The Community Festival Program Grant provides financial assistance to community groups so they may launch and develop an annual event to bring together their community and foster togetherness.
Donor Name: The City of Pittsburgh
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 04/13/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Festival Program (CFP) has provided funding to help communities introduce and maintain neighborhood-focused festivals for over 40 years. The festival season is from June 1 to October 31, annually. This grant is not affiliated with any other city grant program.
To qualify for this grant, non-profits must have been in existence for 3 years, offer a community event without conditional entry (ticket fees, donations, etc.), and should be a one-day event. New events are highly encouraged to apply.
Funding Information
All approved grant applications receive up to $1,000.00 in reimbursed funds.
Items that are reimbursable include, but are not limited to:
- Tent, table, chair, and stage rentals (including heavy equipment rentals from Public Works)
- Port-o-john rentals
- Performer and/or entertainment payments (band, magician, DJ, etc.)
- Audio-visual rentals.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, your organization and event must meet all of the following criteria:
- Applicant must be a non-profit, tax-exempt, Pittsburgh community-based organization
- The organization must have been in existence for at least three years
- The festival must be free and open to the public (festival cannot charge admission or otherwise condition entry to the event), and to the benefit of the community at large
- The festival may take place over more than one day, however, in alignment with program goals, priority will be focused on one-day events.
For more information, visit City of Pittsburgh.
