The City of Arlington is accepting applications for its 2024 Neighborhood Matching Grant Program to provide financial assistance for neighborhoods to complete neighborhood projects.
Donor Name: City of Arlington
State: Texas
City: Arlington
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $25,000
Details:
The City of Arlington anticipates allocating $150,000 for neighborhoods to complete projects that beautify and enhance the public spaces in the neighborhoods. Your neighborhood project is eligible if it:
- Serves a public purpose/benefit.
- Builds neighborhood cooperation and involve a significant number of neighbors.
- Promotes the Champion Great Neighborhoods initiative.
- Has a detailed budget reflecting accurate project costs and match sources.
- Has a detailed and achievable timeline including a plan for long-term maintenance.
- Meets the minimum requirement for neighborhood support based on the size of your neighborhood.
- Meets applicable codes and has identified necessary permits.
The Neighborhood Matching Grant Program is a matching grant, which means that you and your neighborhood have to put some investment into your neighborhood too. The match requirement can be met with cash, in-kind donations, and volunteer hours.
Funding Levels
- Any Neighborhood Group: $10,000
- Neighborhood Group registered as an HOA or non-profit with the State of Texas: $25,000
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must meet a public purpose and benefit a neighborhood. Eligible project types include (but are not limited to):
- Community Capacity Building
- IRS 501(c)3 designation application
- Permanent communication/outreach tools
- Historic preservation projects
- Public art
- Beautification
- Community gardens
- Drip irrigation systems for approved landscaping projects
- Landscaping
- Landscaping to screen fencing along arterial streets (Corridor Beautification)
- Park development/improvement
- Natural Preservation
- Native plant restoration
- Planting along creeks to create a buffer for water
- Recycling/composting programs
- Physical Improvements
- Benches
- Bicycle racks
- Fencing
- Planters
- Playgrounds
- Streetscape improvements
- Traffic calming (speed humps, etc)
- Signage
- Neighborhood entrance signs
- Street sign toppers.
Eligibility Criteria
Groups eligible to apply for the neighborhood matching grant must (at minimum):
- Have a separate bank account for their neighborhood, in the neighborhood’s name
- Have an Employer Identification Number (EIN) issued by the IRS, in the neighborhood’s name
- Allow membership in the organization to all households within the neighborhood
Ineligible Projects
Generally, projects that only benefit an individual or restricted group of people are ineligible for funding. Ineligible projects and expenses include:
- Projects inside a gated community or private community amenities (example: pools, club houses, etc.)
- Projects that only benefit individual property owner(s)
- Purchase of equipment for other City programs
- Projects that fund a current or ongoing activity
- Requests to replace current funding being received
- Projects that do not have support of the neighborhood
- Projects that conflict with City improvements or do not comply with local, state, or federal law
- Expenditures (including volunteer hours) incurred prior to award of grant funds
- Projects that fix a self-imposed code violation
- Educational/social services
- Salaries or operating expenses
- Fencing not along arterials, not in complete sections, or not meeting Unified Development Code (UDC) requirements
- Plants not on Arlington’s Approved Plant List
- Public improvements including streetlights, sidewalks, etc.
- Water or erosion control projects including lakes, streams, creeks, or other bodies of water
For more information, visit City of Arlington.
