Homeowners Associations

LACEY NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM

The Lacey City Council wishes to encourage neighborhood activities that foster community pride, expand community involvement, and beautify the city. To facilitate this initiative, the City Council established the Lacey Neighborhood Grant Program (LNGP) and allocated $60,000 to improve our area neighborhoods. Both formally recognized HOAs and informal neighborhoods in the Lacey city limits qualify for the LNGP.

GRANT CATEGORIES

Be creative within these categories!

• Safe Neighborhoods and Community Emergency Response Team Organization (CERT)
  Examples: Improved Lighting; Crime Stoppers Signs; Disaster Preparedness Planning; Secure Mailboxes, etc.
• Environmental Sustainability and Resiliency
  Examples: Tree Planting or Preservation; Water-wise Landscaping; Solar Lighting; Stormwater Facility Improvements; Rain Garden, Sprinkler System Enhancements, etc.
• Neighborhood Beautification
  Examples: “Curb Appeal” Projects; Neighborhood Art or Monument Signs; Picnic or Playground Area Enhancements, etc.
• Board Education and Organizational Development
  Examples: Board Member Classes, Conferences, or Workshop Trainings; Yard Signs or Other Communication Tools, etc.
• Compassion
  Examples: National Night Out Event; Little Free Library Station; Community Garden, Food Bank Drive, etc.

GRANT ELIGIBILITY

Requirements:

1. HOAs or informal neighborhoods located within the city limits may submit proposals.
2. Projects must have a lasting and/or direct benefit to the neighborhood.
3. The proposal must be non-profit in nature.
4. All projects must meet city regulations, ordinances, and non-discrimination policies.
5. HOAs and neighborhoods may submit only one grant proposal per year.
6. Projects must have documented support of the neighborhood and/or HOA and have a measurable outcome that provides public benefit to the community.
7. You must apply before the deadline.

Informal Neighborhoods (Does not apply to active HOAs):

1. Must have a project team of at least five individuals (non-family related) who live in the neighborhood, accept responsibility for the project, and complete a Project Team Log with the grant application.
2. Neighborhoods that do not have a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN#) and receive a Neighborhood Matching Grant award of $600 or more must acquire a fiscal sponsor for their grant project. A fiscal sponsor is a non-profit organization or business that works with the LNGP recipient, serves as the trustee of funds for the project, and assumes the financial responsibilities related to the successful completion. If the matching grant award is under $600, the fiscal sponsor is not required.

NOT ELIGIBLE for the neighborhood grant program:

1. Projects that fund routine or recurring HOA maintenance.
   • Examples NOT eligible:
     • Monthly or Recurring Lawn Maintenance
     • Routine Tree Trimming
     • Recurring Mulch/Topsoil Installation
     • Recurring Stormwater Facility Maintenance
2. Any previously LNGP-funded projects.
3. Applications from individuals, for-profit groups, and religious, or political groups.
4. Projects that take place on an individual’s private/personal property. For example, landscape beautification on a residential lot.
5. Projects outside of the City of Lacey.
6. Projects that seek to promote any public or private group, business or commercial enterprise, political or religious group.
7. Projects that utilize any form of hate speech or exclude any group or subgroup of people.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

1. Award amount will not exceed 50% of the total project cost, up to a maximum amount of $2,500.
2. Proposals require a dollar-for-dollar neighborhood match for City funds awarded.
   • Adult volunteer hours, donated materials, and in-kind professional services are eligible for meeting the match requirements, provided they are essential components of the project.
   • The City uses the Independent Sector’s value of volunteer time from the preceding year. For 2026, please calculate volunteer hours at $34.79 per hour.
   • Volunteer hours cannot include administrative services (e.g., fundraising, project planning, preparing proposals, acquiring bids).
   • Donated materials will be valued at their retail price.
   • Professional services will be estimated at the current market rate.
   • The grantee must provide documentation to support all value calculations. You may submit original receipts or photocopies; the total must equal or exceed the requested grant match.
3. A panel of City staff representing Communications, Community and Economic Development, and Parks Maintenance will review proposals and make recommendations for final approval.
4. The City will require a signed, written program agreement at the time of grant project approval.
   • Contract will include an approved scope of work, term, and reimbursement guidelines.
   • Proof of insurance is required as laid out in the grant program agreement.
5. Probation for Incomplete Projects
   • If your HOA cannot complete the project within the calendar year and does not use any portion of the allocated grant funds, you will be ineligible to participate in the grant program the following year.
   • Accommodations may be made to the above for extenuating circumstances at the City’s discretion.

The 2026 Lacey Neighborhood Grant Program application period has closed. Please check back in January 2027 for next year’s grant opporutnity!

2026 GRANT APPLICATION SCHEDULE

Applications Open: January 6, 2026
Application Deadline: March 31, 2026
Notice of Funding: Week of April 20-24, 2026
Project Completion Deadline: December 31, 2026

NEIGHBORHOOD QUARTERLY MEETINGS

The City of Lacey invites representatives from Homeowner Associations and informal neighborhoods to attend our community resource meetings.

These quarterly meetings, hosted by the City of Lacey, cover a wide range of topics. Be sure to mark your calendars for the following 2026 meetings to take place at the City of Lacey Council Chambers. Dates may change and meeting agendas forthcoming:

• Thursday, July 23, 2026
• Thursday, October 22, 2026

Can’t attend in person? Join us on Zoom to view the quarterly meetings live! Please note that remote attendees will not be able to ask questions or participate in the meeting. The City will share the Zoom link before each meeting.

Did you miss past meetings? Check out the recorded meetings below!

SOUTH SOUND HOA ACADEMY

The City of Lacey will no longer host the South Sound HOA Academy.

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY

This directory contains information on neighborhood and homeowner associations, both active and inactive, within Lacey’s city limits and Urban Growth Area (UGA).

The Communications Department maintains the directory with up-to-date contact information to the best of its ability; however, some information remains outdated.

To request a copy of the directory, submit a Public Records Request:

• Submit an Online Public Records Request Form through the Public Records Center Portal
• Submit completed form to: CityClerk@CityofLacey.org
• Mail completed form to Lacey City Clerk, 420 College Street SE, Lacey, WA 98503
• Bring completed form to Lacey City Hall at 420 College Street SE, Lacey

Note: Information contained in this directory is not intended for commercial use.

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