Omaha Neighborhood Grants

The Omaha Neighborhood Grants program empowers local residents to lead impactful projects in their neighborhoods. By fostering collaboration and providing training, it enhances community engagement and strengthens connections with the City of Omaha. The program supports neighborhood associations within city limits, encouraging shared priorities and leadership development. With no matching funds required, it aims to improve safety, beautification, and organization while ensuring that neighborhood voices are heard in municipal processes.

Strengthening Omaha by engaging residents on neighborhood-led projects
The Omaha Neighborhood Grants program supports community leaders doing impactful work in their own neighborhoods; it’s about supporting residents who are making a difference right where they live and empowering neighbors to work together.
By connecting and empowering resident-led organizations and providing technical assistance and training, the Omaha Neighborhood Grants program takes a grassroots approach to addressing local priorities.
Funding decisions are made by a diverse committee of residents representing neighborhoods across Omaha. Precious McKesson, president of the North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance, serves as the chair for the 5-person committee.
Goals of the program include:
To promote conversation and collaboration between neighbors as a means of developing shared priorities, and increasing neighborhood growth and engagement.To develop leadership skills of neighborhood residents, including consensus-building, communications, project planning, fundraising, and teamwork.To provide enhanced safety, beautification, organization, and/or social benefits to neighborhoods.To strengthen relationships with the City of Omaha and/or related municipal agencies by ensuring that neighborhood associations are working in tandem with city agencies and in accordance with standard permit and approval processes.

Eligibility

Neighborhood associations/groups must belocated within city limits of Omaha, NE; AND listed in the City of Omaha’s Neighborhood Directory.Applicants are not required to have a 501(c)(3) designation with the IRS.There is No Match Required for this program!

Ineligibility

The Omaha Community Foundation does not make grants in support of individuals, for political campaigns or lobbying efforts, for new small businesses established for personal gain or profit, to support annual fund drives, capital campaigns, to fund an agency’s deficit or endowment, or for the direct support of religious activities.Secular activities provided by religious organizations may be eligible for grant funds.