Beautification Grant is sponsored by Keep Louisiana Beautiful Inc.. This program supports projects focused on beautifying community entry points, public spaces, or highly trafficked roadway medians.

Beautification Grant - Keep Louisiana Beautiful Enhancing Community Appearance THIS GRANT IS OPEN. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS JUNE 21, 2026. The KLB Beautification Grant provides funding to help improve the appearance of communities throughout Louisiana by creating beautiful, well-maintained community entry points and roadways.

This grant is made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. The KLB Beautification Grant provides funding to help improve the appearance of communities throughout Louisiana by creating beautiful, well-maintained community entry points and roadways.

People are less likely to litter in areas that are well maintained and beautiful, so reducing litter in highly visible areas is an additional key driver of this grant. Grant projects should enhance and beautify entry points of municipalities and parishes, or highly trafficked roadway medians and roundabout central islands.

KLB seeks projects that have diverse community support, volunteer involvement, collaboration with stakeholders and benefit many community members. $1,000 to $10,000 reimbursement grant. Minimum 15% cash match, in-kind donation or equivalent volunteer hours value is required Project must be on public property and completed on or before May 7, 2027.

The grant focus is to fund the purchase of native trees, shrubs, perennial plants, landscaping materials and welcome signs to enhance and beautify entry points of municipalities and parishes, or highly visible and trafficked roadway medians and roundabout center islands. Plantings must account for a sizable portion of the project. The grant project must be completed on or before May 7, 2027.

Reimbursements will be dispersed once the project and all the grant requirements are completed and the Final Report, including receipts and documentation for reimbursement is submitted to KLB by May 7, 2027.

25% of the plants funded must be native to Louisiana Annual plants will not be funded Soil, mulch, pavers, edging and related landscaping materials, when incorporated into a planting project, may not exceed 25% of grant request Welcome sign materials, when incorporated into a planting project, may not exceed 25% of grant request Contractors to assist with the project may not exceed 25% of grant request A 15% in-kind or cash match, or equivalent volunteer hours value is required This grant is made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and the Office of the Lt.

Governor. June 21, 2026: Deadline to submit application. May 7, 2027: Projects must be completed by this date.

Final report and reimbursement requests and documentation due. Eligible to apply are Louisiana parishes, and municipalities All applicants must submit Form W-9 All applicants must be in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State All applicants must be a State Certified Vendor. Register: doa.

la. gov/doa/osp/vendor-resources/ Application must be submitted by the deadline and be completed in its entirety. Failure to abide by all the requirements and/or submit the completed final report by May 7, 2027, may result in non-reimbursement for this grant and ineligibility for subsequent KLB grants.

To be awarded a grant, applicants agree to the following: Planting projects must be on public property. Applying for this grant must be pre-approved by the applying organization’s highest authorizing official. A letter from the organization’s highest authorizing official, approving use of the public space for this grant project and agreeing to maintain the project must be uploaded with the application.

A Grant Agreement must be signed between the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (DCRT) and the grant recipient (Grantee) before reimbursable work or purchases can begin on the grant project. The grantee must abide by the approved grant budget as documented in the Agreement. All Grantees must attend a mandatory scheduled webinar before KLB will issue the Agreement.

A minimum 15% cash, in-kind, or equivalent volunteer hours value match is required. Any project that requests funding for a “Welcome” sign must include some type of planting (garden or trees) to enhance the area surrounding the sign. Projects must have an irrigation plan and a maintenance plan.

Plans must be uploaded with the application. Projects must have a plant design that must be uploaded with the application. The design does not have to be done by a professional landscape designer.

It can be a sketch, but it must have sufficient detail to describe the project and show that the project has been well thought out. Plant and tree types, quantity and placement, and hardscape materials and placement must be identified. Community engagement and volunteer support are required.

A small sign provided by KLB must be staked in the garden area acknowledging KLB’s and the Lt. Governor’s support of the project for at least one month after the project has been completed. A photo of the sign at the final project site must be uploaded in the Final Report.

A grant award acknowledgement letter must be sent to Grantee’s state representatives and senator. A copy must be uploaded with the Final Report. A press release announcing that Grantee received a KLB grant must be sent to the local media.

A copy must be uploaded with the Final Report. Photos of both media posts must be uploaded in the Final Report. “Before” photographs of the proposed project site must be submitted with the application, and “after” photographs of the project, including the installed KLB acknowledgement sign, must be submitted with the Final Report.

Beautification Grant projects must be completed on or before May 7, 2027. Changes in grant scope and/or budget as outlined in the Agreement must be pre-approved by KLB. Grantees must register for, conduct, and submit a report for a KLB Love the Boot Week cleanup event tentatively scheduled for April 17-25, 2027.

Before beginning an application, download the sample application, gather information, and prepare responses. After starting the online application, a link will be provided to return to and complete the application, if necessary. Save the provided link, as KLB cannot provide this.

Follow these suggested steps to completing the application successfully: Download the sample application by clicking the button below. Apply online through the button below. download sample application Please confirm you would like to cancel your event.

You must complete the Readiness Assessment before completing the Inquiry Form. Thanks for volunteering! The coordinator for the event you’re interested in will be sending you an email.

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