Recognizing the power that holidays can have on a community, ComEd has partnered with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus to launch the fourth year of the ComEd Powering the Holidays Program.
Donor Name: Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
State: Illinois
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
This program awards grants of up to $2,500 throughout ComEd’s service territory for community-based holiday lights events.
Program Goals
The ComEd Powering the Holidays Program aims to:

celebrate community identity and culture;
provide an opportunity for intercultural exchange and understanding;
foster respect and open-mindedness for different cultures;
develop an appreciation, understanding and respect for what is important to neighbors and others in their community;
provide a pathway for people to gain a sense of belonging to their community.

Grant Period
November 1, 2024 – February 13, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria 

Powering the Holidays will provide grants of up to $2,500 for community-based holiday lights events. Grant recipients must use their funds for any holiday between November 1st, 2024 – February 13th, 2025.
Municipalities, townships, counties, and other local governments located within ComEd’s service territory in the following counties: Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall, McHenry, Ogle, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford.
2022 and 2023 Powering the Holidays grant recipients are ineligible.
Not-for-profit organizations and cultural institutions are eligible to apply if they partner with at least one municipality. Not-for-profit organizations and cultural institution applications must demonstrate municipal support to be considered for funding.
All events must adhere to federal, state, and local policies. All events must be deemed safe by authorities.
All events must provide an opportunity for attendance by the general public. Events can be private and have attendance caps, but the general public must be able to attend an event or community-based holiday configuration for free on occasion.
Sustainability and efficiency are key values to ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; therefore, applicants must demonstrate a reuse case for the holiday event and materials purchased with grant assistance. The grant cannot be used as a “one-off” occasion.
Applicants must match at least 20% for the event.
Please contact the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus if your community is facing financial hardship and is unable to provide the 20% match. They reserve the right to waive this match on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants must be in good standing with ComEd related to provision of utilities.

For more information, visit Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.