2026 Neighborhood Grants

Neighborhood Grants provide funds to build organizational capacity, beautify public places, and create community gathering places. These grants help improve quality of life in neighborhoods, and across the city. The Planning Division expects that the Common Council will award grants totaling approximately $25,000 in 2026.

Prepare Your Project

1. Meet with your neighborhood to plan a project and share this idea with your alder. Visit the Common Council webpage to find your alder and their contact information.
2. Read the Grant Guidelines: English, Spanish, Hmong, or Chinese.
3. Email Linda Horvath and Angela Puerta at neighborhoods@cityofmadison.com to discuss your group’s eligibility and project idea, or to ask questions.
4. You can still apply if you were unable to talk with staff if your proposal is eligible. See the Grant Guidelines.

Attend the Optional Hybrid Workshop on January 14, 5:30 p.m.

1. Register for the virtual option.
2. Join us at the Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Conference Room 151.

Apply

There are three ways to apply. Applications are due by February 10, 4:30 p.m.

1. Online Application Form
2. Fill out the PDF application at the end of the Guidelines linked above.
3. Video Applications:
   - Answer all application questions (see PDFs above)
   - Video must be no longer than 10 minutes
   - Post your video to YouTube and email the link to neighborhoods@cityofmadison.com.

Take a look below at what other neighborhoods have done. What will you do?