The City of Waco’s Neighborhood Grant Program assists neighborhood associations in Waco with beautification, identity, and community-based projects.
Donor Name: City of Waco
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/10/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The program is a matching grant program to further develop the working relationship between the neighborhoods and the City to improve the quality of life of the neighbors.
Project Ideas
- Neighborhood Events
- Neighborhood Organizing/Organizational Development/Capacity Building
- Neighborhood Preservation.
Funding Information
The Neighborhood Grant Program requires the neighborhoods to provide a 25 percent match contribution. The match can be in the form of cash, fundraising, or in-kind contributions, such as volunteer work or donated facilities, equipment, and services. For example, if a neighborhood association is awarded a $1,000 grant for a project, the neighborhood must contribute an additional $250 through their own funds, donations, or in-kind contributions.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects must:
- Support neighborhood goals
- Be highly visible and accessible to the public
- Provide a community benefit
- Enlist community participation and/or community support
- Result in an enhancement of the neighborhood
- Be feasibly completable within the given timeframe
- Have a plan and dedicated funding source for maintenance of the project (if applicable)
- Involve the benefiting neighborhood in project identification, planning, execution
- Be within Waco city limits.
Eligibility Criteria
Neighborhood associations must:
- Be in the City of Waco and included in the list of neighborhood associations
- Have by-laws governing the organization
- Have Certificate of Formation or Articles of Incorporation filed with the Texas Secretary of State and be in good standing (Check your status on the Texas Comptroller Website.)
- Have membership open to all those living within their boundaries (as per the bylaws)
- Have a Federal Tax Identification Number to complete IRS Form W-9
- Have a bank account in the name of the neighborhood association
- Submit the application by the deadline
- Agree to submit the required project progress reports and final report.
For more information, visit City of Waco.
