FY 25 Community Project Funding
The final submission deadline has been announced for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Community Project Funding proposals. The deadline for submissions to Rep. Grijalva’s office is Saturday, April 27, 11:59 PM MST
To meet urgent needs of communities across the United States, the House Appropriations Committee has invited Members of Congress to request funding for projects in their communities. These requests are subject to strict transparency and accountability rules, which can be found HERE.
To ensure projects are a good use of taxpayer funds, the House Appropriations Committee has established a number of requirements. The Committee has banned for-profit recipients. Additionally, under the new FY25 guidance, non-profits are no longer eligible to apply under the Housing and Urban Development-Economic Development Initiative (HUD-EDI) account.
Under guidelines issued by the House Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in their community for FY 2025 – although only a handful may be funded. FY25 Member Request Guidance from the House Committee on Appropriations can be found here.
Requesting entities must ensure that projects are shovel ready. Further, all projects must demonstrate strong evidence of community support, which can include:
- Letters in support of the project from elected community leaders.
- Press articles highlighting the need for the requested Community Project Funding.
- Support from editorial boards of local newspapers.
- Documentation that projects are listed on state or local use plans, community development plans, or other publicly available planning documents, including State Improvement Plans or Metropolitan Improvement Plans, or
- Resolutions passed by city councils or school boards.
Below are the available accounts organizations may submit proposals to be considered for Community Project Funding for FY 25.
As your organization prepares their submission, be aware two letters of support are required to be uploaded. If selected, a fuller packet of community support is required.