The Community Action Fund is a rolling fund used to support quick action, shovel-ready projects.
Donor Name: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
City: Salt Lake City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2024
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funds may support a neighborhood clean-up, alleyway project, or exterior home repair. Each project undergoes review to determine funding levels, with a maximum allocation of $500 per project. Eligible neighborhoods include Glendale, Poplar Grove, Fairpark, Rosepark, Westpointe, Jordan Meadows, Guadalupe, and Ballpark.
Project Outlines
- Neighborhood Clean-Up
- Clean-ups are typically organized around trails, riverbanks, or vacant lots.
- Love Your Block provides tools such as trash pickers, gloves, sharps containers, and other small tools.
- Funds can be used to purchase trash bags, volunteer refreshments, and waste disposal services.
- Alleyway Projects
- Supports initiatives aimed at cleaning up or activating these urban spaces.
- Love Your Block provides tools, including trash pickers, gloves, sharps containers, and other small tools.
- Funds can be used to purchase trash bags, volunteer refreshments, waste disposal services, weed barriers, mulch, paint, planters, and plants.
- Exterior Home Repairs
- Eligible repairs include exterior painting, minor repairs (fencing, railing, steps), basic landscaping (weed control), and outdoor storage removal.
- For exterior painting projects, funds can be used for paint, paint brushes/rollers, pressure washer rental, and related items.
- For minor repairs, funds cover caulk, concrete repair kits, guardrail replacement, fencing items, and related materials.
- Basic landscaping and outdoor storage removal projects can utilize funds for waste disposal services, soil, mulch, weed barriers, and other related items.
Evaluation Criteria
- Location selected must demonstrate need for improvement
- Ready to be rapidly implemented
- Volunteers have been recruited
- Obtained all necessary permits (if applicable).
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