NSDC Grant Update: December 13, 2024
This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Coalition. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed.
New Grant Opportunities
Department of Agriculture
FY 2025 Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to restore, sustain, and manage urban and community forest lands for the benefit of the nation's communities. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Non-profit organizations, any U.S. state or territory, local governments, institutions of higher education, and federally recognized tribal organizations
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $1 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? February 27, 2025
Department of Agriculture
FY 2025 Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support the provision of clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and stormwater drainage for households and businesses in eligible rural areas. All facilities receiving funding must be used for a public purpose. Funding may be provided as a loan or as a combination of a loan and a grant. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Most state and local government entities, private nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified
WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling
Department of Agriculture
FY 2025 Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to address resource concerns due to erosion, floodwater, and sediment, and to provide for improved utilization of land and water resources. This program provides technical and financial assistance to plan and implement authorized watershed project plans. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, state governments, units of the federal government, and federally recognized tribes
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified
WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling
Department of Commerce
FY 2025 Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support transformational habitat restoration projects that restore marine, estuarine, coastal, or Great Lakes ecosystems, using approaches that enhance community and ecosystem resilience to climate hazards. Funding will prioritize habitat restoration actions that: demonstrate significant impacts; rebuild productive and sustainable fisheries; contribute to the recovery and conservation of threatened and endangered species; promote resilient ecosystems, especially in tribal or underserved communities; and improve economic vitality, including local employment. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Institutions of higher education, non-profits, commercial (for profit) organizations, U.S. territories, and state, local, and tribal governments
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $100 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? April 16, 2025
Department of Energy
FY 2025 Renewable Integration Management with Innovative High Voltage Direct Current Power Circuit Breakers
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program will support research and development (R&D) that will standardize the technical specifications of high voltage direct current circuit breakers (HV DCCB) as well as advance existing HV DCCB designs for reduced cost and footprint. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Institutions of higher education, for-profits, nonprofits, state and local governments, and Indian tribes
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $8 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? February 28, 2025
Department of Health and Human Services
FY 2025 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support organizations to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, the program also aims to strengthen local resources and capacity in rural communities. Through collaborative consortiums that include three or more health care providers, each community can develop innovative approaches to solve their own unique challenges and factors underlying rural health disparities. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and county health departments, institutions of higher education, hospitals (including rural emergency hospitals), community-based organizations, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, federally recognized Tribal governments, and tribal organizations
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $13 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? January 27, 2025
Department of the Interior
FY 2025 Federal Lands to Parks Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program helps increase close-to-home recreation opportunities and the public recreation estate by working with communities interested in acquiring federal property for parks and recreation, including finding out about available federal property, assisting with the application, advocating for public recreation, and deeding the property. Once transferred, the program continues to work with communities to ensure this land remains available and used for public parks and recreation in perpetuity and to protect important natural and cultural resources. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, counties, municipalities, and similar state and local government entities
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Rather than providing monetary awards, this program conveys surplus federal land to communities, usually at no cost, for public park and recreational purposes.
WHEN'S IT DUE? Varies by regional NPS office
Department of the Interior
FY 2025-2026 WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support the study, design, and construction of aquatic ecosystem restoration projects that are collaboratively developed; have widespread regional benefits; and are for the purpose of improving the health of fisheries, wildlife, and aquatic habitat through restoration and improved fish passage. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in Reclamation States, including entities and organizations that own a dam that is eligible for upgrade, modification, or removal. Nonprofit conservation organizations working in partnership with the entities listed above or that notify entities listed above are also eligible to apply.
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $95 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? April 15, 2025 (First application period),
February 17, 2026 (Second application period)
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