Apply for Congressional Grant Funding for Local Community Projects Today
Now Accepting Applications: Up To 15 Public, Non-Profit Projects Can Be Submitted to House Appropriations Committee
Click here to view and submit the 2025 Community Project Request Form for Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Deadline to Apply is Friday, April 5th
Editor’s note: The page at hud.gov describes this process in a little more detail in their FAQ section:
“What are Economic Development Initiative – Community Project Funding (CPF) grants?
CPF grants are selected through a congressionally-directed application process. HUD does not facilitate the grant application process.
CPF grants provide investment in a wide variety of projects such as housing, homelessness prevention, workforce training, public facilities, parks, resilience planning and other critical infrastructure and services”
WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which funds federal agencies and programs—announced the start of a new cycle of community project funding for state and local entities to receive direct federal funding through the Appropriations process.
Community Project Funding allows Members of Congress to direct congressional funding to their districts to help address the needs of the community. This funding is critical to helping support the administrative and operational functions of eligible groups in the district.
Eligible entities that can apply for funding include state or local governmental entities and certain eligible non-profit organizations. All for-profit groups and entities are ineligible. Eligible projects are broken down by each spending bill.
Click here to view and submit the 2025 Community Project Request Form for Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13).
“I am excited to announce the opening of community project grant funding. It is now accepting applications from New York state and local governments, and non-profit organizations, to request Community Project Funding in the upcoming annual federal spending bills,” said Rep. Espaillat. “Each year, this process assists my office in identifying local projects from around my district which need federal funding and support in order to continue their work to assist constituents. I look forward to collaborating with each of the local groups to help identify projects and next steps to ensure this process and funding opportunity is available to all eligible organizations throughout my district.”
A copy of the guidance can be found here.
Eligible organizations are encouraged to call the Office of Congressman Adriano Espaillat at 202-225-4365 should groups have questions regarding this funding cycle’s process and other updates.
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Congressman Adriano Espaillat
Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/ .