The Provo Municipal Council created the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program to allow citizens a proactive approach to the development of their communities. The Municipal Council allocated funds to allow neighborhood-based groups and organizations to propose projects which will benefit the neighborhood communities. The program is designed to enable these neighborhood groups to accomplish neighborhood development projects which may not have transpired due to lack of funding.

The primary purpose of the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program is to provide opportunities for neighbors to meet each other, work together and build stronger relationships while providing a benefit to the nieghborhood. Neighborhood Chairs hold neighborhood meetings to discuss and create neighborhood goals and projects. The Neighborhood Matching Grant Program is a tool neighborhoods can use to ensure being a Healthy Neighborhoods.

Under this program, the City supplies the cash for a neighborhood project and the neighborhood matches the City’s contribution with local resources of volunteer labor, donated materials, professional services and cash too! The matching grant fund is designed for projects which are creative, benefit the neighborhood, inspire greater community involvement, and can be completed in less than 12 months.

No project can seek a Matching Fund award of greater than $5,000, unless it is a joint neighborhood project where an equal match would be required. Generally, only one application per neighborhood will be considered. However, on years when the total amount of funding is not applied for, more than one application from a given neighborhood may be considered at the final funding disbursement. We have prepared a general information and application packet that you can download in PDF format (Acrobat Reader required). 

2011-12 Matching Grant Application

For more information, please feel free to contact Louise Jorgensen Neighborhood Chair Coordinator, at (801) 852-6122 or email at ljorgensen@provo.utah.gov