Grants and Funding Opportunities

The non-profits ReFED and the Natural Resources Defense Council have developed a database of federal funding opportunities that could support food waste reduction and organics recycling. The database includes basic information about eligible applicants, application due dates, funding amounts, and more.

• Explore the database.

Congress has appropriated $20 million for a grant program to assist Tribal entities in Alaska with addressing contamination on ANCSA lands that were contaminated before they were conveyed. Grants are non-competitive and may be used for site assessment and remediation, as well as community outreach and involvement.

• Grants are awarded as Cooperative Agreements.
• Funding requests are accepted on a rolling basis, as funds remain available.
• Up to $3M is available per project for a 5-year project period.
• No matching funds are required.
• An applicant may request funding for multiple projects may be requested per applicant.

Please review the Contaminated ANCSA Lands Assistance Program Guidance and Grants.gov for details on eligibility and how to apply, and contact EPA Project Managers before submitting funding requests.

• Returning or current cooperative agreement recipients: contact Jeff Estes.
• New applicants: contact Mahri Lowinger.

Through its Get the Lead Out (GLO) Initiative, EPA will partner with 200 underserved communities nationwide to provide the technical assistance they need to identify and remove lead service lines. Specifically, EPA will work support the development of:

• Lead Service Line Inventories that meet 2021 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions requirements deadline. An Inventory is necessary to fully identify the funding needs of the community.
• Community Engagement Plans that invite community input, provide educational resources, and meaningfully engage affected community members while identifying and replacing lead service lines.
• Lead Service Line Replacement Plans to provide each municipality a roadmap for 100% identification and full replacement of all lead service lines, including public and private portions.
• State Revolving Fund (SRF) Applications to help communities fund their service line replacement. Each recipient of this technical assistance will receive a customized plan to facilitate their work with the state.

Additionally, EPA will develop tools and case studies to share information and best practices between the Agency, state and Tribal programs, water system managers, and community leaders.

• Apply

EPA has launched a new technical assistance program, Community Change Equitable Resilience, to help eligible entities apply for EPA’s Community Change Grants. EPA will offer free design and project development assistance, community engagement, and partnership development workshops.

• Eligible projects must be located in a disaster-prone area and benefit a disadvantaged community. The requestor can propose up to three sites for design assistance.
• Climate resilience projects must have a direct community benefit and could include retrofits to community-serving buildings; design or redesign of public parks, open space, and waterways; redesign of streets; or other projects that address climate resilience and environmental justice.
• Proposed projects should address climate change impacts such as extreme heat and more intense heat islands, wildfire and wildfire smoke, floods, storms, or other impacts that pose a greater risk to disadvantaged communities.

EPA will accept requests on a rolling basis until 50 recipients have been identified.

• Apply for technical assistance

EPA recently announced the largest single investment in environmental justice in history, Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants. The grants are designed for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments. Approximately $2 billion will be available to support community-driven projects that deploy clean energy, strengthen climate resilience, and build capacity for communities to tackle environmental and climate justice challenges. There is a $150 million set-aside for Alaska Native Villages alone. 

Activities to be performed may generally fall under the following categories:

• Climate resiliency and adaptation
• Mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events
• Community-led air and other (including water and waste) pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation
• Investments in low- and zero-emission and resilient technologies and related infrastructure
• Workforce development that supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants
• Reducing indoor toxics and indoor air pollution
• Facilitating the engagement of disadvantaged communities in state and federal advisory groups, workshops, rulemakings, and other public processes

Deadline & Eligibility

EPA will accept applications on a rolling basis until November 21, 2024. Eligible applicants are (1) partnerships between two community-based non-profit organizations; and (2) partnerships between a community-based non-profit organization and a federally recognized Tribe, local government, or institution of higher education.

• Read the Notice of Funding Opportunity

Technical Assistance

EPA has launched a technical assistance program, Community Change Equitable Resilience, to help eligible entities apply for the grants. EPA will offer free design and project development assistance, community engagement, and partnership development workshops.

• Eligible projects must be located in a disaster-prone area and benefit a disadvantaged community. The requestor can propose up to three sites for design assistance.
• Climate resilience projects must have a community benefit and could include retrofits to community-serving buildings; design or redesign of public parks, open space, and waterways; redesign of streets; or other projects that address climate resilience and environmental justice.
• Proposed projects should address climate change impacts such as extreme heat and more intense heat islands, wildfire and wildfire smoke, floods, storms, or other impacts that pose a greater risk to disadvantaged communities.

EPA will accept requests for technical assistance on a rolling basis until 50 recipients have been identified.

• Apply for technical assistance

Webinars

EPA will host multiple informational webinars while the Notice of Funding Opportunity is open. The first webinar will be held on December 7.

• Register

Indirect Costs

For many applicants, EPA is limiting the indirect costs that can be charged to Community Change Grants. However, due to the sovereign status of Indian tribes, Indian tribes and Intertribal consortia comprised of eligible Indian tribes are exempt from this 20% indirect costs limitation provided they meet the requirements of 40 CFR 33.504(a) and (c). 

Contact

If you have questions after reviewing the web pages, please contact CCGP@epa.gov.

EPA has announced the availability of $4.6 billion across two implementation grant competitions – one general competition and one competition specifically for Tribes and territories – to fund measures in climate action plans. The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Competition will prioritize measures that achieve the greatest amount of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 25 to 100 grants ranging between $1 million and $25 million under the Tribes and territories competition.

• Apply.

EPA will hold two informational webinars about the Tribes and territories competition on September 27 and October 5. Both webinars will feature the same content.

• Register for a webinar.

Funding: Up to $15,000 per award, available 2022-2026

Details: These grants can be used to produce Pest Management Strategic Plans, Crop Profiles or other IPM-related plans. Proposals will be considered on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted.

Deadline: None

More information here.