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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EPA Brownfields Grants
EPA's Brownfields Grant Funding programs provide direct funding for brownfields assessment, planning, cleanup, revolving loans, environmental job training, technical assistance, training, and/or research. This may include abandoned mine lands, communitity outreach, and environmental planning. With this funding opportunity, we will remove longstanding barriers to brownfields reuse and spur new sustainable and environmentally just redevelopment in communities across the nation,” said Carlton Waterhouse, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management. “During this grant cycle, our expanded funding will allow us to address more sites plaguing underserved areas, and in some instances, award grants of greater funding levels. In the case of our Brownfields Cleanup Grants and our Revolving Loan Fund Grants, the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding allows us to remove the matching funds requirements.” EPA anticipates awarding approximately 198 grants nationwide at amounts ranging from $500,000 to $2 million per award. A portion of the funding available during this grant cycle, approximately $104 million, is available through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which makes a historic investment in cleaning up legacy pollution and delivering economic benefits. With this funding more vacant and abandoned properties will be turned into community assets that will attract jobs and promote economic revitalization in communities. A link to each of the Request for Application notices, additional application resources, and links to attend the webinars are available on the MARC Grant Application Resources page. View More |
Funder:
U.S. EPA |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Engagement & Stewardship |
Eligible Region:
USA |
Eligible Applicants:
Varies |
Award Amount:
Varies between $500,000 to $2,000,000 |
November 22, 2022 |
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Farmer Grant Program
This program offers grants to farmers to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations, or other research and education techniques. Topics eligible for funding include marketing and business, crop production, raising livestock, social sustainability, climate-smart agriculture practices, urban and Indigenous agriculture, and more. All types and scales of farms — large or small scale, organic or conventional, urban or rural — can apply. Farm business owners as well as farm employees, whether full- or part-time, can apply. View More |
Funder:
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture |
Eligible Region:
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. |
Eligible Applicants:
To be eligible, you must meet the U.S. Census of Agriculture definition of a Farm: “Any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year.” For more information see, “ |
Award Amount:
$5,000 - $30,000 |
November 14, 2023 |
PA Water Trail Mini-Grants
Applications will be accepted for projects that implement the PA Water Trail Program’s eight guiding principles:
Proposed projects must advance program goals such as creating recreational opportunities for all Pennsylvanians on Water Trails; developing trails that support sustainable use of natural resources; increasing and improving physical and psychological access to Water Trails; and connecting water trails to land trails or to other culturally significant community assets. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Environmental Council/PA DCNR |
Area of Interest:
Engagement & Stewardship |
Eligible Region:
PA designated water trails |
Eligible Applicants:
Registered non-profit organizations and public entities (county, municipality, or municipal agency) |
Award Amount:
up to $5,000 |
May 27, 2022 |
PA Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Grants
Proposals are invited for research topics including animal health and welfare and its interactions with human and environmental health; study of the impacts of mental health challenges on farm success, the availability of on-farm housing for farm workers, and strategies for recruiting and retaining an agriculture workforce; and consumer research on the appeal of biodegradable packaging and new uses for milk proteins and milk-based products. Additional research topics invited include studies of the economic impacts of pest infestations; water and soil management practices on farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that have not received state or federal funding; and programs and initiatives in the PA Pollinator Protection Plan and the PA Farm Bill. Full proposal guidelines can be found in the PA Bulletin. View More |
Funder:
PA Department of Agriculture |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
May 13, 2022 | ||
Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant
The goal of the HWC Grant Program is to “accelerate strategic protection of healthy, freshwater ecosystems and their watersheds”, with primary focus on prevention of land deterioration by protecting healthy watersheds that already have many of their services and systems intact. View More |
Funder:
U.S. Endowment of Forestry and Communities, U.S. Environmental Protection, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Area of Interest:
Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
United States and U.S. Territories |
Eligible Applicants:
nonprofit, non-governmental organizations, interstate agencies, and intertribal consortia |
Award Amount:
$2.1M; 40% match |
May 10, 2024 at 11:59pm |
County Recycling Coordinator Grants
The County Recycling Coordinator Grants outlined in Section 903 provide a 50 percent reimbursement for County Recycling Coordinators’ salary and expenses. This grant is only available to Pennsylvania county governments. Application Dates for Calendar Year 2022: Opens – January 2, 2023 |
Funder:
PA Department of Environmental Protection |
Area of Interest:
Engagement & Stewardship |
Eligible Region:
Commonwealth of PA |
Eligible Applicants:
County government |
Award Amount:
up to 50% salary and expenses |
May 1, 2023 |
PA Trout in the Classroom Program Grants
To ease this financial burden for teachers and help support the thousands of students engaged each year in PA Trout in the Classroom (TIC), the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (PATU) awards funding to TIC teachers annually through the TIC Grant Program. Grants up to $500 can help keep existing and already-established TIC programs running. For the 2022/2023 school year, funding is also available for assistance starting a new TIC program. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited |
Area of Interest:
Engagement & Stewardship |
Eligible Region:
statewide |
Eligible Applicants:
school teachers and local partners who have attended or plan to attend a TIC workshop |
Award Amount:
varies |
May 1, 2022 |
American Water Charitable Foundation Water and Environment Grant Program
Important: If your organization historically applied to both American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation environmental grant programs, please note only one environmental-focused grant program will be offered in 2024. The American Water Environmental Grant Program has been discontinued and blended into the Foundation’s Water and Environment Grant Program. Applications will be accepted in the following states served by American Water, in addition to its Military Service locations: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Grants will be awarded to help fund innovative, community-based projects that:
To qualify:
Deadline: |
Funder:
American Water/American Water Charitable Foundation |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
American Water Service Locations in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. |
Eligible Applicants:
501(c)(3) nonprofit or educational institutions (K-12, college or university) |
Award Amount:
varies |
March 15, 2024 |
Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund
The fund provides grants and program-related investments for projects serving the Met-Ed and Penelec electric companies in Pennsylvania that meet the mission of the fund to support: The fund will award multiple grants of $2,000 to $50,000 for projects within or substantially affecting the Met-Ed and Penelec territories. Program-related investments in addition to this amount may be considered. Program-related investments range from $25,000 to $500,000. Questions should be addressed to Kevin Lugo, Energy and the Environment Program Officer of the Berks County Community Foundation, at KevinL@bccf.org. View More |
Funder:
Metropolitan Edison Company |
Area of Interest:
Engagement & Stewardship |
Eligible Region:
Met-Ed service territory |
Award Amount:
$2,000 to $50,000 |
March 15, 2022 | |
Albany Township Tomorrow Fund
The Albany Township Tomorrow Fund was created in honor of Pauline Levan Hamm and Gloria Longenberger Hamm and their lifelong efforts to support and improve the Albany Township community. The Fund provides grants to support community-minded organizations and initiatives that benefit the general population of Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The fund awards grants each year using the following considerations:
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Funder:
Berks County Community Foundation |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Albany Township (Berks County, PA) |
Eligible Applicants:
community-minded organizations |
March 15 annually |