The BeautifySJ Grant Program provides funds for neighborhood clean-up efforts, beautification projects and neighborhood engagement opportunities in San José.
Donor Name: City of San Jose
State: California
City: San Jose
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Eligible Groups
- Neighborhood Associations: Eligible to receive up to $5,000 in grant funding.
- An established formal group of residents living within the same neighborhood, working to improve the neighborhood. This does not include business owners, District Leadership Groups or people who work in the area that do not live in the neighborhood.
- Emerging Neighborhood: Eligible to receive up to $5,000 in grant funding.
- A group of volunteers, that aren’t an established Neighborhood Association yet, who are working to improve the neighborhood they live in. This does not include businesses or people who work in the area that do not live in the neighborhood
- Property Owner/Tenant Association: Eligible to receive up to $5,000 in grant funding.
- A group that works closely with the tenants of the properties by including them in meetings and project planning working to improve the neighborhood. Qualifying grants will fund items and activities that build community cohesion; it will NOT fund items that are the owner’s responsibility, such as physical improvements.
- District Leadership Groups: Eligible to receive up to $2,500 in grant funding.
- An established formal group of Neighborhood Association leaders living within a Council District in the City of San José. District Leadership Group’s goal is to support individual residents, emerging groups, and neighborhood associations by providing capacity building activities to strengthen neighborhood engagement, civic participation, and leadership within the neighborhoods.
- Community Partner Groups: Eligible to receive up to $1,500 in grant funding.
- A community group or partner that operates to improve neighborhoods and involves residents living in the neighborhood where projects is being proposed. Such groups include, but are not limited to, non-profit agencies, churches, schools, Adopt-a-Park, Adopt-a-Trail, and Adopt-a-Street, or “Friends of a Park” type groups.
Grant Period
Cycle 7 term begins April 1, 2025 and ends March 31, 2026.
Eligible Projects
- Neighborhood Associations/ Emerging Neighborhood/ Property Owner/Tenant Association
- Category 1: Beautification Projects
- Category 2: Neighborhood Quality of Life or Organization Building Events/Projects
- District Leadership Groups
- Category 2: Neighborhood Quality of Life or Organization Building Events/Projects
- Category 3: Support & Capacity Building Events/Activities
- Community Partner Groups
- Category 1: Beautification Projects
Entry Criteria
Eligible groups must:
- Live in or be residents within the City of San José.
- Operate free of charge.
For more information, visit City of San Jose.
