The City of Coral Springs continues to seek out grants that align with, and support, the goals of the city’s Strategic Plan and the city’s Business Plan. This document represents an overview of the City of Coral Springs’ grant activities for FY2025.
There are two main categories the City of Coral Springs received grant funding from in FY2025: (1) competitive grants and (2) Housing and Community Development (HCD) entitlement grants. The total competitive grant amount awarded was $4.92 million, and a total of $2.06 million was received for HUD entitlement grants, equating to a grand total of over $6.9 million.
The citywide effort is represented below in the grant activities summary chart for FY2025. Staff applied for 100 grants requesting over $28.4 million in funding for city priorities. The city was awarded 29 grants, resulting in a total award amount of $6,980,460.
A comprehensive table of all grants applied for, or received, in FY2025 is provided in the “FY2025 Comprehensive Table of the Grant Summary” section of this document.
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Summary of Citywide Competitive Grant Activities for FY2025: 10/1/24 - 9/30/25
Source of Grant Funds
| Source |
Number of Awards |
Amount Awarded |
Grant Match |
| Federal |
10 |
$4,572,582 |
$1,543,764 |
| State |
10 |
$2,355,978 |
$0 |
| County |
- |
$0 |
$0 |
| Private |
9 |
$51,900 |
$0 |
| Total |
29 |
$6,980,460 |
$1,543,764 |
Grant Award Status
| Grant Award Status |
Number of Grants |
Amount Requested |
Amount Awarded |
| Awarded |
29* |
$6,980,460 |
$6,980,460 |
| Not Awarded/Pending Notification |
71 |
$21,462,997 |
Not Applicable |
| Total |
100 |
$28,443,457 |
$6,980,460 |
*Seven (7) of the grants awarded were applied for in prior fiscal years. Their award amounts totals to $1,287,743.
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Federal grants account for 65.5% of the grants awarded in FY2025. These grants provide comprehensive support for programs and initiatives.
State grants account for 33.8% of the grants awarded in FY2025. These grants provide cybersecurity, drones for the police, and a post-overdose co-responder program that enabled the fire department to hire a new Community Paramedic.
Private grants account for 0.7% of the grants awarded in FY2025. These funds may be smaller amounts but have a powerful impact on the Coral Springs Museum of Art, police community involvement programs, and safety supplies to reduce injuries for employees.
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The grant funding received in FY2025 assists the city in our vision of being the premier community in which to live, work and raise a family. This funding does so by providing support to different areas across the city that would otherwise be funded through taxpayer dollars. These areas include:
- Housing Assistance: Help serve low-income households.
- Public Safety: Providing safety equipment and training to the city’s police officers and hiring firefighters.
- Community Health: Supporting the Community Paramedic Program.
- Administrative Support: Providing necessary support for city employees.
- Arts & Culture: Supports the Coral Springs Museum of Art.
- Community Engagement: Supports programs such as “Shop with a Cop”.
The support the city has received is highlighted in the next section. For a more detailed list of the grants awarded in FY2025, please see the “FY2025 Comprehensive Table of the Grant Summary” section of this page.
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- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded grant funds totaling $237,191 to the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME). The HOME Program provides home purchase, rental assistance and rehabilitation services for low-income households. In FY2025, these funds were used to provide home purchase assistance to five families.
- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded grant funds totaling $794,085 to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The CDBG Program provides home repair for low-income households, youth scholarships, senior programming, park and street improvements.
- The state of Florida awarded grant funds totaling $1,035,486 to the state Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP). Funds are used to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable home ownership and multifamily housing. The program is designed to serve low-income households. In FY2025, these funds were used to provide assistance to 15 residents.
- The Florida Department of Health awarded grant funds totaling $325,667 to hire a Community Paramedic to facilitate a post-overdose co-responder program.
- The Department of Homeland Security awarded grant funds totaling $1,041,870 through the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) for multiple projects. Funds will be used for dark web monitoring software, portable bollards for special events and polling locations, utility terrain vehicles, terrorism-based training, gas detectors for Hazmat and a Regional Joint Information Center.
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- The Florida League of Cities awarded grant funds totaling $12,838 for safety supplies to reduce workplace injuries.
- The state of Florida awarded grant funds totaling $194,809 to provide cybersecurity risk management programs.
- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement awarded grant funds totaling $221,178 to replace drones in compliance with a state mandate requiring government-operated drones to meet minimum security standards.
- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement awarded grant funds through appropriations totaling $500,000 for Public Safety Improvements at the Real Time Crime Center.
