The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus is proud to partner with ComEd to administer the Powering Safe Communities program.
Donor Name: Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
State: Illinois
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 03/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Powering Safe Communities program will continue to provide grants of up to $10,000 for local public safety and electrification projects. Recognizing that electrification can reduce carbon emissions, improve public health outcomes, and advance community resiliency, there will be a special focus on electrification projects this year. All grants are awarded on a reimbursement basis.
Goals
The Powering Safe Communities grant program seeks to:
- Enhance the quality of life in cities, villages, and towns in the ComEd service area and among Metropolitan Mayors Caucus member communities;
- Enable local governments to provide for the health and safety of their residents and visitors.
- Address unmet public safety needs.
- Advance local sustainability.
- Demonstrate innovation, professionalism, and cost-effective strategies.
- Build community resiliency and enhance preparedness.
- Improve public health outcomes.
- Provide access to electric vehicle charging station(s), electric vehicle infrastructure, and electric vehicles.
- Improve public safety relative to the use and distribution of electricity.
Eligible Activities
The purchase of goods or services that enhance the applicant’s ability to achieve the Goals in section A described above, are eligible costs. These include but are not limited to:
- Public Safety Equipment
- Equipment that enhances the safety of the general public including traffic and pedestrian safety, communications, monitoring, protective and other equipment.
- Emergency Response Equipment and Supplies
- Equipment that enhances the ability of first responders to provide for the safety and welfare of the general or targeted populations including specialized emergency response, emergency transport, communications, and other essential emergency equipment; and specialty emergency response supplies not otherwise available.
- Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency
- Equipment and supplies that improve the ability of the community to prevent and respond to disasters and mitigate resulting threats.
- Public Safety Programs and Plans
- Public education and engagement programs that prepare residents for disaster, reduce threats to vulnerable populations, and foster cooperation and collaboration to improve the long-term safety of the community; training resources and programs for government officials that improve skills, and other programs that meet the Powering Safe Communities grant program goals; and public safety plans that optimize a local government’s ability to deliver services.
- Electrification Projects (Special Focus area)
- Electrification is the use of electric energy efficient technologies as alternatives to fossil fuels or nonenergized processes. Electrification projects that improve public health outcomes, provide for cleaner transportation options, and conserve the usage of energy are eligible. Examples of electrification projects include, but are not limited to:
- Electric vehicle charging station(s)
- Electric vehicle purchase.
- Electrification is the use of electric energy efficient technologies as alternatives to fossil fuels or nonenergized processes. Electrification projects that improve public health outcomes, provide for cleaner transportation options, and conserve the usage of energy are eligible. Examples of electrification projects include, but are not limited to:
Eligibility Criteria
- Municipalities, townships, counties, and other local governments that provide for the safety of the public within ComEd’s service area in the following counties are eligible to apply: Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall, McHenry, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford.
- Not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply if they partner with at least one municipality.
- 2024 and 2025 Powering Safe Communities grant recipients are ineligible. However, previous Powering Safe Communities grantees from 2015-2023 are eligible. Applicants must be in good standing with ComEd related to provision of utilities.
For more information, visit MMC.
