Grants Update Week of August 25, 2023 |
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This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Coalition. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed. |
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| FY 2024 AmeriCorps State and National Competitive Grants WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports projects that engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence informed interventions /practices to strengthen communities. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local and state governments, State Service Commissions, US territories, Native American/Indian tribes, institutions of higher education, school districts, and non-profit organizations TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified WHEN'S IT DUE? January 4, 2024 |
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Department of Agriculture |
| FY 2023 Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides financial assistance grants for projects that support underserved and small-acreage forest landowner participation in emerging private markets for climate mitigation and forest resilience. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local, state, and Federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, small businesses, independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS, and nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)3 status with the IRS TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $150 million WHEN'S IT DUE? August 21, 2024 |
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Department of Agriculture |
| FY 2024 Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports collaborative, science-based restoration projects that focus on priority forest landscapes in the eastern region state, private, and Tribal Forestry and encourages the use of innovative cross-boundary approaches to support landscape restoration. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State forestry agencies or equivalent state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, Indian tribes, universities, and Tribal organizations located in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, or Wisconsin TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified WHEN'S IT DUE? October 5, 2023 (Draft Application), November 30, 2023 (Application) |
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Department of Agriculture |
| FY 2024 Southern Region and International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Program WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes that not only focuses on priority landscapes but may include issues identified in states' forest action plans. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and territorial forestry agencies or equivalent state agencies, units of local government, tribes, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, and universities. Projects must take place in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and/or Virginia, or the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and/or the U.S. Virgin Islands TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified WHEN'S IT DUE? October 4, 2023 (Pre-proposal), December 7, 2023 (Draft to State Forester Sponsor), December 15, 2023 (Proposal) |
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| FY 2024 Western Forestry Leadership Coalition: Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support collaborative, science-based restoration projects that focus on priority landscapes in the western United States, and to encourage the use of innovative cross-boundary approaches to support landscape restoration. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State forestry agencies or appropriate state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaska Native corporations and universities located in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming, or the U.S. territories TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified WHEN'S IT DUE? November 17, 2023 |
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| FY 2023 Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV) WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support research and development (R&D) to reduce material usage, improve installation quality and resilience of photovoltaic (PV) systems, and address handling of PV systems at the end of life. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local, state, and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, for-profit entities, and nonprofits TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $20 million WHEN'S IT DUE? September 6, 2023 (Letter of Intent); September 13, 2023 (Concept Papers); November 28, 2023 (Full Application) |
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National Endowment for the Humanities |
| FY 2024 Digital Humanities Advancement Grants WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. Click here for more information. WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local, state, and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, and nonprofits TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $2.2 million WHEN'S IT DUE? January 11, 2024; June 13, 2024 |
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| Biden-Harris Administration Announces $30 Million to Build Up Domestic Supply Chain for Critical Minerals
HUD Announces Funding to Support People Experiencing Homelessness in Maui Through Rapid Response Program
U.S. Department of Transportation Providing Hawaii $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding for Traffic Management and Repairs to Infrastructure Damaged by Wildfires in Lahaina |
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