Neighborhood Matching Grants
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This City program supports neighborhood projects that:
- Foster civic pride
- Enhance and beautify neighborhoods
- Expand citizen involvement
- Promote the interests of the Gresham community
Application timeline
The application period for this grant is currently closed. Please check back late spring/early summer 2024 for more information.
Completion reporting
To be considered for future grant funds, you must submit a completion report if you were awarded funds in the previous year:
Available funds
The City Council awards grant funds to City-recognized Neighborhood Associations.
- Funding available for 2023/24 Neighborhood Matching Grant Program requests is $10,000.
- A grant requires a 50% match.
- The funding request must be 50% or less of the total project budget.
- The matching amounts can be accomplished through direct donations of cash and/or products or materials or volunteer hours contributed to the project.
Grant guidelines
Neighborhood Associations criteria for applying:
- Applicants must be a recognized and active City Neighborhood Association.
- The funding area must be within the city limits and the boundary of the requesting neighborhood.
- Exceptions include joint neighborhood projects.
- The project must be nonprofit in nature.
- The project must have lasting or direct benefit to the neighborhood.
- The project should be distinctive to the neighborhood.
- The purpose must be within the City’s legal authority.
- The recipient must provide documentation to the City as proof of program expenditures and a completion report submitted with all receipts.
Contact us
For more information contact the Neighborhood Services office at NeighborhoodServices@GreshamOregon.gov.