The City of East Lansing is seeking applications for its 2025 Community Development Block Grants.
Donor Name: City of East Lansing
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Most organizations receive between $5,000-$25,000, and no organization can apply for more than 3 separate projects for funding.
National Objectives
- Benefitting low- and moderate-income persons
- Preventing or eliminating slums or blight
- Meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.
There is a wide array of activities considered eligible for CDBG funding. Below are a few examples:
- Acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, or improving public facilities (neighborhood centers, sidewalks, public parks, etc.)
- Providing public services (e.g., organizations that provide childcare, health care, job training, services for senior citizens, etc.)
- Financing rehabilitation costs for low-to moderate-income households.
- Supporting the establishment and stabilization of local microenterprises (businesses with five or fewer employees, one or more of whom owns the business).
- Financing down payment assistance for low-to moderate income households.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
There are a variety of businesses, organizations, and other groups that are eligible to apply for CDBG funding through this application. Some examples include:
- City of East Lansing Departments who work with contractors to do public facilities/improvements such as sidewalk and park improvements.
- Public and private non-profit agencies that provide public services to low-to moderate income communities.
- Microenterprise business owners in East Lansing or individuals developing a microenterprise in East Lansing (microenterprises are businesses with five or fewer employees, one or more of whom owns the business).
For more information, visit City of East Lansing.
