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BOR WaterSMART: Large-Scale Water Recycling Projects, This rolling NOFO has three application submission periods with a final closing on September 30, 2024.
Provides technical assistance to local water agencies for the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation and reuse projects. Projects develop and supplement urban and irrigation water supplies through water reuse, thereby improving efficiency, providing flexibility during water shortages, and diversifying the water supply. These projects provide growing communities with new sources of clean water, which increases water management flexibility and makes our water supply more reliable. Second Application Submission Period Due Date is March 29, 2024. Third and Final Application Submission Period Due Date is September 30, 2024, 4:00 pm MT.
Department of Energy Small Innovative Projects in Solar: Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaics, Deadline March 6, 2024. For innovative research and development that accelerates the large-scale development of solar technologies to support an equitable transition to a decarbonized electricity system by 2035 and decarbonized energy sector by 2050.
DOI/BOR Native American Affairs Technical Assistance to Tribes for Fiscal Year 2024, Deadline March 12, 2024. Financial assistance for projects and activities that develop, manage, and protect tribal water and related resources.
CDFI Capital Magnet Fund Program, Deadline March 14, 2024.
The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) awards Capital Magnet Fund grants to certified CDFIs and certain nonprofit organizations to finance: 1) the development, preservation, rehabilitation, or purchase of affordable housing for primarily extremely low-, very low-, and low-income families; and 2) economic development activities or community service facilities, such as day care centers, workforce development centers, and healthcare clinics, which in conjunction with affordable housing activities implement a concerted strategy to stabilize or revitalize a low-income area or underserved rural area.
DOA-RDBCP Rural Energy for America (REAP) Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program, Deadline March 15, 2024. These grant funds provide technical assistance to Agricultural Producers and Rural Small Businesses applying to REAP, with priority for applications that: assist Agricultural Producers and Tribal entities, provide technical assistance to projects located in a Disadvantaged Community or a Distressed Community, support projects using Underutilized Renewable Energy Technologies, and/or support grant applications of $20,000 or less.
HUD Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Grant Program, Deadline March 19, 2024. Under the program, eligible Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) receive grants to carry out a range of affordable housing activities. Grant funds may be used to develop, maintain, and operate affordable housing in safe and healthy environments on Indian reservations and in other Indian areas and carry out other affordable housing activities.
NPS Historic Preservation Fund - Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program, Deadline March 19, 2024. The goal of the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program is to fund subgrant programs that support the rehabilitation of historic properties to foster economic development of rural communities. These subgrant programs, managed by States, Tribes, Certified Local Governments, special district governments, and non-profits will fund preservation projects for historic properties to include architectural/engineering services and physical preservation.
USDA RD Rural Innovation Stronger Economies (RISE), Deadline April 1, 2024.
Financial assistance in support of innovation centers and job accelerator programs that improve the ability of distressed rural communities to create high wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, and help rural communities identify and maximize local assets.
BOR WaterSMART Planning and Project Design Grants for FY23 & FY24,
Deadline April 2, 2024.
Provides funding for collaborative planning and design projects to support water management improvements. This includes funding for: (1) Water Strategy Grants to conduct planning activities to improve water supplies (e.g., water supplies to disadvantaged communities that do not have reliable access to water, water marketing, water conservation, drought resilience, and ecological resilience); (2) Project Design Grants to conduct project-specific design for projects to improve water management; and (3) comprehensive Drought Contingency Plans.
USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, Deadline April 4, 2024. Supports the delivery of education, outreach, and technical assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States and its territories that are entering, establishing, building, and managing successful farm and ranch enterprises.
NPS Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, Deadline April 19, 2024.
In recognition of the significance of Route 66 to America's heritage, Congress passed an act in 1999 to create the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program. Administered by the NPS, the program is dedicated to preserving the special places and stories of the historic highway.
DOE Clean Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands 2024, Deadline May 30, 2024. Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian Tribes, which include Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Village Corporations, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Energy Development Organizations to: (1) Install clean energy generating system(s) and/or energy efficiency measure(s) for Tribal building(s) (Topic Area 1); or, (2) Deploy community-scale clean energy generating system(s) or community energy storage on Tribal lands (Topic Area 2); or, (3) Install integrated energy system(s) for autonomous operation (independent of the traditional centralized electric power grid) to power a single or multiple essential Tribal buildings during emergency situations or for tribal community resilience (Topic Area 3); or, (4) Provide electric power to Tribal Building(s), which otherwise would be unelectrified (Topic Area 4).
NPS Historic Preservation Fund Annual Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) Grants, Deadline May 30, 2024. Grants to THPOs for the identification, evaluation, and protection of historic properties as outlined in the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) by such means as: survey, planning, technical assistance, physical preservation, review of Federal undertakings, education, listing in the in National Register of Historic Places and Tribal Registers.
HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, Deadline June 20, 2024.
The Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program provides Capital Advance funding for the development of supportive rental housing for Very-Low-Income persons aged 62 years or older and project rental subsidies in the form of a Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) to maintain ongoing affordability. This program provides elderly persons with the opportunity to live independently, but with important voluntary support services such as nutritional, transportation, continuing education, and/or health-related services. In addition, this year’s NOFO includes funding to support the development of intergenerational housing for elderly caregivers raising children.
DOI Slip-On Tanker Units, Deadline June 4, 2024. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), is bringing much-needed support to communities across the country to increase the resilience of lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters. The BIL provides funding and authorizes the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop and implement a pilot program to provide local governments with financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines.
Fish and Wildlife Service FY24 Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWG) Program, Deadline June 21, 2024. The TWG Program provides opportunities for federally recognized Tribes to engage in fish and wildlife conservation efforts on Tribal lands. Many of the TWG Program-funded project activities increase fish and wildlife populations, allowing for hunting and fishing opportunities on and off Tribal lands. Additionally, the TWG Program funds project activities that align and assist with Endangered Species Act (ESA) conservation activities supporting species down-listing (threatened to endangered), delisting (removal from the list due to species recovery), and preventing new species listings under the ESA.
USDA RUS Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants, Until funds are exhausted.
Grants to qualified entities for expenses related to water infrastructure systems in designated areas that were impacted by events that occurred during calendar year 2022 and were recognized through Presidentially Declared Disasters.
USDA Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants, Until funds are exhausted.
To eligible public bodies, non-profits, and federally recognized Tribes. Grants may cover up to
75% of total project cost. There is no minimum or maximum award amount.
EDA FY23 Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs, Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the publication of a new PWEAA NOFO.
To meet the full range of communities' and regions' economic need from planning and technical assistance to construction of infrastructure.
Planning Ahead
DOT Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding (SS4A), Deadline August 29, 2024.
Funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 SS4A grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and demonstration activities, as well as projects and strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation, personal conveyance, and micro-mobility users; motorists; and commercial vehicle operators.
BOR WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I for FY23, Deadline September 3, 2024. States, Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, local governmental entities, non-profit organizations, existing watershed groups, and local and special districts (e.g., irrigation and water districts, conservation districts, natural resource districts) may submit proposals for Phase I activities to develop a watershed group, complete watershed restoration planning activities, and design watershed management projects.
EPA Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program, Deadline November 21, 2024. Funds community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful implementation.
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