Funding Opportunities
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority (EIERA)
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Loans & sub-grants to support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with petroleum, hazardous substances, & controlled substances as well as mine-scarred lands
This grant is accepting applications on a rolling basis.
Funder: Jeffris Family Foundation
Due: Ongoing opportunity
Funds: Development of important historic preservation projects (note: must consult with the director of the foundation to request an application form)
https://www.jeffrisfoundation.org/preservation/heartland-fund/
Funder: St. Louis Development Corporation
Due: June 1, 2022
Funds: Businesses and nonprofits located on 11 eligible corridors and neighborhoods in North St. Louis can apply for operational support and façade and storefront improvement grants. This allows SLDC to award funds to organizations along the following corridors and eligible neighborhoods in North City.
Funder: AARP
Due: March 22, 2022 at 4:00 pm CT
Funds: Quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. This year, applications will be accepted for projects to improve public spaces, housing, transportation and civic engagement; support diversity, equity and inclusion; build engagement for programs under new federal laws; and pursue innovative ideas that support people age 50 or older.
https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/info-2022/2022-challenge.html
Funder: City of St. Louis Community Development Administration
Due: December 15, 2021, 4:00 pm
Funding: The City of St. Louis Community Development Administration (CDA) is seeking proposals from non-profit organizations to assist in the program and construction management of the Healthy Home Repair Program (HHRP). CDA has received an allocation of American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) funding to supplement its existing Healthy Home Repair Program.
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: October 28, 2020
Supports: Funds to carry out eligible assessment and cleanup activities with a proposed target area, such as a neighborhood, a number of neighboring towns, a district, a corridor, a shared planning area, or a census tract
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/types-brownfields-grant-funding#tab-8
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: October 28, 2020
Supports: Funds to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct a range of planning activities, develop site-specific cleanup plans, and conduct community involvement related to brownfield sites
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/types-brownfields-grant-funding#tab-2
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: October 28, 2020
Supports: Funds for eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/types-brownfields-grant-funding#tab-4
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: October 21, 2020
Supports: Funds for eligible entities, including nonprofits, to provide technical assistance to communities on the integration of environmental justice and equitable development when developing solutions to brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: September 22, 2020
Supports: Funds for eligible entities, including nonprofits, to to deliver Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) programs that recruit, train, and place local, unemployed and under-employed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field
Funder: Missouri Development Finance Board
Due: August 31, 2020
Funds: Interim working capital operating loans for any Missouri city with a population of less than 25,000 to address projected General Fund or city-owned utility enterprise fund shortfalls due to COVID-19
Funder: City of St. Louis Community Development Administration
Due: August 31, 2020
Funds: Homelessness services & prevention, economic development, public improvements & infrastructure, planning, & public services
Funder: Washington University & Mellon Foundation
Due: August 26, 2020
Funds: individuals and organizations in the St. Louis metro region engaged in community work or creative practice related to urban segregation. The goal is to provide direct support for proposals in the humanities, arts, design, urban design, and landscape architecture that engage the lived realities of the divided city.
Funder: National Endowment for the Arts
Due: August 6, 2020 (submission to grants.gov)
Funds: Supports projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, or social outcomes. $25,000-$150,000 requiring a matching contribution.
https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/our-town/grant-program-description
Funder: PeopleForBikes
Due: July 24, 2020 (LOIs)
Funds: Bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted advocacy initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to ride
Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due: June 30, 2020, 10:59 pm CT
Funds: States, local governments, tribes, and territories for projects to improve the health and welfare of low income, minority, tribal and indigenous communities; EPA will give special consideration to applications aimed at addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic communities with EJ concerns
Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due: May 15, 2020
Funds: Research, investigation, study, demonstration, education and training methods using source reduction approaches (also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”)
Funder: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
Due: May 1, 2020
Funds: Up to $30,000 for innovative projects that increase accessible transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities. Proposed projects should be ready-to-launch upon receipt of award.
https://www.nadtc.org/grants-funding/nadtc-grant-opportunities/current-nadtc-funding-opportunities/
Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due: April 30, 2020
Funds: Technical assistance to businesses in order to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices (also known as “pollution prevention” or “P2”)
https://www.epa.gov/p2/fy-2020-and-fy-2021-pollution-prevention-grant-program-request-applications
Funder: National Fund for Sacred Places
Letters of Intent Due: April 22, 2020
Full Applications Due: July 13, 2020.
Funds: Restoration, rehabilitation, stabilization, and preservation of designated historic sites and structures
https://fundforsacredplaces.org/program/#Capital
Funder: AARP
Due: April 1, 2020
Funds: Programs that help communities make immediate improvements and jump-start long-term progress in support of residents of all ages
https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/
Funder: HomeServe Cares Foundation
Due: March 24, 2020, 10:59 pm CDT
Funds: Cities, municipalities, & organizations that want to create or upgrade public community spaces like parks, playgrounds, & community centers
https://www.homeserve.com/sc/corporate-social-responsibility/grants-program
Funder: Wells Fargo and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Due: Pre-Proposal due date: February 18, 2020 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Funds: Adaption through conservation projects, community capacity building and demonstration projects, adaption focused on affordable housing and small businesses
https://files.constantcontact.com/168520a1201/143ee0f1-96e8-48d3-95de-b6e6e0abfe0d.pdf
Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due: February 7, 2020, 10:59 pm CST
Funds: Local community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations seeking to address environmental and public health concerns in local underserved communities through collaboration with other stakeholders, such as local businesses and industry, local government, medical service providers, and academia
Funder: The Home Depot Foundation
Due: December 31, 2019
Funds: Projects that repair, modify, weatherize, or otherwise improve low-income housing, transitional housing, or community facilities
https://corporate.homedepot.com/grants/community-impact-grants
Funder: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Due: December 17, 2019
Funds: Grants to support the survey and designation of historic properties that are associated with communities currently underrepresented in the National Register of Historic Places.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=321200
Funder: Bloomberg Philanthropies
Due: December 12, 2019
Funds: Visual art interventions on roadways, pedestrian spaces, and public infrastructure in small and medium-sized U.S. cities (with populations of 30,000 to 500,000). The Initiative’s goals are to improve street and pedestrian safety, revitalize and beautify underutilized public space, and promote collaboration and civic engagement in local communities. The program will award grants of up to $25,000 each to ten cities.
Visit the Initiative’s website to learn more about the application process and to review the Asphalt Art Guide to gather inspiration from successful asphalt art projects.
Funder: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Due: December 3, 2019
Supports: Funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-10/documents/epa-olem-oblr-19-06_final.pdf
Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Due: December 3, 2019, 10:59 pm CST
Funds: EPA's Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields.
All applications must be submitted through www.grants.gov.
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields
Funder: Missouri Department of Economic Development, Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission
Due: October 1, 2019
Funds: Public & private applicants working on public road & bridge projects that satisfy a transportation need
https://www.modot.org/governors-transportation-cost-share-program
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