Grant and Funding Opportunities

Community-wide Assessment Grants are for communities that are beginning to address their brownfield challenges, as well as for communities that have ongoing efforts to bring sites into productive reuse. This funding opportunity will provide funding for developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans related to brownfield sites. A portion of the assessment grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments.

Eligible applicants include:

• General Purpose Unit of Local Government
• Government Entity Created by State Legislature
• Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government
• Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a General Purpose Unit of Local Government
• Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state
• State
• Federally Recognized Indian tribe other than in Alaska
• Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community
• Nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
• Limited partnership in which all general partners are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
• Limited liability corporation in which all managing members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3)nonprofit organizations
• Qualified community development entity as defined in section 45D(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• Other nonprofit organizations

Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: November 14, 2024

Contact: Elyse Salinas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, email:
brownfields@epa.gov

See more at: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/356303

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant program provides up to 50% reimbursement assistance for state and local government subdivisions (townships, villages, cities, counties, park districts, joint recreation districts, and conservancy districts) for the acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of recreational areas. The applicant must own the property being developed or rehabilitated. Unless leased from the federal government or another political subdivision for a 25 year term (not revocable at will), leased property is ineligible. To be eligible for federal LWCF grant assistance, Ohio prepares and updates the Ohio Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). Ohio reviews LWCF grant applications and submits recommended projects to the National Park Service for final approval. All recommended projects must be in accord with Ohio's SCORP priorities.

Eligible applicants may include:

• All local subdivisions of government are eligible

Award Ceiling:                  $500,000
Match Requirement:     Yes; 1:1 ratio
Deadline: November 15, 2024.

Contact: Dee Burlison, Program Manager; email: dolores.burlison@dnr.ohio.gov;  phone: 614-265-6834

See more at: https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/buy-and-apply/apply-for-grants/grants/land-water-conservation-fund

These small quick grants are awarded quarterly for special projects, program expansions, capital improvements or capacity building. This competitive grant opportunity is designed to fund qualified grant requests from $500 to $7,500. All applicants will be notified within two weeks of the deadline as to whether or not a grant has been awarded.

The application is available on the Foundation’s new grants application portal. A courtesy worksheet can be downloaded to help you collect your answers before entering them in the online portal.

Eligible applicants may include:

• be recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, according to the Internal Revenue Code;
• be established for at least two years as a nonprofit organization and have a track record of sustainability;
• benefit citizens in the Greater Dayton region (Montgomery, Miami, Greene, Darke, Preble and Warren (north) counties);
• demonstrate diversity, equity and inclusion in organizational practices;
• demonstrate systemic collaboration; and
• address needs that are not met fully by existing organizational or community resources.

Award Ceiling:  $7,500
Deadline: December 2, 2024.
Contact: Tania Arseculeratne, Senior Community Engagement Officer; phone: (937) 225-9966; email: tarseculeratne@daytonfoundation.org

See more at: https://daytonfoundation.my.site.com/GrantApplication/s/funding-program/a1vRc000001JCHp/gg-fy202512

This program reduces or eliminates pollution of water resources by providing funding for organizations that provide technical assistance or training to improve the planning and management of solid waste sites for rural areas and towns with a population of 10,000 or less. This program:

• Evaluates current landfill conditions to identify threats to water resources.
• Provides technical assistance or training to enhance the operation and maintenance of active landfills.
• Provides technical assistance or training to help communities reduce the amount of solid waste coming into a landfill.
• Provides technical assistance or training to prepare for closure and future use of a landfill site.

Eligible applicants include:

• State and local governmental entities
• Nonprofits
• Federally recognized tribes
• Academic institutions

Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Deadline: December 31, 2024.
Contact Cynthia Leonard, Community Programs Specialist, phone: (540) 742-5284; email: cynthia.leonard@usda.gov

See more at: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/356558

The Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program will award approximately $250 million to provide safe, reliable drinking water in areas that lack infrastructure, bring sewage treatment capacity to unsewered areas, and develop regional infrastructure to serve multiple communities. This presentation offers more information.

Water and wastewater construction projects are eligible for up to $5 million in grant funding, and infrastructure engineering design projects are eligible for up to $250,000.

Examples of water infrastructure construction projects include, but are not limited to:

• Sewer/wastewater treatment plant improvements/expansion
• New/replacement sanitary sewer lines
• Excess sanitary sewer infiltration/inflow correction
• Improvements to public drinking water treatment facilities
• Drinking water line improvements or extensions
• Repair, replacement, and construction of drinking water storage towers

Click to download the application to the Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program, and contact Matt Lindsay at mlindsay@mvrpc.org to discuss potential projects in your community.

Through its Planning and Local Technical Assistance programs, EDA assists eligible recipients in developing economic development plans and studies designed to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of an area or region. The Planning program helps support organizations, including District Organizations, Indian Tribes, and other eligible recipients, with Short Term and State Planning investments designed to guide the eventual creation and retention of high-quality jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the Nation’s most economically distressed regions. As part of this program, EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients’ respective regions. The Local Technical Assistance program strengthens the capacity of local or State organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible recipients to undertake and promote effective economic development programs through projects such as feasibility studies and impact analyses.

Please see the Federal Funding Opportunity for full information on how to apply. Also note that any applicants who are in the process of developing an application under the previous FFO will need to apply under the new FFO and use the associated new forms.

Deadline: Applications are accepted on a continuing basis and processed as received. This Planning and Local Technical Assistance opportunity will remain in effect until superseded by a future announcement.

Contact: Ellen Heinz, State of Ohio Economic Development Representative, (312)505-4953, eheinz@eda.gov

See more at:

 https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-opportunities/fiscal-year-2021-2023-eda-planning-and-local-technical-assistance

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280447

The Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) program provides property assessment services at no cost to eligible applicants. SABR utilizes either in-house field staff or contractors to perform the requested assistance and the applicant receives a written report of the work performed.

Typical services include Phase I environmental site assessment, asbestos surveys, geophysical surveys, and limited or supplemental phase II property assessment. TBA staff will work with applicants to provide the appropriate services to meet their needs.

New services available through TBA include those required for participation in the Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup program administered by Ohio Development Services Agency. The program includes certain perquisites for eligibility including a Phase I assessment to Ohio EPA Voluntary Action Program (VAP) standards, Class C designated release by the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations (BUSTR) and former use of the property as a gas station or service station. TBA can assist with preparatory activities including Phase I assessment, determining if underground storage tanks (USTs) are present, determining if there was a release from UST’s, tank closure assessment and completing the BUSTR Class C release form. For more information about the Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup program click here.

Eligible applicants: Eligibility for the TBA program requires the following:

• Applicant is a local government or quasi-governmental entity
• Applicant is not a potentially responsible party
• If applicants do not own the property, access to the site has been granted
• Property must be a brownfield (former industrial/commercial use or residential if more than 4 units)
• Property is not subject to federal CERCLA orders or on the National Priorities List.

Deadline: Ongoing

Contact: Ellen Heinz, State of Ohio Economic Development Representative, (312)505-4953, eheinz@eda.gov

See more at: http://epa.ohio.gov/derr/SABR/Grant_Assistance.aspx