Love Your Block empowers residents by providing small grants to support volunteer-driven solutions created by the community.
Donor Name: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
City: Salt Lake City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Whether turning vacant lots into community gardens, installing new art, activating alleyways or improving deteriorating spaces, Salt Lakers are making their neighborhoods, and Salt Lake City, a better place to live.
Love Your Block mini-grants support neighborhood improvement through funds and coaching to residents, businesses, and organizations. Selected projects aim to enhance deteriorating spaces, address neighborhood concerns, or boost local pride. Eligible neighborhoods include Glendale, Poplar Grove, Fairpark, Rosepark, Westpointe, Jordan Meadows, Guadalupe, and Ballpark.
Funding Information
Love Your Block offers mini-Grants, providing up to $2,000.
Grant Period
August 2025 – November 2025.
Uses of Funds
- Gallons of paint, brushes, rollers, trays, etc.
- Planting material
- Lumber
- Tools
- Volunteer food and beverage.
Project Examples
- Public Art
- Vacant Lot/Alleyway Activation
- Playground Repairs
- Community Tool Sheds
- Tree or Flower Plantings
- Basic Exterior Home Repairs (Painting & Landscaping)
- Placemaking
- They encourage applicants to be creative in thinking of ways to revitalize their neighborhoods!
Eligibility Criteria
- Project located in eligible neighborhood (Rose Park, Poplar Grove, Glendale, Jordan Meadows, Westpointe, Fairpark, Guadalupe, and Ballpark)
- Be led by resident, business or organization who resides within the eligible neighborhoods
- Host a community workday, where grantees engage volunteers from the local neighborhood to assist with implementing project
- Usage of funds must abide by Love Your Block Spending Guidelines
- Attend an orientation session.
For more information, visit LYB.
