Grants Pass offers $60,000 to nonprofits for homeless service facilities with bathrooms
The Oregon city opened its Homeless Services Capital Development Grant Program on Oct. 22. Only nonprofits that serve homeless people directly may apply, the money is for buildings and equipment only, and proposals are due Nov. 12.
Grants Pass. The City of Grants Pass, Ore., is offering $60,000 to nonprofits that serve homeless people, to pay for a new facility, or an upgrade to an existing one, that includes bathrooms people who are homeless can use. The city issued the request for proposals for its Homeless Services Capital Development Grant Program on Oct. 22.
Only nonprofit organizations that provide direct services to homeless individuals may apply. Community groups, businesses, individuals and local government agencies may take part as partners but not as the applicant. The project must be within the Grants Pass Urban Growth Boundary, must show that the investment will improve direct services, and must be finished within six months of the grant agreement.
Buildings and equipment only
The grant pays only for capital costs: buying, upgrading or immediately maintaining physical assets such as real property, buildings, infrastructure, technology and equipment. It may not pay for ongoing operations, including wages, food, utility bills, direct services or outreach. No match is required, but the money may not replace existing funding. There is no minimum award, and the city may fund one or more applicants, cut requested amounts or fund part of a project.
Proposals are scored on a narrative of up to six pages, a capital budget and written answers to risk questions. They must arrive on paper or on a flash drive, by mail or in person, by 2 p.m. Pacific time on Nov. 12, when they will be opened at City Hall. Questions and protests are due to the city recorder, Karen Frerk, by noon on Nov. 5.
What comes next
Under the city's tentative schedule, proposals are scored on Nov. 16, the City Council reviews the panel's recommendation at a workshop on Nov. 30 and considers a grant agreement on Dec. 16, and the money is paid on or before Dec. 31.
The city's solicitation says the grant is in addition to $1,179,000 that Grants Pass awarded in 2025 to build a low-barrier shelter, which began taking participants in July 2026. The Grants Pass Tribune reported that the shelter's developer, Elk Island Trading Group, had planned showers and bathrooms on property owned by a neighboring nonprofit, the Mobile Integrative Navigation Team, until the two ended their arrangement on Oct. 15. The Tribune reported that the city has not named a recipient for the new grant.
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