Grants
Upcoming grant & award deadlines from PA Environment Digest: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=45853&SubjectID=
| Grant Program |
Funder |
Area of Interest | Eligible Region | Eligible Applicants | Award Amount | Date Due |
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Growing Greener Plus Grants Program
Growing Greener Plus, Pennsylvania’s most widely recognized environmental grant program, opens November 4, 2019. The four programs covered under this program are Growing Greener Watershed Restoration & Protection, Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) Bond Forfeiture, and Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) Set-Aside grants. The purpose of these grants is to addresss nonpoint source pollution through local, watershed-based planning, restoration and protection efforts. Applications are due by COB December 20, 2019, and applicants should contact the appropriate DEP staff by Friday, December 6, 2019. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Recreation, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Watershed association, county or municipality, government council, county conservation district, educational institution, 501(c)(3) corporation, municipal authority |
12/20/2019 | |
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Small Business Advantage Grant
The Small Business Advantage Grant provides 50% matching grants up to $7,000 to enable Pennsylvania small businesses to invest in pollution prevention measures, intall energy efficiency equipment, and/or implement natural resource protection projects, thus helping small business operate more efficiently and saving money while simultaneously improving Pennsylvania's environment. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Education and Outreach, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
For-profit business with 100 or fewer full-time employees |
Award Amount:
Up to $7,000 |
6-30-20 Projects for this round must be completed |
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Conservation Easement Assistance Program
The Conservation Easement Assistance Program provides small grants to conservation organizations to help cover the costs of:
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Funder:
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Recreation |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Private nonprofit entities and/or municipal authorities |
Award Amount:
Up to $6,000 |
Rolling |
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), administered jointly with the PA Department of Environmental Protection, provides a resource for financing various public drinking water systems (including systems owned by for-profit entities and not-for-profit entities) for expenditures for projects which will facilitate compliance with national and state drinking water regulations or otherwise advance the health-protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving funds are funded by federal capitalization grants and State matching funds. View More |
Funder:
Pennvest, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Water Utilities (see link for more details) |
Rolling | |
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund
The PENNVEST Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program provides funding to projects throughout Pennsylvania for the construction and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities, storm water management projects, nonpoint source pollution controls, and watershed and estuary management. This program offers low interest loans with flexible terms to assist a variety of borrowers that include local governments, municipalities, and privately owned entities and to establish partnerships to leverage other funding sources. View More |
Funder:
Pennvest, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Area of Interest:
Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
See link for more details |
Award Amount:
Low interest loans |
Rolling |
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Greened Acre Retrofit Program
GARP funding is available to companies or project aggregators who are able to develop a stormwater management plan on properties that total at least 10 acres in project size located in Philadelphia’s combined sewer service area only. The aggregator will be the direct recipient of funds but must provide agreements or contracts with all participating property owners as part of the grant application. All property owners must execute an Operations and Maintenance Agreement with PWD, and the project aggregator must execute an Economic Opportunity Plan as part of the subgrant agreement. Competitive applications will reduce costs to PWD as much as possible. Once the project is constructed, participating property owners (or customers) will be eligible for credits against their stormwater charges. |
Funder:
Philadelphia Water Department |
Area of Interest:
Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Philadelphia |
Eligible Applicants:
Companies, Nonprofits, Schools |
Award Amount:
No min or max |
Rolling |
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Stormwater Management Incentives Program
SMIP projects are evaluated based on a variety of criteria, including total volume of stormwater managed, cost competitiveness and other environmental and educational benefits. Competitive applications will limit grant requests to $100,000 or less per impervious acre and manage at least the first 1” of runoff. Payments may not exceed the actual cost for the design and installation of the project. Applicants must be the property owner, PWD customer or tenant with permission from the property owner. View More |
Funder:
Philadelphia Water Department |
Area of Interest:
Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Philadelphia |
Eligible Applicants:
property owner, PWD customer or tenant with permission from the property owner |
Award Amount:
Up to $100,000 |
Rolling |
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Community Mini-Grants for PA AMD Projects
In 2020, the Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition will award mini-grants to four projects on abandoned mine lands (AML) in Alabama, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. The grant award will consist of $7,000 in start-up funds as well as 30 hours of project technical and planning assistance from Downstream Strategies. The grants are intended to provide resources and support to turn viable land reuse concepts into fundable projects. View More |
Funder:
Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage |
Eligible Region:
Alabama, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
state and local governments, economic development organizations, nonprofits, local communities, non-government organizations, and businesses or individuals that would be willing to find community or government partners. |
Award Amount:
$7,000 + $3,000 worth of technical assistance |
5-1-2020 |
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Schuylkill River Restoration Fund
The Schuylkill River Restoration Fund provides grants to government agencies and non-profit organizations for projects that improve the quality of water in the watershed. The grants focus on three major sources of pollution: stormwater run-off, agricultural pollution and abandoned mine drainage. This program also offers administrative assistance grants for land transaction and open space preservation projects. View More |
Funder:
Schuylkill River Greenways |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Schuylkill River Watershed |
Eligible Applicants:
Government Agencies, Non-profit Organizations |
Award Amount:
Up to $100,000 |
4-13-2020 (Letter of Intent) |
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Partners for Places
A successful matching grant program, Partners for Places creates opportunities for cities and counties in the United States and Canada to improve communities by building partnerships between local government sustainability offices and place-based foundations. National funders invest in local projects to promote a healthy environment, a strong economy, and well-being of all residents. Through these projects, Partners for Places fosters long-term relationships that make our urban areas more prosperous, livable, and vibrant. View More |
Funder:
The Funders Network |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Education and Outreach, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
USA and Canada |
Eligible Applicants:
Local government, foundations |
Award Amount:
$25,000 - $100,000 |
1/31/2020 (Proposals) |
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