Communication Funds

• This year, neighborhood associations within the SE Uplift district can apply for up to $500 in Communication Funds for projects that generate awareness of and participation in neighborhood activities and events, provide residents with information about local issues, and build relationships between neighbors. 

To release 2025 funds to your neighborhood association, please follow the steps below:

1) MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Every neighborhood association in the district must be caught up on submitting minutes for all of its written meeting meetings here. In addition, SE Uplift must have an up-to-date Board Member Roster for your neighborhood association’s board members. You can access a Board Roster Template with instructions on where to send it.

2) SPEND YOUR 2024 COMMUNICATION FUNDS before December 15th. Save your receipts! You will need to upload them when you submit your report along with a brief description of how you spent the funds.  

3) DISCUSS AND DECIDE with your neighborhood association board how it wants to spend up to $500 on communications in 2025 and determine the costs for those efforts. Designate someone to write a few sentences on how your neighborhood association plans to spend the funds for the application. Have a plan for saving your receipts.

4) SUBMIT YOUR 2024 REPORT WITH YOUR 2025 PROPOSAL: Complete a short report describing how you used your 2024 Communication Funds and submit receipts for those expenses. Then describe in a few sentences how your neighborhood association intends to spend its $500 2025 Communications funds and complete the budget sheet.  Access the report and application here by December 15th, 2024. 

If you did not claim your Communication Funds last year, please email Alex. 

After submission, SE Uplift will review your neighborhood association‘s eligibility, report and application. Funds will be dispersed in January 2025. Your neighborhood association will have through December 15th of 2025 to spend them. 

Please note: 

• Neighborhood associations with 501c3 tax-exempt status from the IRS (uncommon) will receive a check from SE Uplift.
• Neighborhood associations that are fiscally sponsored by SE Uplift do not have tax exempt status and therefore will have their communication funds deposited into their fiscal sponsorship account. Accessing communication funds in the fiscal sponsorship account works the same as with any other funds: your neighborhood association‘s fiscal sponsorship Primary or Secondary Coordinator will submit a check request to SE Uplift to either pay an invoice or reimburse someone for out-of-pocket costs verified with receipts.