T-Mobile Hometown Grants Program — Funding Assistance for Shovel-Ready Projects That Foster Local Connections in Small Towns (Population < 50K)
Application deadline: Current cycle (summer) ends on June 30, 2025 at 9:59pm AZ
T-Mobile is committing up to $25 million through 2026 to support small towns, villages, and territories across America by funding community projects. Elected officials, town managers/employees, tribal leaders, or nonprofit community leaders from small towns with population less than 50,000 are eligible to apply.
Program funds 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. Examples of eligible projects include but are not limited to: adaptive uses of older and historic buildings into community gathering spaces, improvements to outdoor parks or trails, and technology projects for the public library.
Grant recipients will each receive an award of up to $50,000 to implement their ideas and will have 12 months (September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026) to complete their projects. Recipients will be required to submit a progress report at the 6-month mark following the grant disbursement, and a final report will be due at the end of the 12-month implementation period.
Learn more and apply: Hometown Grants Webpage | Create Account & Apply
Timeline of future cycles:
- Fall: Applications open July–September
- Winter: Applications open October–December
- Spring: Applications open January–March