Omaha Neighborhood Grants

Nontraditional Participatory grantmaking

A twelve-member committee of residents from across Omaha decides these grants to neighborhood associations, averaging about $2,500 from an annual pool of up to $80,000, with an explicit aim of building resident leadership skills.

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No fixed award range is published; the page states an average award of about $2,500 and up to $80,000 distributed annually across the program.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, Feb, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications run January 1 to March 1 (11:59 p.m.) each year, with awards announced by email in May and projects completed within the award year. The 2026 window has closed.

Who can apply

Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Only neighborhood associations or groups inside Omaha city limits and listed in the City of Omaha's Neighborhood Directory may apply. 501(c)(3) status is not required. Individuals cannot apply, and neither can a university — a researcher would have to work through a listed neighborhood association.

SSWR clusters

Topics

neighborhood associations · resident leadership · consensus building · project planning

Apply at

https://omahafoundation.org/nonprofits/community-interest-funds/omaha-neighborhood-grants/

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Omaha Neighborhood Grants

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