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City staff present 2025–26 Neighborhood Partners Fund guidelines, $80,000 competitive budget and $5,000 cap
Summary
A senior Neighborhood Services technician described eligibility, required matching, timelines and oversight for the 2025–26 Neighborhood Partners Fund, a competitive $80,000 program for registered neighborhood associations.
Josque Kawalceta, senior community program technician with the City of Las Vegas Department of Neighborhood Services, presented the 2025–26 Neighborhood Partners Fund guidelines to the board on June 9, 2025.
Kawalceta described the Neighborhood Partners Fund as a competitive matching grant program intended to support neighborhood physical improvement projects, education and recreational initiatives, and crime and public-safety activities. Neighborhood associations and homeowners associations registered with the Department of Neighborhood Services may apply for up to $5,000 annually. Applicants must provide a match; the match may include volunteer labor, in-kind donations and cash. A minimum of 25% of the match must be volunteer labor, which the presentation valued at $33.49 per hour for the year.
Kawalceta said the program had a total FY2025–26 budget of $80,000. The application period opened on Jan. 27, 2025 and closed April 24, 2025; Neighborhood Services offered three application workshops in February (one in-person and two virtual). Staff notified registered associations, previous applicants and used press releases and social media (including Nextdoor) to publicize the opportunity.
Presentations by applicants were scheduled for June 9; the Neighborhood Partners Fund Board will make funding recommendations at a deliberation meeting on June 24, 2025. Recommendations will be forwarded to the mayor and city council for possible approval at the July 16, 2025 city council meeting. Awarded associations will be required to sign an agreement with the city before work begins; projects may proceed from mid-August 2025 and must be completed by March 31, 2026, Kawalceta said. Board members were asked to disclose conflicts of interest; none were reported.
Kawalceta closed by reminding applicants that matching volunteer hours and documentation of expenditures are required as part of the award agreements.
