The City of Jackson is excited to announce the launch of the 2025 Neighborhood Improvement Project Grant, offered through Neighborhood Services’ Love Your Block program.
Donor Name: City of Jackson
State: Tennessee
City: Jackson
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Love Your Block program is currently accepting proposals from businesses, non-profits, churches, high schools, colleges, and community groups for Neighborhood Improvement Projects. Successful proposals will include projects that will accomplish one or more of the following:
- Activate underutilized spaces
- Create community meeting and recreation spaces
- Beautify residential or commercial areas with public art
- Support neighborhood relationship building
- Celebrate culture and heritage
- Encourage volunteerism and community engagement.
Funding Information
Grantee teams will be awarded grants up to $5,000 to support their projects. The grant categories are as follows: four grants of up to $1,000, two grants of up to $2,500, and two grants of up to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be located within the boundaries of city limits.
- City of Jackson Departments, employees, or immediate family members of employees are not eligible to apply.
- Project budgets must not exceed amount granted unless outside or matching funds have been secured by the project team at the time of application.
- Applicants must be representing a business, organization, high school, college or community group.
- Projects must benefit the entire surrounding neighborhood.
- Projects, once completed, must be accessible and open to anyone from the community.
- Projects must be able to be maintained by the applicant once completed if applicable.
- One-time projects must be completed by April 1, 2026. If your organization is applying for a project that will be a series of events or something similar, or if additional time is needed for a successful project, please let the LYB team know in your application. If the project is a mural, the deadline is May 15, 2026.
- Events held for the public as projects must be free to attend. Any road closures needed will need to be approved through the City engineering department at least one month in advance, and security must be present at any events with street closures.
For more information, visit City of Jackson.
