AUSTIN – The Lower Colorado River Authority is offering grants of up to $50,000 to sup- port first responders and improve local community centers, museums, parks and more.
LCRA awards Community Development Partnership Program grants for community projects twice a year to nonprofits such as volunteer fire depart ments, emergency responders, local governments, schools, libraries, civic groups, museums and other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. The grants are not available to individuals, for-profit entities, professional associations, social service projects or limited-use facilities.
Applications for the next round of grants will be available online at lcra.org/cdpp in July and must be submitted by midnight July 31. Most grants are for $25,000 or less, but several grants of up to $50,000 are awarded every grant cycle.
Applicants requesting more than $5,000 in grant funding must supply matching funds of at least 20 percent of the total project cost. The projects must benefit or be available to an en tire community and improve the value of a capital asset through building, renovating or purchasing equipment.
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.
In the most recent round of grants in spring 2023, LCRA awarded almost $815,000 in grants to 34 projects, which in cluded new emergency gear for first responders; improvements to parks, museums and community centers; and new ball field lights.
Visit lcra.org/cdpp for eligibility requirements. The online application is now available on the webpage. For more information, email [email protected] or call 800-776-5272, ext. 3140 or Ext. 1627.
