Each application must represent a funding request for only one program. Organizations wishing to request funds for two programs must submit an application for each program; a maximum of two separate applications can be submitted.
The City of McKInney makes funds available to nonprofit organizations to assist in providing housing and services to McKinney residents consistent with the City’s 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan of Housing and Community Development Needs. Funds granted through the City of McKinney are received from federal sources as well as the City of McKinney General Fund.
The two sources of funding for the 2018 City of McKinney grant process are described below:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
CDBG funds are available only to organizations that provide services to low-to-moderate income persons. A maximum of 15% of the total amount of CDBG funds made available to the City of McKinney (through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) each year may be used for public services. A maximum of 20% of the total amount of CDBG funds made available to the City of McKinney each year may be used by the City for grant administration. The remainder of the CDBG funds must be directed toward eligible Consolidated Plan strategies as adopted in the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan. The minimum grant request must be $5,000, per application. Priority will be given to applications meeting Consolidated Plan outcome measures. Funding from CDBG should be available to organizations on October 1, 2018, and normally must be spent by September 30, 2019. - Community Support Grant
In addition to CDBG funds, the City of McKinney allocates funds to public service agencies through Community Support Grants. Funding is available to non-profit community support agencies that provide activities, programs, and services to residents of McKinney. Organizations, which can be reasonably categorized under the heading of providing a public service that promotes the health, safety and welfare of McKinney residents may be eligible for funding.
The Community Support Grant (CSG) is competitive and provides the flexibility to apply for funding under the following priority of needs based on service impacts to the community, duplication of services from other agencies, other sources of agency funding and presentation critique. Funds for this grant come from the City of McKinney’s General Fund. All funding of Community Support organizations will occur during the budget process. Off-budget-cycle funding may be granted in the rare instance that additional funds become available during the grant cycle.
The minimum grant request that an agency may make, per application, is $3,000. There is no maximum grant award amount. One agency may submit a maximum of two separate funding requests to fund two distinct and separate programs per grant cycle.
Grant priorities are as follows:- Basic Needs: including Food and clothing, Housing and Shelter, Non-financial Assistance
- Health and Medical Treatment: Including Mental Health
- Housing: Financial Assistance
- Transportation: The sole service being provided
For more complete information on grant restrictions and requirements, see other documents in the Library Tab of this application.