Applications for 2024 have closed. 

Grant Purpose

Continuing Englewood’s vision of building strong and inclusive neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Resources Program invites neighborhood groups to submit grant proposals for the 2024 Neighborhood Improvement Grant. Neighborhood groups can apply for up to $3,000 for their neighborhood project. The most successful projects will activate gathering spaces and bring neighbors together. Projects will celebrate your neighborhood’s unique character, engage skills and knowledge from neighbors and improve quality of life for your neighbors. It will also:

• Establish central neighborhood gathering places that connect and help neighbors in happy times and in times of emergency
• Enhance community resilience by strengthening connections between neighbors
• Strengthen connections between neighbors
• Enhance neighborhood pride and identity
• Improve physical condition of a neighborhood

Grant Summary

• Neighborhoods can be granted up to $3,000 per grant
• 25% neighborhood match

Key Dates

• February 26 – Grant application opens
• April 8 – Grant applications due
• Week of May 13 – Grant recipients notified
• May 27 – Grant project begin
• December 2 – final grant report due

Project Ideas

• Creative placemaking, such as a neighborhood sponsored painted crosswalk, mural or sculpture
  Little free library, community sharing box or community message board
• Neighborhood alley clean up, where residents bring in dumpster to discard of trash and weeds in alley
• New trees in neighborhood communal space
• Host multi-cultural celebration
• Benches in public space

Grant Eligibility and Application Requirements

• Must submit budget form with application
• Grants are intended to implement new improvements to neighborhoods
• Projects must be located within the City of Englewood and cannot be on private property for the primary benefit of the homeowner
• Must have at least two residents who live in the neighborhood to serve as project coordinators
• All projects must include permission from the property owner or entity that is responsible for the maintenance of the project location
• Grants are not to be used for the purchase of land or to subsidize social, political or organizational memberships
• Grants are to benefit the neighborhood or Englewood community. The funds are not to be used to pay individuals, organizations or groups for their private benefit
• Grant projects must be publicly accessible
• Grants are not to be used for cash prizes, field trips or admissions
• Reimbursement for operational or maintenance costs, or salaries are not allowed expenses. Funds shall also not be used for motor vehicles, or any other electronic devices not required for the grant purpose (such as cell phones, ipads, etc.). Grants are intended for implementation activities (programs, structures, events or projects); planning efforts are not to be included.
• Projects must be completed and maintained by the neighborhood
• Completed grant budget form must be completed and emailed to mhinkfuss@englewoodco.gov prior to the April 17 application deadline

Grant Match

Applicants must provide a match equal to 25% of the amount requested as a Neighborhood Improvement Grant from the City of Englewood.

A minimum of 15% must be provided in the form of volunteer time from the residents that live in the neighborhood. Volunteer hours will be valued at $25 per hour. The other 10% can also be volunteer time, donated materials, donated services, monetary contributions or activities that improve the neighborhood group as a whole. Examples of this include setting up a neighborhood website or monthly newsletter, hosting a neighborhood social, organizing a neighborhood clean-up, etc.

Grant Process

• Applicants must complete the entire Neighborhood Improvement Grant Application
• All applicable permitting fees remain in effect. City permits are still required and are not waived as a part of the grant process. Fees for items including, but not limited to building permits, fence/wall permits, and sign permits must be submitted to the City of Englewood prior to construction/installation. Please keep this in mind when formulating your grant budget.
• Applications must include a maintenance plan to show how the project will continue beyond the funding period

Grant Reimbursement

• Grant funds must be spent by the end of the 2024 calendar year and expense receipts submitted to the Neighborhood Resources Coordinator by December 2, 2024. 

• Grant recipients will receive reimbursement for grant funds once receipts for allowed expenses have been provided  

• The Neighborhood Improvement Grant Evaluation Form must be submitted along with the reimbursement request in order to be eligible for reimbursement 

• Please reach out to Madeline Hinkfuss, Neighborhood Engagement Program Manager at mhinkfuss@englewoodco.gov or call 720.926.2154 with additional questions.  

All applications are reviewed by committee that will include a cross-departmental team of city staff. The review committee will consider the following factors when evaluating grant applications:

Questions

Please reach out to Madeline Hinkfuss, Neighborhood Resources Coordinator, at 720-926-2154 or email neighborhoods@englewoodco.gov.