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