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Find similar grantsPublic Spaces Community Places (Patronicity / MEDC) is sponsored by Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Michigan Municipal League, via Patronicity. State grants that match local crowdfunding to develop small public spaces (e. g.
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Designed by MEDC in collaboration with the Michigan Municipal League, PSCP is a crowdgranting initiative that can provide matching grant funds for crowdfunded public space projects through Patronicity, an online, crowdfunding platform.
Learn more about Public Spaces Community Places PSCP Process and Information Read more about Public Spaces Community Places and the process to get involved Read more about PSCP guidelines and how to get started Read about the success of PSCP projects and how they have helped their communities thrive A Look at Public Spaces Community Places in FY2025 For 11 years, the MEDC’s grant match program has invited the public to contribute to projects that create vibrant and active community spaces throughout the state.
FY2025 saw 31 projects completed, from new murals for the Pleasant Peninsula Mural Festival in Grand Rapids to a new exhibit at the Besser Museum in Alpena. Visit the Patronicity website for more information Curling and Community in the Keweenaw The “Drill Shop” in Calumet was originally built in 1885 as a manufacturing facility for drilling equipment.
The building sat vacant for nearly 40 years before it was renovated by the Copper Country Curling Club. The club partnered with Patronicity to launch a community crowdfunding campaign supported by matching funds through MEDC’s Public Spaces, Community Places program.
Public Spaces Community Places Annual Report Public Spaces Community Places is a grant match program that utilizes donation-based crowdfunding to generate public interest and funding to revitalize or create public spaces. Communities, nonprofits, and municipalities can submit projects by applying for a Patronicity crowdgranting campaign.
Crowdgranting utilizes web-based donations, so projects are accessible to anyone willing to donate in real-time. In 2025, PSCP invested in 31 projects across the state of Michigan, with eight of these projects being universally accessible public spaces. The program reached a 97% success rate and included nine communities participating in the program for the first time.
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The current listing shows state match grants up to $50,000–$75,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Public Spaces Community Places (Patronicity / MEDC) is funded by Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Michigan Municipal League, via Patronicity. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Commonwealth Financing Authority's statewide Local Share Account program accepts applications September 1 through November 30, 2026, funding public-interest projects from $25,000 in eligible costs up to $1,000,000 per grant request out of Pennsylvania gaming revenue. Nonprofits are not eligible applicants and must be sponsored by a county, municipality, authority, or development agency. Here is how the sponsorship structure actually works, what the three-month window is really for, and why the ownership-and-maintenance clause decides more applications than the project narrative.
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