Main Street America is partnering with T‑Mobile to help build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural communities.
Donor Name: Main Street America
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
T‑Mobile Hometown Grants is a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations who help small towns across America thrive and grow. Hometown Grants are given every quarter to up to 25 small towns. Apply for funding to support a community project of your choice, like revitalizing or repurposing a historic structure, creating a downtown asset or destination, or improving a space where friends and neighbors gather. Projects that add to a sense of place or could lead to further investment are of particular interest. We look forward to learning more about your town and your project.
Funding Information
With T‑Mobile’s Hometown Grant program, they’re investing big in small towns by awarding up to 100 towns a year with project funding — up to $50,000 each.
Eligible Uses
- Construction/installation supplies and materials
- Equipment
- Labor costs for construction/rehabilitation/installation/artist fees
- Artist’s supplies and fees associated with a community engagement design process (i.e. a mural or creative crosswalk informed by facilitated community discussions)
- Streetscape and/or indoor furniture for a community space
- Other physical items
- Special events or public space activation programming can only account for up to 10% or $5,000 of total grant amount
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant program is specifically open to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations and local government entities. If selected, the grant award must be managed and deployed by the nonprofit organization or government entity who applied for the grant.
- Grant funds may not be awarded to for-profit businesses, directly or indirectly via pass-through funding to for-profit businesses. Additionally, religious congregations arenot eligible for this grant program.
- Applicants must be located in small rural communities with a population of 50,000 people or less.
- Proposals must focus on a physical project benefiting the public.
- The applicant organization must own the site where the proposed project would be implemented OR provide a description/confirmation of adequate permissions to alter the site. If the applicant organization does not own the site, one of the letters of support must come from the owner of the site.
- Applicants may submit up to one (1) application per organization per grant cycle. Applicants may re-apply to subsequent grant cycles if they are not selected in an earlier round.
- Previous T‑Mobile Hometown Grant Program grantees are eligible to apply again for later grant cycles. Previous T‑Mobile Hometown Grant Program grantees must demonstrate successful completion of their prior grant project in their application.
For more information, visit Main Street America.