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant funds totaling $2,483,447 to help fund 12 firefighters for the next three years. This grant requires the city to match $1,543,764 of the grant funding.
- The following funders provided grant funds totaling $40,400 for the Coral Springs Museum of Art: BBX Capital Foundation, Blick Art Materials, Costco, Aldi Foundation, Bailey Foundation, Publix Foundation and Funding Arts Broward. These funds were used for programming, the purchase of supplies and children’s education classes at the Coral Springs Museum of Art.
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Over the past five years, the city has secured over $33 million in grant funding. Many of the city’s grants award funds for multiple years and provide continued funding beyond the fiscal year in which a grant is awarded. Multi-year grants do not require submission of new grant applications.
Five-Year Grant Award Summary
| Fiscal Year |
Number of Awards |
Entitlement Grants |
Centralized Grants |
| FY2020 Award |
33 |
$3,343,595 |
$1,340,501 |
| FY2021 Award* |
16 |
$6,592,893 |
$1,424,732 |
| FY2022 Award |
22 |
$1,910,173 |
$1,456,173 |
| FY2023 Award** |
31 |
$2,580,259 |
$4,116,198 |
| FY2024 Award |
30 |
$788,542 |
$2,521,977 |
| FY2025 Award |
29 |
$2,066,762 |
$4,913,698 |
| Total |
161 |
$17,282,224 |
$15,773,279 |
*In FY2021, the amount awarded is high due to CARES Act funding totaling $5,051,203.
**In FY2023, the amount awarded is high due to appropriations funding from HUD totaling $1,500,000 and Cybersecurity funding from the state of Florida grants of $1,000,000.
A separate component of the city’s grants program is $2.06 million in housing and community development entitlement grants received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation in FY2025.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program supports building stronger and more resilient communities through a variety of development activities. Activities may address infrastructure needs, economic development projects, public facilities installations, housing rehabilitations, public services, land clearance or acquisitions, code enforcement issues, and homeowner assistance.
The HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) provides state and local government grants to create affordable housing for low-income households.
The State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP) provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create partnerships that produce and preserve affordable home ownership and multifamily housing.
For more information on these programs, please visit our website: CoralSprings.gov/housingassistance.
Five-Year Entitlement Grants Summary
| HCD Entitlement Grants |
FY2020 |
FY2021 |
FY2022 |
FY2023 |
FY2024 |
FY2025 |
| Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) |
$1,995,797 |
$1,541,690 |
$798,821 |
$779,528 |
$788,542 |
$794,085 |
| HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) |
$262,265 |
- |
$257,114 |
$257,114 |
- |
$237,191 |
| State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP) |
$583,033 |
- |
$854,238 |
$1,543,617 |
- |
$1,035,486 |
| Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) |
$502,500 |
$5,051,203 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
$3,343,595 |
$6,592,893 |
$1,910,173 |
$2,580,259 |
$788,542 |
$2,066,762 |
The Annual Action Plan is a concise summary of actions, activities and specific federal resources used to address the priority needs and specific goals identified within the Consolidated Plan. The City of Coral Springs 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan was approved in June of 2025 and is set to receive an allocation of$794,085 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) City of Coral Springs
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Projects
| Project Name |
Funding |
| Home Repair |
$132,653.70 |
| Youth Scholarship |
$37,351.30 |
| Senior Recreation and Functional Training |
$40,930.00 |
| Senior Recreation and Therapeutic Program |
$40,000.00 |
| Lions Park |
$254,333.00 |
| NW 31st Street East |
$50,000.00 |
| Coral Hills Project: NW 39th Street between Coral Hills Drive and Coral Springs Drive |
$80,000.00 |
| Planning and Administration |
$158,817.00 |
| Total |
$794,085.00 |
A quality grants management program furthers our efforts towards sound fiscal management and accountability. By obtaining grant funding for necessary purchases, city funds can be redirected to other high-priority needs such as facilities maintenance, infrastructure improvements, transportation enhancements and community services that make the City of Coral Springs the premier community in which to live, work and raise a family. Strategic enhancements to grants management continue to be a top priority. This includes maintaining and strengthening the following processes:
- Identification, communication, and centralized coordination of grants opportunities.
- Continuation of the Grant Opportunities dashboard to identify grants the city will pursue throughout the fiscal year and the responsible department.
- Active engagement with state and federal lobbyists to advocate for the City of Coral Springs’ grant applications and appropriations requests.