Funding Opportunities
EPA Environmental Justice Grantmaking Program
DOE Grid Resilience Formula Grant Program
USDA Strategic Economic and Community Development Program.
EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustic ... ng-program
$550 million
Apply by May 31
This Environmental Protection Agency competition selects multiple Grantmakers around the nation to reduce barriers to the federal grant application process and increase the efficiency of the awards process for environmental justice grants. Selected Grantmakers administer and sub-grant funds directly to environmental justice activities.
Eligible entities include partnerships between a federally recognized tribal government and a community-based nonprofit organization.
Grid DOE Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program https://www.energy.gov/gdo/grid-resilie ... nt-program
$181 million allocated to tribes
Deadline extended to May 31
The application deadline has been extended to May 31 for states, tribal nations, and territories to apply for this formula grant program designed to strengthen and modernize America's power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis.
The DOE program allocates $181 million to tribal nations over an anticipated five-year period to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events. Learn more in the Grid Deployment Office slides https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/fi ... -grant.pdf from our Federal Funding for Tribes webinar or view the webinar recording.
https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/202 ... ing-tribes
USDA Strategic Economic and Community Development Program https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-servic ... evelopment
Deadlines vary
Strategic Economic and Community Development funding supports regional economic and community development planning to implement strategic community investment plans. USDA Rural Development helps finance these projects to build community prosperity by using community assets, identifying resources, convening partners, and leveraging federal, state, local or private funding. For more, see the Fact Sheet https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/f ... s_secd.pdf and the Federal Register notice. https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... nt-program