Deadline: 15 February 2019
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking proposals for its Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) program to provide funding directly to community-based organizations for projects that help residents of underserved communities understand and address local environmental and public health issues.
For purposes of this announcement, the term “underserved community” refers to a community with environmental justice concerns and/or vulnerable populations, including minority, low income, rural, tribal, indigenous, and homeless populations that may be disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and risks. In general, the EJSG program awards grants that support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues, building consensus in the community, and setting community priorities. Community-driven projects are projects that include activities where community residents and/or representatives are integrally involved in the thinking behind and execution of those activities. Therefore, applying organizations should have a direct connection to the underserved community impacted by environmental harms and risks.
Award Information
- The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $1,500,000.
- EPA anticipates awarding approximately five grants per EPA region in amounts of up to $30,000 per award.
Focus Areas
- Projects addressing Disaster Resiliency and Emergency Preparedness
- Veterans and Homeless Populations
- Newer EJ Grantees
- New Applicants to Urban Waters Program
Eligible Activities
To be eligible for funding, a project must consist of activities that fall within the terms of the above statutory grant authorities. Projects can address multiple statutes and include multiple eligible activities. Most of the statutes above authorize funding for the following activities:
- research
- public education
- demonstration projects
- training
- monitoring
- development
- investigations
- surveys and studies
- experiments
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with CFDA 66.604, an eligible applicant must be one of the following:
- incorporated non-profit organizations—including, but not limited to, environmental justice networks, faith based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions;
- federally recognized tribal governments—including Alaska Native Villages; OR
- tribal organizations
- Applicant non-profit organizations must include documentation that shows the organization is either a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service; OR a non-profit organization recognized by the state, territory, commonwealth or tribe in which it is located. For the latter, documentation must be on official state government letterhead.
- Applicants must be located within the same state, territory, commonwealth, or tribe in which the proposed project is located. This means that an applicant’s registered address of record (i.e. the address designated on their IRS or State-sanctioned documentation) must be in the same state, territory, commonwealth or tribe as the location of the proposed project.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
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