Lowe’s Community Impact Grant program is part of Lowe’s five-year, $100 million commitment to renovating and restoring spaces that serve as hubs and heartbeats of our communities. Each year from 2022 through 2026, consumers are given the opportunity to nominate a community space in their hometown – such as a neighborhood garden, park or community center – to receive a physical renovation. Lowe’s will select up to 100 projects per year to be completed by the nonprofit or community receiving the grant, in partnership with our Lowe’s associates and community volunteers. In addition, Lowe’s associates will roll up their sleeves to tackle more than 2,000 community improvement projects across the country through product donations and associate volunteerism.
This program is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of nomination. For more information regarding eligibility, please reference the program terms.
The grant program nomination period is February 18, 2026 at 12:00am ET – March 20, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.
Any type of project that involves the physical improvement or renovation of a community space is eligible. Lowe’s is focused on revitalizing spaces that help make communities better places to live and work – whether that is a food pantry, a park, a local firehouse or a place for veterans to gather. All grants must go to a local nonprofit, school or city/municipality that is willing and able to take on the project. Past nominations have included:
- Community Centers/Services (e.g. youth centers, senior citizen centers, veteran’s centers, etc.);
- Safe Affordable Housing (e.g. homeless shelters, transitional living facilities, etc.);
- First Responder Facilities (e.g. fire stations, police stations, etc.);
- Community Revitalization (e.g. community park, community garden, renovations to downtown plaza, historic theaters, etc.);
- Skilled Trades Education initiatives (e.g. mobile training programs, high school vocational, etc.)
You may nominate as many different projects as you like. Please do not enter more than one nomination per project. Nominating a project multiple times will not increase the likelihood of a project being selected.
At the conclusion of the nomination window, nominations are reviewed against a pre-determined set of criteria, including community impact and need, the type of space, feasibility and lasting benefit.
No. The only factor considered related to geography is distance from the project location to a local Lowe’s store. Lowe’s will only select projects within 30 miles of a Lowe’s store, to ensure we can properly provide the materials and volunteer support needed to complete the project.
Grant amounts are determined based on numerous factors, including the amount requested by the nominator, information provided by the local organization aligned to the project, and current status of the project.
Yes, grant funds can be used for labor costs, permits, professional services and materials to complete the project.
Yes, Lowe’s associates are eligible – and encouraged – to nominate projects in their hometowns.
If you have technical questions about the submission of your nomination, please contact our customer service team. If selected, finalists will be contacted directly as a part of the overall selection process in July of 2026. We’ll announce the 2026 Community Impact Grant recipients later this year on our Newsroom.
The 2026 Lowe’s Community Impact Grant recipients will be announced later this year on the Lowe’s Newsroom.
If selected, finalists will be contacted directly as a part of the overall selection process in the summer of 2026. The 2026 Lowe’s Community Impact Grant recipients will be announced later this year on the Lowe’s Newsroom.
Yes, a nonprofit that has been awarded a grant in the past can apply again.
Yes, religious organizations/churches are eligible, however the space that will be renovated with the Lowe’s grant must be used to provide services to all members of the community, without discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics.
At Lowe’s, we know strong communities don’t just happen – they’re built. Which is why, every day across the country, our associates roll up their sleeves to help – from responding in the wake of disaster, to repairing homes for neighbors in need, to rebuilding the spaces that make a community feel like home. At Lowe’s, our values are rooted in serving others and helping our neighbors is deeply ingrained in who we are.