Five for Friday: June 21, 2024
Five for Friday: Grant Opportunities and More!
Curated by: The Western Nevada Development District…This edition of Five for Friday focuses on opportunities for economic development around the region in the areas of rural housing, environmental justice, infrastructure, and more.
Grant Opportunities & More
Rehabilitation Grants for Rural Housing (HPG)
The USDA’s HPG program provides grants to qualified organizations to repair or rehabilitate homes, rental properties or co-ops occupied by low- and very-low-income residents in rural areas.
Eligible applicants are organizations which include most State or local governmental entities, federally recognized Indian tribes, nonprofit, and faith-based organizations.
Applicants provide grants or low-interest loans to repair or rehabilitate housing for low- and very-low-income families. Rental property owners may also receive assistance if they agree to make units available to low- and very-low-income families.
Eligible expenses include:
• Repairing or replacing electrical wiring, foundations, roofs, insulation, heating systems and water/waste disposal systems
• Handicap accessibility features
• Labor and materials
• Administrative expenses
Pre-application Letters Due: July 29, 2024
Begin Process: Contact Nevada State Office
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants
The EPA’s new Community Change Grants program funds environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and stakeholder input.
The entities eligible to apply under this NOFO are:
• A partnership between two community-based non-profit organizations (CBOs)
• A partnership between a CBO and one of the following:
o a Federally-Recognized Tribe
o a local government
o an institution of higher education
The activities to be performed under the grants may generally fall under the following categories:
• Climate resiliency and adaptation
• Mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events
• Community-led air and other (including water and waste) pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation investments in low- and zero-emission technologies and related infrastructure
• Workforce development that supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
• Reducing indoor toxins and indoor air pollution
• Facilitating the engagement of disadvantaged communities in State and Federal advisory groups, workshops, rulemakings, and other public processes
Award Range: $1 million to $20 million
Application Deadline: November 21, 2024
EV and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grants
The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) will strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in urban and rural areas where people live and work located along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). CFI Program investments will make modern and sustainable infrastructure accessible to all drivers of electric, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas vehicles.
This program provides two funding categories of grants:
1. Community Charging and Alternative Fueling Grants (Community Program)
2. Charging and Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants (Corridor Program)
Eligible applicants include:
• States or political subdivision of States
• Metropolitan planning organizations
• Unit of local governments
• Special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function, including port authorities
• Indian Tribes
• Authorities, agencies, or instrumentalities or entities owned by, one or more entities listed above
• Group of entities listed above
• State or local authorities with ownership of publicly accessible transportation facilities
(applies to Community Program only)
Award Floor: $500,000
Application Deadline: August 28, 2024
Building Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities by funding operational assessments and strategic planning efforts to sustain and protect historical, cultural, educational, intellectual, and physical assets from the risks of climate change. Projects will result in a climate action, resilience, or adaptation plan including detailed assessments, measurable actions, and expected outcomes. Proposals must address how strategic planning for climate change will increase the organization’s resilience and support its work in the humanities over the long term. Projects are financed through a combination of federal matching funds and gifts raised from third-party, non-federal sources.
Eligible applicants include:
• County governments
• State governments
• Special district governments
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• City or township governments
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Application Deadline: September 18, 2024
Get Your Non-Profit Noticed
With billions of Google searches happening every day, nonprofits around the world use the Google Ad Grant Program to connect with people looking to learn more about their cause. To help people digitally reach and engage their organization’s supporters, Google can provide a (free) helping hand. Through the Google Ad Grant program, qualifying nonprofits can receive up to $10,000 per month in free advertising spend on the Google Search Network. This in-kind donation allows nonprofits to promote their brand, programs, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers online using the Google Ads platform.
