Love Your Block mini-grants support neighborhood improvement through funds and coaching to residents, businesses, and organizations.
Donor Name: Love Your Block
State: Utah
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Love Your Block grant funds are designated for direct project support. The proposed projects should be clear, well-considered, and address vital community concerns, fostering stronger communities through collaborative efforts.
Selected projects aim to enhance deteriorating spaces, address neighborhood concerns, or boost local pride.
Uses of Funds
Eligible use of funds includes but is not limited to:
- Exterior home repairs (e.g. exterior painting, railing repair, stair repair, etc.)
- Planting materials (e.g. soil, trees, flowers, mulch, etc.)
- Vacant lot cleanup
- Roll off dumpster rental
- Litter removal; cleaning up illegal dumping
- Murals
- Pedestrian accommodations (e.g. traffic calming, crosswalk painting, etc.)
- Crime prevention through environmental design interventions
- Volunteer refreshments.
Requirements
- Occur in eligible neighborhoods (Rose Park, Poplar Grove, Glendale, Jordan Meadows, Westpointe, Fairpark, Guadalupe, and Ballpark)
- Be led by resident, business or organization who resides within the eligible neighborhoods
- Host a community workday where grantees engage volunteers from the local neighborhood to help implement the project. A minimum of five volunteers is required. Common volunteer activities include trash cleanup, painting, landscaping, and other hands-on tasks.
Evaluation Criteria
The Love Your Block (LYB) team will consider the strength of the application based on the following:
- Community Impact & Sustainability: This is a critical factor in the competitiveness of an application. The LYB team is seeking to partner with residents to revitalize and strengthen SLC neighborhoods over several years. A strong grant application will indicate future plans for how neighbors will improve their physical and social blocks. It is a key component of the sustainability plan to include how the property owner(s) and residents will be involved and how the project will benefit the community.
- Community Participation: Groups that demonstrate how they will work together and assist each other in their block improvements are more competitive. It is encouraged to recruit neighborhood volunteers to help assist with the improvements. Volunteers are an essential part of these projects; therefore, it is very important that applicants consider having volunteers when applying.
- Deteriorating Space and Vacant Land Improvements: Applications that propose improvements on spaces that are neglected to turn them into something great are strongly encouraged.
- Clustered Properties: Applications that call for property improvements that take place in a concentrated area are more likely to be funded than applications where houses are separated by great distances. They encourage applicants to speak to their neighbors and/or community partners to discuss applying together, if possible.
For more information, visit Love Your Block.
