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2025 Funding Resources

Regional Council Capital Fund Program

Empire State Development

$100k+ capital grants

Part of CFA rounds

Transportation Improvement Program

Federal Highway Administration

Varies by capital project

Multi-year capital program

New York State Council on the Arts Grants

NYSCA

$10k–$100k typical

Annual spring and summer

Environmental Protection Fund – Local Waterfront Revitalization Program

NYS Dept. of State

$250k–$2.5M typical

Annual CFA round

Knight Emerging City Champions

John S. & James L. Knight Foundation

$5k–$10k micro-grant plus fellowship

Opens April 2025; periodic

Community Placemaking Grants

Project for Public Spaces

$60k–$100k plus TA

Feb 21 and Oct 13, 2025

T-Mobile Hometown Grants

T-Mobile

Up to $50k

Quarterly

National Trust Preservation Funds

National Trust for Historic Preservation

$2.5k–$5k seed grants

Feb, Jun, Oct (3 rounds)

Farmers Market Promotion Program

USDA AMS (LAMP)

$50k–$500k by track; 25% match

Annual June deadline

Partners for Places

The Funders Network

$25k–$150k; 1:1 local match

Rounds include Sept deadline

AARP Community Challenge

AARP

$10k–$50k+ quick-action grants

Jan–Mar; annual

Public Humanities Projects

National Endowment for the Humanities

Up to $75k planning; up to $750k implementation

Sept deadline; annual

Grants for Arts Projects

National Endowment for the Arts

$10k–$100k; 1:1 match

July deadline; annual

Public Art Challenge

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Up to $1M

Open calls; periodic

Asphalt Art Initiative

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Grants to about 10 cities per round

Jan 31, 2025 deadline; periodic

Local Food Promotion Program

USDA AMS (LAMP)

$25k–$500k; 25% match

Annual June deadline

Downtown Revitalization Initiative

Empire State Development

$5–$10M per community

Competitive CFA rounds

Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning

Tompkins Center for History and Culture

110 North Tioga St.

Ithaca, NY 14850

info@christophersoncenter.org

© 2025 by Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning

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