Neighborhood Matching Grants

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

Thank you to the neighborhoods for your grant submissions. The application period is now closed. The next grant cycle will open in late spring 2025. 

Completion reporting

To be considered for future grant funds, you must submit a completion report if you were awarded funds in the previous year:

• Online completion report
• PDF completion report

Available funds

The City Council awards grant funds to City-recognized Neighborhood Associations. 

• Funding available for 2024-25 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.