The T-Mobile Hometown Grants program funds up to $50,000 for projects to build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces that help foster local connections in your town. Projects should be shovel-ready, physical builds or improvements that can be completed within 12 months of receiving Hometown Grants funding.

More information is available in the Grant Program FAQ.

Eligibility

Applications must be for cities and towns with fewer than 50,000 people and should provide a community benefit where it might otherwise be difficult to secure funding.

Plans must be able to be executed within 12 months of receiving funds.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through a portal here.

Note that the portal is hosted by the grant partner, Main Street America.

Deadline

Applications will be open on a quarterly basis with the following schedule:

• Spring: Applications open January–March
• Summer: Applications open April–June
• Fall: Applications open July–September
• Winter: Applications open October–December

The portal will close on the last day of each quarter and reopen for the new quarter on the first of the month. All Hometown Grants applications will be notified 30–60 days after the end of each quarter on the status of the submission.