The City of Shreveport through its Department of Community Development has announced its 2025 Neighborhood Investment Program.
Donor Name: City of Shreveport
State: Louisiana
City: Shreveport
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
NIP offers small grants to neighborhood-based organizations located within the City limits of Shreveport to do projects that improve the appearance and quality of life in their neighborhoods.
Through this initiative, community/neighborhood-based organizations can be empowered to successfully improve and maintain their communities by collaboratively prioritizing needs and proposing needed improvements. The program encourages neighbors to work together to resolve problems, to improve and maintain their neighborhoods, while promoting a strong sense of community and building capacity among residents and leaders.
Funding Information
Grants may range from $3,500 to $7,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community/Neighborhood-Based Organizations
- Only community/neighborhood-based organizations are eligible to apply.
- What is a Community/Neighborhood-Based Organization?
- A community/neighborhood-based organization is an organization with a majority of its members residing or doing business in a commonly recognized neighborhood. It may be any wholly secular, or non-faith based, neighborhood association, civic organization or committee located within the city limits of Shreveport that has been formally organized for at least one year prior to the application date and has at least nine (9) active members who are residents of the neighborhood.
- Educational institutions and faith-based organizations may apply only in conjunction with a neighborhood-based organization. This does not include wholly secular organizations formed by faith-based organizations. Under this proposal, recipients are encouraged to do a joint project within its respective Council District.
- To be eligible for funding, certification must be provided that at least 75% of the general membership must is composed of residents in the neighborhood in which projects or services will be provided, and organizations must have held at least two (2) neighborhood meetings during the previous calendar year (2023).
- All of the above requirements must be validated by a credible written source. For more information, visit City of Shreveport Government.
For more information, visit City of Shreveport.
