Deadline: 8-May-23
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications for its Gulf of Mexico Environmental Justice Grants Program.
Objectives
EPA Gulf of Mexico Environmental Justice objectives for this RFA are:
- Fund projects that are authorized under CWA 104 (b)(3) to communities adversely and disproportionately affected by environmental and human health harms or risks, including affected underserved communities. All proposed projects should include activities designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to understand local environmental and public health issues;
- Enhance environmental and/or resilience collaboration, including within and among communities adversely and disproportionately affected by environmental and human health harms or risks, including affected underserved communities, municipal and state governments, Non-profit organizations (NPOs), and academic institutions;
- Document the beneficial impact the project has on the community; and
- Effectively communicate project results to inform future environmental justice approaches.
Funding Information
- The estimated amount available under this announcement is approximately $12,000,000. The amount of federal funding per award is up to $2,500,000. Applications seeking EPA funding more than that amount will be rejected. EPA anticipates awarding five cooperative agreements (one per state) under this solicitation.
- EPA expects funding for each subaward will range from $25,000 to $250,000. Applicants can identify a slightly different range for each subaward as part of their project narrative and explain why they have chosen a different range.
- Proposed project period may be up to five years.
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with Assistance Listing 66.475, applications will be accepted from State and local governments (includes State-designated Indian Tribes), interstate agencies, Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, public and private universities and colleges, public or private nonprofit institutions (as defined at 2 CFR 200.1), and intertribal consortia.
- Nonprofit organizations that are not exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code must submit other forms of documentation of nonprofit status such as certificates of incorporation as nonprofit under state or tribal law. Nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that lobby are not eligible for EPA funding as provided in the Lobbying Disclosure Act, 2 U.S.C. 1611.
- For-profit organizations are not an eligible entity for this funding opportunity.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.