The Neighborhood Empowerment Grant supports programs that increase community engagement, build neighborhood identity, and improve quality of life in Kansas City neighborhoods.
Donor Name: Kansas City
State: Missouri
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/22/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Priorities
The Neighborhood Empowerment Grant prioritizes the following areas:
- Community Engagement: Promotes active participation of residents in neighborhood initiatives and activities that recruit volunteers, increase membership, and strengthen outreach efforts.
- Neighborhood Identity: Supports work that celebrates each neighborhood’s unique identity and culture, including branding, website creation, signage, and events.
- Public Safety: Implements projects and programs that reinforce community safety, such as blight remediation, animal safety, traffic calming, and public space illumination.
- Quality of Life: Facilitates necessary repairs and upgrades to improve overall well-being, including projects around green spaces, minor home repair, and beautification efforts.
- Crime Reduction: Supports community-led efforts to reduce violence and other crimes through camera technology, neighborhood watch programming, graffiti abatement, mural installation, and stakeholder task forces.
- Neighborhood Investment: Encourages neighborhood investment and development both internally and externally, including capacity building for neighborhood leaders, vacant land activation, and master plan creation.
- Code Violation Remediation: Implements measures to reduce code violations, such as home repairs, tree/brush trimming, hazardous waste disposal, and trash removal.
- Youth Programs: Focuses on leadership, education, and engagement programs that help youth stay active, build confidence, and achieve their full potential. Includes year-round and summer youth programs.
Funding Information
Awards Up to $5,000.
Grant Period
Empowerment Grant will start in June, and all grant activity must be completed by April 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant organizations must be nonprofit Neighborhood or Home Associations that are registered with the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri.
Ineligibility
They cannot fund projects if they:
- Require City permits for infrastructure projects
- Support or promote political parties, candidates, or political office holders
- Request funds to cover operating costs that are currently funded by other dollars (supplanting)
- Benefit other cities or regions
- Are submitted by Neighborhood or Homes Associations that are not actively meeting and/or do not have a governing body
- Are submitted by individual residents applying outside of their neighborhood organization.
For more information, visit Kansas City.
