GRANTS

Apply for Smart Growth Implementation Assistance

After learning about the principles of smart growth, many communities are asking "How do we get from the principles to practice?  This could really help my community -- but how do we do it?"  EPA is offering an opportunity to apply for free technical assistance that will help you apply smart growth principles to a real challenge in your community.

The Development, Community and Environment Division in U.S. EPA’s Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation is seeking applications from communities that want to develop in ways that meet environmental and other community goals.  A team of multidisciplinary experts will provide technical assistance to communities that are selected.

Communities around the country are interested in fostering economic development, protecting their environmental resources, enhancing public health, and planning for growth, but they may lack the tools, resources, or information to achieve these goals.  EPA can help communities overcome these roadblocks by providing evaluation tools and expert analysis.

EPA is soliciting applications from communities that want help with either policy analysis (e.g., reviewing state and local codes, school siting guidelines, transportation policies, etc.) or public
participatory processes (e.g., visioning, alternatives analysis, build-out analysis, etc.).  Selected communities will receive assistance from a team of experts organized by EPA and other national partners to work with local leaders.

For more information and application materials, please go to:
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sg_implementation.htm 

EPA Grants: Solutions to Local Environmental and/or Public Health Problems

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/small-grants-guidance-2005.pdf

The purpose of this grant program is to provide financial assistance that will support and empower community-based organizations that are working on local solutions to local environmental and/or public health problems.

Eligible Applicants: An applicant must meet all of the requirements listed and must identify how it fits each of those requirements in the application. An applicant must be a non-government, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) local community-based organization. An affected local community-based organization (LCBO) is defined as being in the locale which is influenced or altered by the environmental/public health problem and for this grant program as an entity/organization that is: (1) located in the same area as the environmental and/or public health problem that is described in the application and where the residents of the affected community reside; (2) comprised of members of the affected community; (3) focused primarily on addressing the environmental and/or public health problems
of the residents of the affected community; and (4) at the most basic level of the organizational hierarchy such as a grassroots group/neighborhood organization that is not affiliated with a larger national, regional or state organization

EPA Small EJ Grants Program

Funding levels for this fiscal year do not permit the Office of Environmental Justice to fund both the Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program AND the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program.  Therefore, to provide more opportunities for community-based organizations, the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program will be in the amount of $25,000 and 30 awards will be made.  Each region will be able to fund three projects.  Contact your local region for more information.

The Request for Applications for this year's program can be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej_smgrants.html

The dates for submission are 2/18/05-4/05/05.

All submissions must be posted by midnight 4/05/05.

EPA Grant Description

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from state, local, multi-state, tribal agencies and non-profit public or private organizations or institutions, for a partnership project that (1) develops and delivers a training workshop that increases the awareness within environmental justice communities of permitting programs that affect air quality and (2) develops and delivers a training workshop that brings together governmental, community, academic, and advocacy groups and representatives to discuss emerging issues related to the Clean Air Act’s Title V operating permits program.

The deadline for proposal submission has been extended from February 25, 2005 to March 25, 2005, 5:00 p.m.

http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/EPA/OGD/GAD/OAR-OAQPS-ITPID-05-02/listing.html 

 

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The F.B. Heron Foundation is a private, grantmaking institution dedicated to supporting organizations with a track record of building wealth within low-income communities.

http://www.fbheron.org/index.html 

  Common Counsel’s Grantee Exchange Fund

Common Counsel’s Grantee Exchange Fund (GXF) provides discretionary small grants (averaging from $300-$800) to build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States. The Grantee Exchange Fund was established to encourage social change organizations to seek technical assistance from one another, and to help build regional and national networks among organizations. GXF prioritizes grants to small community-based groups seeking to meet
face-to-face with other grassroots organizations, to build collaborative campaigns, and to benefit from technical assistance opportunities.  The program strives to meet three major goals:

        * To strengthen the ability of small organizations to participate in public debates;
        * To strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements; and
        * To contribute to collaborative policy victories in the realms of social, environmental and economic justice.

http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/foundation.html#grantee

The Washington Area Women's Foundation

Supports nonprofit organizations working to increase resources and opportunities for women and girls in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. The foundation's philanthropy over the next three years will be focused on building the financial and economic independence of low-income, women headed families. To accelerate the process of equipping more women with the tools they need
to move from poverty to economic stability to long-term prosperity, grantmaking will be made through three new funds Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation; Jobs, Education and Training; and Child Care and Early Education as well as the Open Door Capacity Fund (existing grantee partners only).

Each of the three funds will release a Request for Proposals for two types of grant opportunities: planning grants, targeting organizations that are developing or improving an idea, approach, and/or collaborative model; and impact grants, targeting organizations that can demonstrate a track record in delivering results. The foundation has issued RFPs and is accepting proposals from community
organizations for the Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Fund.  Complete information on the Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Fund and the planning and impact grant Request for Proposals are available at www.thewomensfoundation.org/getfunded/grant/