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NeighborWorks® America Awards More Than $4.14 Million in Supplemental Grants to 23 Local Organizations 

Flexible funding across 17 states and the District of Columbia supports affordable housing, disaster recovery and local businesses.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — September 28, 2026 — NeighborWorks® America is awarding more than $4.14 million in supplemental grants to 23 network organizations in 17 states and the District of Columbia. The awards are tailored to each organization’s circumstances, providing flexible funding to preserve affordable homes, support disaster recovery and rapid relief efforts, capitalize on local market opportunities, and strengthen long-term financial sustainability.

“When a disaster strikes or an opportunity emerges, our network organizations are already there, rooted in the communities they serve and ready to act,” said NeighborWorks America President & CEO Marietta Rodriguez. “These grants give communities immediate resources to repair and rebuild after disasters while helping organizations build capacity and resilience, they need to serve their community for years to come.”

The supplemental grants include these categories:

Capital Grants: Ten awards totaling $3 million. Funding combines direct project support with capital investments designed to improve organizations’ access to financing and reduce portfolio risk. The awards are expected to support approximately 363 affordable homes and help organizations attract additional capital for future development and preservation from investors, private sources, and community development financial institutions.

Disaster Grants: Eight awards totaling $715,000. Funding supports relief, recovery, and repairs that followed major disasters over the course of the year, including hurricanes in Hawaii; a typhoon in western Alaska; a wildfire in central Oregon; a tornado in Wisconsin; flooding in New Jersey; severe storms in Kansas; and a blizzard in Massachusetts.

Sustainable Business Initiative (SBI) Grants: Four awards totaling $300,000. Funding for organizations to launch or expand revenue-generating lines of business that address local needs while strengthening their long-term financial sustainability and reducing reliance on grants. These awards are part of more than $80 million in flexible grants that NeighborWorks America provided to members of the NeighborWorks network in Fiscal Year 2026. A full list of NeighborWorks chartered members is available here.

About NeighborWorks America

For nearly 50 years, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, a Congressionally chartered national nonprofit known as NeighborWorks® America, has strived to make every community safer and more prosperous. Our network of excellence includes nearly 250 nonprofits in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and on Native lands. NeighborWorks offers grant funding, peer exchange, technical assistance, evaluation tools and access to best-in-class training as the nation’s leading trainer of housing and community development professionals. NeighborWorks network organizations build homes and apartments, expanding the supply of affordable housing in every community; provide financial counseling and coaching that increases self-sufficiency; encourage resident leadership, and collaborate with local stakeholders in the areas of health, economic development, employment and education. In Fiscal Year 2025, for every dollar received from Congress, the NeighborWorks network and NeighborWorks America attracted an additional $74 of investment from other sources. 

For more information, visit www.neighborworks.org.