Deadline: 31-Jan-2025
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is seeking applications for the Community Development Partnership Program to support economic diversification in local communities; contribute to the health, safety and development of a community; or improve the quality or quantity of services essential for the development of viable communities and economic growth.
CDPP grants are awarded twice a year for capital projects for volunteer fire departments, emergency responders, cities and counties, schools, libraries, civic groups, museums and other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. The projects must benefit or be available to an entire community and must improve the value of a capital asset by building, renovating or purchasing equipment.
Funding Information
- Twice a year, LCRA awards grants up to $50,000 for capital improvement projects that serve an entire community. Most grants are for $25,000 or less, but several grants of up to $50,000 are awarded every grant cycle. Over $1.5 million is awarded in CDPP grants every year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The CDPP provides grants to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, such as:
- Museums.
- Civic groups.
- Historical associations.
- Emergency responders.
- Volunteer fire departments.
- Cities, counties and economic development corporations.
- Special districts such as libraries, schools, hospitals, emergency services and municipal utilities.
- The proposed grant project must have a physical address located within LCRA’s service areas. Organizations in all or part of the following counties are eligible for CDPP grants: Aransas, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Callahan, Cameron, Coke, Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Concho, Coryell, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, DeWitt, Dimmit, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Fayette, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Harris, Hays, Hidalgo, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Llano, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, Midland, Mills, Nolan, Nueces, Pecos, Real, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Starr, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green, Travis, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Waller, Washington, Wharton, Williamson and Zavala.
- Requirements
- Projects must benefit or be available to an entire community.
- Projects should, at a minimum, have a 10-year useful life.
- Projects must be completed within 12 months of the date the grant is funded. Failure to complete the project on schedule or to abide by the terms of the agreement may result in LCRA requiring the recipient to return the grant.
- An applicant must not have received a CDPP grant within 24 months.
For more information, visit LCRA.