Lowe’s deepens support of Veterans through new $245,000 grant to Veterans Community Project of Kansas City

The company previously donated $305,000 to help build tiny homes at VCP of Sioux Falls

Today, we are proud to share that Veterans Community Project is one of 100 recipients of the 2025 Lowe’s Hometowns grant program. Through the national program, Lowe’s is donating $245,000 to VCP of Kansas City for improvement projects in our community of 49 tiny homes for Veterans experiencing homelessness.

VCP is the first organization to be a two-time recipient of Lowe’s Hometowns grants, which is a five-year, $100 million commitment to repair and restore community spaces across the United States. Last year, Lowe’s provided a $305,000 grant to VCP of Sioux Falls to help build out our 25-home community in South Dakota.

Lowe’s Chairman and CEO Marvin Ellison explained the commitment, saying, “We believe we have a fundamental responsibility to improve the places we all call home. Working alongside nonprofit partners, each project delivers real, life-changing impact to the communities we serve.”     

For VCP of Kansas City, the grant funding will go toward projects including replacing roofs on tiny homes, reconfiguring the memorial brick garden, and constructing a retaining wall to create safe access around our Outreach Center campus. The work is expected to be finished later this year.

“This grant allows us to care for the spaces that have cared for so many Veterans,” said VCP of Kansas City Executive Director Chris Admire. “We often talk about how the tiny homes restore dignity but maintaining them with excellence is part of what reinforces that dignity every day.”

Last year, the Hometowns grant for VCP of Sioux Falls helped finish construction of five tiny homes and prepare them for Veterans to move in, as well as get work started on five others.

Today, U.S. Army Veteran Andy is one of the residents living in our expanded Village. Before moving in, he was among the 32,882 Veterans experiencing homelessness in the U.S.

“Being at VCP is going to totally change the direction of my life,” he reflected, “After years of being down on my luck, VCP stepped in to help me when no one else would.”

Continuing, “I’m excited to get my life back on track, and then let other Veterans know about VCP and get them the same help.”

Are you interested in a corporate partnership to help give Veterans the dignity of home? Get in touch with us! Email VCP National Director of Philanthropy Liz Mueller at lmueller@vcp.org.