Project for Public Spaces’ Community Placemaking Grants with General Motors are now open! The program offers three nonprofits or public agencies $100,000 each in direct funding, as well as placemaking technical assistance and capacity building from the PPS team, to transform a street or mobility hub into a lively community gathering place that improves street safety and mobility.
In many American cities, not only are public spaces inequitably distributed and poorly maintained—but the people in the communities with the least access also rarely have the opportunity to shape public spaces themselves. Grants enable US-based nonprofits and government agencies to address this inequality of access by working directly with local stakeholders to transform public spaces or co-create new ones.
This cycle, there are two initiatives of focus for applicants to choose from when applying:
- Streets as Places will improve street safety to allow streets to fulfill their role as the most accessible public spaces across the U.S.
- Destination Stations will improve user experience and awareness at mobility hubs for public transit, EV charging, and micro-mobility through public space amenities, programming, and improved safety and accessibility.
Eligibility requirements:
- The recipient organization must be a U.S.-based 501c(3) nonprofit or local government agency.
- The project site must be an outdoor space that is free and open to the public.
- The recipient organization must have the authority or permission to make physical improvements to this space.
- The project falls into one of the two initiatives for this cycle: Streets as Places or Destination Stations
- The project site must be a destination for people from across the city, town, or region. (However, the site does not have to be located downtown.)
- The site must be located in Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, or Texas.
Applications close on Monday, October 13, 2025 at 11:59pm EDT. Select applicants will be invited to a second round. If the applicant is not the owner of the project site, letters of recommendation from the site’s owner are required. Grant recipients will be announced in March 2025, and grant activities will conclude by May 1, 2026. To view the application questions, timeline, and evaluation criteria, please review the Application Instructions in advance.
Learn more on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 12pm ET during an info session.
QUESTIONS? Contact grants@pps.org.