Federal grant programs / Department of Housing and Urban Development

Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants (14.218)

Also known as Community Development Block Grant Program for Entitlement Communities.

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$14 billion
• Grant awards6,966
• Typical award$866,668
• Awarded in FY 2025$2.0 billion
• Size rank43 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $4.8 billion in fiscal 2021 to $2.0 billion in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 43rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 28% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 52 states and territories.

What the program funds

The primary objective of this program is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Each activity funded must meet one of the program's National Objectives by: Benefiting low- and moderate-income families; aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Recipients are cities in Metropolitan Areas designated by OMB as a central city of the Metropolitan Area; principal cities of Metropolitan Areas with populations of less than 50,000; other cities over 50,000 in population in Metropolitan Areas; and qualified urban counties of at least 200,000 (excluding the population in entitlement cities located within the boundaries of such counties) are eligible to receive CDBG entitlement grants determined by a statutory formula.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Recipient communities may undertake a wide range of community-based activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and community services, facilities, and improvements. Entitlement communities develop their programs and set their funding priorities in conformance with the statutory standards, program regulations, and other federal requirements. Specific activities that can be carried out with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds include acquisition of real property; relocation; clearance and demolition; rehabilitation of residential and nonresidential structures; provision of public facilities and improvements, such as water and sewer facilities (which require reviews by the State single point of contact or a Regional Planning Agency in accordance with Executive Order 12372), streets, and neighborhood centers. Within program limitations, CDBG funds can also pay for public services. Recipients may provide assistance to microenterprises or other for-profit entities when the recipient determines that such assistance is appropriate to carry out an economic development project. Community-based development organizations may carry out neighborhood revitalization, community economic development, or energy conservation activities.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 24, Part 570, Subpart A,Public Law 93-383.Entitlement grant amounts are determined by formulaMatching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Nov 15, 2025 to Aug 16, 2026 For formula grants in the 2026 fiscal year, Annual Action Plans associated with the Consolidated Plan must be submitted based on the grantee's program year, but no earlier than the date allocations are announced and no later than August 16, 2026.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

From low of $63,935 to a high of $169,345,195 for New York City; average grant $1,949,851; median grant $897,413.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 86% of the money.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.