The 2025 Neighborhood Improvement Grant funds projects identified by neighborhood residents to improve quality of life for the whole neighborhood association.
Donor Name: City of Fort Wayne
State: Indiana
City: Fort Wayne
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Neighborhood Improvement Grant is designed to energize and improve the City’s neighborhoods by inviting eligible Associations to apply for a grant in the maximum amount of $5,000 to fund a Project located in the Association’s neighborhood.
Project Examples
- Placemaking
- Placemaking – park improvements/enhancements, playground equipment, vacant lot adoption/clean up, dog park equipment, benches, water fountains, pergolas/pavilions, and basketball court improvements.
- Transit Oriented Improvements
- Transit Oriented Improvements – traffic calming, transit stop beautification/benches, waste/recycling receptacles at transit stops, speed limit signage, and path and/or trail improvements.
- Landscaping
- Landscaping – community gardens, butterfly gardens, tree planting, native plants, rain gardens, hanging flower baskets, and decorative planters.
- Neighborhood Identification and Branding
- Neighborhood Identification/Branding –murals, decorative signal cabinets, birdhouses, neighborhood communication kiosks, outdoor lighting, historic district signage and plaques, beautification microgrants, house number signs, and neighborhood history/landmark signage.
Eligibility Criteria
Only Associations whose neighborhoods are located entirely within the City of Fort Wayne may submit Applications unless the Neighborhood Grants Manager waives the location requirement upon request of an Association.
For more information, visit City of Fort Wayne.
