Beautification Grant

• Louisiana parishes, municipalities, state agencies, governmental entities   
• KLB Community Affiliates who are current Circle of Excellence recipients and KLB Community Affiliates in formation in cooperation with their municipality’s highest authorizing official agreeing to allow the project to be executed on public property and agreeing to maintain the project  
• KLB University Affiliates and University Affiliates in formation in cooperation with their university’s highest authorizing official agreeing to allow the project to be executed on university property and agreeing to maintain the project  
• All applicants must submit Form W-9   
• All applicants must be in good standing with the Louisiana Secretary of State   
• All applicants must be a State Certified Vendor. Register: doa.la.gov/doa/osp/vendor-resources/   

Requirements and Terms: Failure to abide by all the requirements and/or submit the completed final report by May 22, 2025, will result in non-reimbursement for this grant and ineligibility for subsequent KLB grants. To be awarded a grant, applicants agree to the following: 

• Gardens and plantings must be on public property or on Louisiana university campuses. 
• Applying for this grant must be pre-approved by the applying entity’s highest authorizing official. A letter from the highest authorizing official, approving use of the public space for this grant project and agreeing to maintain the project must be uploaded with this application. 
• A Grant Agreement (Agreement) must be signed between KLB (Grantor), the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (DCRT) and the grant recipient (Grantee) before reimbursable work or purchases can begin on the grant project. Grantee must abide by the approved grant budget documented in the Agreement. 
• All Grantees must attend a mandatory scheduled webinar before KLB will issue the Agreement. 
• A minimum 15% in-kind or cash match, or equivalent volunteer hours value is required. 
• Any project that requests funding for a “Welcome” sign must include some type of planting (garden or trees) to enhance the area surrounding the signage. 
• Projects must have an irrigation plan and a maintenance plan. Plans must be uploaded with the application. 
• Projects must have a plant design that must be uploaded with the application. The design does not have to be done by a professional landscape designer. It can be a sketch, but it must have sufficient detail to describe the project and show that the project has been well thought out. Plant and tree types, quantity and placement, and hardscape materials and placement must be identified.  
• Community engagement and volunteer support are required. 
• A small sign provided by KLB must be staked in the garden area acknowledging KLB’s and the Lt. Governor’s support of the project for at least one month after the project has been completed. A photo of the sign at the final project site must be uploaded in the Final Report. 
• A grant award acknowledgement letter must be sent to Grantee’s state representatives and senator. A copy must be uploaded with the Final Report. 
• A press release announcing that grantee received a KLB grant must be sent to the local media. A copy must be uploaded with the Final Report. 
• Two social media posts must be made:  
  • By 30 days after Agreement is executed, Grantee must announce on social media channels that Grantee received a KLB Beautification Grant and how the grant will help the community. Tag Keep Louisiana Beautiful – on Facebook and Instagram tag @keeplouisianabeautiful and – on Twitter tag @keeplabeautiful.   
  • At the conclusion of the project, a second social media post must be made announcing the outcome and photos of the completed project tagging as instructed above. Photos of both media posts must be uploaded in the Final Report.   
  • Photos of both media posts must be uploaded in the Final Report.    
• “Before” photographs of the proposed project site must be submitted with the application, and “after” photographs of the project, including the KLB acknowledgement sign, must be submitted with the Final Report. 
• Beautification Grant projects must be completed on or before May 22, 2025.  
• Changes in grant scope and/or budget as outlined in the Agreement must be pre-approved by KLB. 
• A completed Final Report, photographs, press release, acknowledgement letters, social media photos and reimbursement request with proper receipts and documentation must be submitted to KLB by May 22, 2025. The Final Report may be submitted before the deadline upon project completion but will not be accepted after May 22, 2025. 
• Grantees must register for, conduct, and submit a report for a KLB Love the Boot Week event tentatively scheduled for April 18-27, 2025.
• The grant cycle begins once the Grantee attends the mandatory grant webinar and the Grant Agreement is signed by the Grantee and executed by the Executive Director of KLB and DCRT’s Appointing Authority. The grant cycle ends for all grantees on May 22, 2025.   

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