The deadline to apply for neighborhood grant applications in Surprise is 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22.

To encourage community engagement and further build strong relationships with communities, the Surprise City Council approved funding for the neighborhood grant program.

This program provides eligible neighborhoods with small grants to fund neighborhood events, functions or community improvements.

To be considered, projects must meet the following program criteria:

• Provide a public benefit.
• Result in a product, which benefits a neighborhood or the larger Surprise community.
• Be feasible for completion by June 2026.
• Involve the benefiting neighborhood in project identification, planning and execution.
• Emphasize neighborhood self-help; be educational or community-building.

Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations are ineligible.

Interested communities can find information at surpriseaz.gov/NGP.