The City of Corpus Christi receives annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for its Community Development Block Grant.
Donor Name: City of Corpus Christi
State: Texas
City: Corpus Christi
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The goal of the CDBG program is to meet one of the three National Objectives required by HUD:
- Benefit low- and moderate-income persons,
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or
- Meet community development needs having a particular urgency.
Grant Period
Starting October 1, 2025, and Ending September 30, 2026.
Funding Information
Amount requested Not to exceed $300,000.
Eligible Activities
All proposed activities must fall within one of the following objectives:
- Principally benefit low and very low-income persons
- Eliminate slums and blight, or
- Address urgent needs which pose a serious threat to the health or welfare of the community.
- AND fall within one of the following categories:
- Construction Projects
- Public Facilities and Improvements
- Clearance Activities.
- Rehabilitation and Preservation Activities.
- Owner Occupied Rehabilitation (Other than Emergency Repairs).
- Removal of Architectural Barriers
- Non-Construction Projects
- Housing Services.
- Construction Projects
Eligibility Criteria
CDBG Applicants must be:
- Non-Profit or For-Profit Organizations
- Demonstrate a track record of continuous, active, and relevant operation for at least three years. Applicants who received CDBG funds previously, past performance will be evaluated.
- Serve primarily low- to moderate- income residents of Corpus Christi serve a CDBG designated Area or serve another eligible activity.
- Have no Conflict of Interest with City of Corpus Christi employees, officials, board members or consultants. Disclosure of Interest must be submitted with the NOFA application.
- Is in compliance with Anti-Lobbying requirements, a Certification Regarding Lobbying must be submitted with the NOFA application.
- No individually funded CDBG agency will be eligible for future CDBG funding for a minimum of two years from the date of its last funding.
- Applicants that are not-for-profit organizations must provide evidence of current 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service and be in good standing with the Texas Secretary of State.
- Applicants must be current in all financial obligations with the City. The city will not fund an organization or agency with outstanding disallowed costs, defaulted loans, debarment actions or any other legal encumbrance, regardless of the merits of the submitted proposal.
- Applicant organization must certify it operates in a drug-free environment.
- Applicant organization must NOT be suspended or debarred as per General Services Administration (GSA) Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) in the System of Award Management (SAM) Program.
- Applicant to certify his/her organization is financially stable.
- Pre-Application must have been timely submitted.
- NOFA must be timely submitted, complete and signed by the Executive Director.
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