase plants/bulbs: shrubs, trees, perennials (once planted, perennials grow back every year) and annuals (die after one season). Requests for potting soil and/or compost, if accompanying plant purchases, will be considered. Native plants, perennials, and drought-tolerant plants are preferred.
- Purchase community garden materials: flower/vegetable beds, vegetable seeds, soil, mulch, fertilizer.
- Purchase materials for graffiti abatement: Paint and painting supplies (brushes, rollers, pans, etc.)
The following are not eligible for grant funds:
- Projects completed on private residential property
- Installation Fees
- Hand or power tools
- Lumber, hardware, landscape structures (e.g., Gazebo, shed, etc.)
The beautification grant review committee is responsible for determining the eligibility of all requested items.
Eligible groups include:
- Community Pride Cleanup Supply Trailer groups
- Groups posting projects on the United Way’s Volunteer Connection website. The project posted on the website must be the same project for which you use the grant.
- Day of Action/Make a Difference Day/ Global Youth Service Day groups through the United Way (this includes corporate volunteers)
- 501(c)3s
- Montgomery County Solid Waste District Grant Recipients (MCSWD). KMCB Grant must be used to enhance the previous grant received from MCSWD. An example would be plants purchased through this grant are placed into recycled content planters or used in recycled content raised beds purchased from a Montgomery County grant.
For more information, visit MCSWD.
