Blogs

New Grant Opportunities

Department of

Agriculture

FY 2024 Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance (HFTA) Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to enhance the pace and scale of the U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy by facilitating and increasing the removal of hazardous fuels from National Forest System (NFS) lands and/or the removal of hazardous fuels that benefit NFS lands as well as supporting the utilization of such wood resources to make contributions to the economy. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? For-profit entities, non-profit entities, state governments, local governments, tribal entities, and education institutions

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $25 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? September 5, 2024

Department of

Agriculture

FY 2025 Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Competitive Grant Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports collaborative, science-based restoration projects that focus on priority landscapes in the western United States and encourages the use of innovative cross-boundary approaches to support landscape restoration. Projects must focus on on-the-ground outcomes on nonfederal rural forest land, which is also considered nonindustrial private forest land or state forest land. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State forestry agencies, local governments,

Indian Tribes, non-profit organizations, universities, and

Alaska Native corporations

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified

WHEN'S IT DUE? November 15, 2024

Department of Commerce

FY 2025 Intermediary Relending Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to alleviate poverty and increase economic activity and employment in rural communities, especially disadvantaged and remote communities. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Intermediaries which include private nonprofit corporations, public agencies, Indian tribes, and cooperative entities

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified

WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling quarterly through July 15, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development

FY 2024 Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program empowers communities that are actively taking steps to remove barriers to affordable housing and seeking to increase housing production and lower housing costs for families over the long term. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State governments, county governments, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $1 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? October 15, 2024

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FY 2024 Youth Engagement, Education and Employment

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to employ the next generation of conservationists in paid projects and internships of the Public Lands Corps (PLC) Program. The PLC Program provides work and education opportunities for youth participants ages 16 to 30, and up to the age of 35 for veterans, in the areas of national and cultural resource conservation, development, and scientific research. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State or local governments, special districts, institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations. Applicants must be members of the funding agency’s Youth Corps.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $28 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling through September 1, 2024