Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

Provider

Environmental Protection Agency

Application Deadline

EPA will be accepting applications continuously through November 21, 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the Agency anticipates beginning review of initial applications in March 2024.

Summary

EPA’s new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act funds in 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. They are designed to deliver on the transformative potential of the IRA for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments.

Common Eligible Projects

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:

           a Federally Recognized Tribe

           a local government

           an institution of higher education

More Information

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants)