Hello Neighbor Gathering Fund (Peoria, IL)
The City of Peoria's Community Development Department offers residents $100 to host a gathering that helps 'people connect with their neighbors, build relationships, and strengthen their community'. Fixed $100, 15 awards, with a seven-step how-it-works and a December feedback session.
The invitation
Headline: "Hello Neighbor Gathering Fund". Promise: funding to "help people connect with their neighbors, build relationships, and strengthen their community." The form's button says Submit. It is for Peoria, IL residents; the program is run by the city's Community Development Department and funded by With Neighbors.
The grant
Fixed $100 per recipient, 15 awards total. Application window "Tuesday, September 1 - Tuesday, September 22"; funding notice "before October 1, 2026"; events held "October 1 - November 15th". Asked of hosts: photos, a post-event questionnaire, and attendance at a December feedback session.
What the landing page does well
- "Brainstorm Gathering Ideas" comes before the rules: pizza parties, ice cream socials, pancake breakfasts. The page sells the picture of the event first.
- A numbered seven-step "How It Works" runs from application to post-event feedback, so hosts see the whole arc, including the December gathering of hosts.
- "Resources for Hosts" offers a guidelines document and a printable sign-in sheet, which is a concrete help that most microgrant pages skip.
- The application form is embedded on the same page (name, email, address, event description), with no second site to visit.
- Stating the number of awards (15) sets honest expectations.
- Visual feel: a municipal site, blue and white, with the city logo and social icons; the warmth comes from the copy, not the design.
Source
https://www.peoriagov.org/1224/Hello-Neighbor — listed on With Neighbors (https://withneighbors.org/microgrants)
Details
- maker: City of Peoria Community Development Department
- place: Peoria, IL
- amounts: $100 per host, 15 awards
- hosted url: https://www.peoriagov.org/1224/Hello-Neighbor
- grant shape: fixed
- local object: the city hello; pizza parties, ice cream socials, pancake breakfasts
- inspiration moves: Idea list before rules, Seven-step how-it-works ending in a hosts' feedback session, Downloadable sign-in sheet and host guidelines, Form embedded on the page
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Contributed by City of Peoria Community Development Department · Peoria, IL · https://www.peoriagov.org/1224/Hello-Neighbor · RCL-1.0
Original source: https://www.peoriagov.org/1224/Hello-Neighbor
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