EPA’s Grantmakers Program to Fund Community-based Environmental Justice Project

Grantmakers will issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years according to an Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 news release on December 20, 2023

“Grantmakers are expected to begin opening competitions and awarding subgrants by summer 2024. [Community Based Organizations (CBOs)] and other eligible organizations seeking subgrant funding can apply for subgrants through three concurrent tiers offered by the Grantmakers. Tier One will consist of grants for $150,000 for assessment, Tier Two will consist of grants for $250,000 for planning, and Tier Three will consist of grants for $350,000 for project development. In addition, $75,000 will be available for capacity-constrained CBOs through a noncompetitive process during Tier One.” Learn more about the subgrants and eligibility.

“This new grant program … responds to community feedback about the need to reduce barriers to federal funds and improve the efficiency of the awards process to ensure communities that have long faced underinvestment can access the benefits of the largest climate investment in history. Communities will be able to apply … for a subgrant to fund a range of different environmental project activities, including (but not limited to) small local cleanups, local emergency preparedness and disaster resiliency programs, environmental workforce development programs for local jobs reducing greenhouse gas emissions, fenceline air quality and asthma-related projects, healthy homes programs, and projects addressing illegal dumping.”

Begin the process for your community to go after one of these grants, schedule a free consultation with Alba today.