The Arkansas Community Assistance Grant Program (CAGP) provides grant funds to cities, counties, and non-profit organizations of the State of Arkansas for eligible community and economic development projects and eligible non-profit organization projects.
Donor Name: Arkansas Economic Development Commission
State: Arkansas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | In-Kind
Deadline: 07/31/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
- The amount of funding available to any one project in any state fiscal year shall not exceed $1,500,000
- The applicant must be able to match its grant award with cash, in-kind labor, in-kind materials, or in-kind land at a flexible 20% rate.
Eligible Projects
- Projects eligible for funding consideration include, but are not limited to:
- Renovations, new construction, new equipment, or additions to publicly owned buildings such as health care facilities, childcare facilities, community centers, senior or youth centers, libraries, museums, emergency shelters, recycling centers, etc
- Renovations, new construction, new equipment, or additions to municipal buildings such as courthouses or courthouse annexes, city halls, police stations, fire stations, sheriff’s offices, county fairs and city or county jails
- Renovations, new construction, new equipment, or additions to parks and other publicly owned recreational facilities such as baseball and softball fields, landscape and/or beautification projects, park and picnic areas, jogging and walking trails, etc
- Purchase of a new building or land for related project
- Construction, renovation or general improvements of public riding facilities or public rodeos
- Training expenses related to workforce development
- Projects eligible for non-profit organization projects include, but are not limited to:
- Renovations, improvement, upgrading, retrofitting, rehabilitation, or additions to owned or leased property of the applicant
- Routine repair or maintenance
- New construction
- Purchase of a new building or land related to project
- Purchase of new equipment
- General operations including supplies, utilities, training travel and other personnel related expenses.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants:
- Cities
- Incorporated towns
- Unincorporated communities
- Counties
- Non-profit organizations
- Other governmental entities of the State of Arkansas.
For more information, visit AEDC.
