ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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for Communities
EPA NEW ENGLAND'S ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE PROGRAM works to protect all people, regardless
of race, color, national origin or income, from environmental harms and
risks, and to involve all citizens in making decisions that affect their
environment. The program is designed to achieve environmental and
public health improvements for communities disproportionately burdened
by the impacts of pollution.
FUNDING
SOURCES
Brownfields Grants
Purpose: To provide funding for communities & other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work, together to
assess, safely cleanup, and sustainable reuse Rrownfields.
Eligible Applicants: States, cities, towns,
counties, U.S. Territories, Indian tribes and
nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Award Amount:
Between 200K-1M
depending on type
of grant.
Website:
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
grantsjnfo/index.htm
Community Action
for a Renewed
Environment (CARE)
Purpose: To provide support to help communities form collaborative partnerships, develop a comprehensive understanding
of many sources of risk from toxics and environmental pollutants, set priorities and identify and carry out projects to reduce
risks through collaborative action at the local level.
Eligible Applicants: Local, public nonprofit
organizations, Federally-recognized Tribal
governments, Native American organizations,
private nonprofit organizations, quasi-public
nonprofit organizations (both interstate and
intrastate), local governments, colleges and
universities.
Award Amount:
Two funding levels:
Level 1:
$75,000-$100,000
Level 2:
$150,000-$300,000
Website:
www.epa.gov/care/
Environmental
Education (EE)
Purpose: To provide financial support for projects which design, demonstrate or disseminate environmental education
practices, methods or techniques.
Eligible Applicants: Local, Tribal, or state
education agencies, colleges & universities,
nonprofit organizations, state environmental
agencies, & non-commercial educational broad-
casting agencies.
Award Amount:
$4,000-$50,000
Website:
www. epa.gov/enviroed/
grants.html
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Environmental Protection
Agency
EJ in New England
FUNDING
SOURCES
Environmental Justice
(EJ) Small Grants
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to eligible community groups & nonprofit tribal organizations to work on projects
that address environmental justice issues.
Eligible Applicants: 501(c)(3) non-profit
organizations; certain other non-profit orga-
nizations; cities, townships, or county govern-
ments; federally recognized Native American
tribal governments. Eligible applicant must
demonstrate that it has worked directly with,
or provided services to, the affected commu-
nity (see fact sheet for more details: epa.gov/
oecaerth/ resources/publications/ ej/fact-
sheets/fact-sheet-ej-small-grants^08.pdf
Award Amount:
$20,000
Website:
www.epa.gov/oecaerth/
environmentaljustice/
grants/ej-smgrants.html
Healthy Communities
Grant Program
Purpose: To work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks to protect and improve human health and
the quality of life.
Eligible Applicants: State and local govern-
ments, public nonprofit institutions/organiza-
tions, private nonprofit institutions/organi-
zations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/
organizations, Federally Recognized Indian
Tribal Governments, K-12 schools or school
districts; and non-profit organizations (e.g. grass-
roots and/or community-based organizations).
Funding will be considered for a college or
university to support a project with substantial
community and/or tribal involvement.
Award Amount:
$5,000-$35,000
Website:
www.epa.gov/region 1/
eco/uep/hcgp.html
Nonpoint Source
Water Pollution
Control
Purpose: Established under Section 319 of the federal Clean Water Act, these funds are for the implementation of state
nonpoint source pollution control programs. Each state "passes through" a portion of"these funds to other entities for
implementing specific nonpoint source pollution management practices.
Eligible Applicants: Public and private entities
including nonprofits, local state governments,
Tribes, special districts, educational institutions,
and government agencies. State WQ agencies
distribute the applications.
Award Amount:
Variable. Past awards
range from $20,000
to $300,000
Website:
www.epa.gov/owow/
nps/cwact.html
Pesticide Environmental
Stewardship Program
(PESP)
Purpose: To provide funds for research, education, and demonstration to reduce risk and use of pesticides, in both
agricultural and non-agricultural settings.
Eligible Applicants: States, Territories,
Federally-recognized Tribes and any agency or
instrumentality of a State including state universi-
ties and some commodities groups.
Award Amount:
Usually up to $47,000
per project.
Website:
www.epa.gov/pestwise/
grants/index.html
Pollution Prevention
Incentives (PPIS) for
States/Tribes
Purpose: To build and support state pollution prevention (P2) capabilities and to test, at the state level, innovative pollution
prevention approaches and methodologies.
Eligible Applicants: State agencies, federally-
recognized Tribes, Territories and possessions.
States are encouraged to form partnerships with
other P2 providers.
Award Amount:
Up to $200,000 per
grant.
Website:
www.epa.gov/oppt/
p2home/pubs/grants/
ppis/ppis.htm
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Environmental Protection
Agency
EJ in New England
FUNDING
SOURCES
Source Reduction
Assistance
Purpose: To support source reduction and/or pollution prevention projects that will provide an overall benefit to the
environment by preventing pollutants at the source.
Eligible Applicants: States, U.S. territories, Award Amount:
federally-recognized Tribes, local governments, inde- Typically
pendent school district governments, state-controlled $25,000-$75,000
institutions of higher education, non-profits having
a 501(c)(3) status, and private institutions of higher
education.
Website:
www.epa.gov/oppt/
p2home/pubs/grants
Northeast Diesel
Collaborative Emissions
Reduction Program
Purpose: To support diesel emissions reduction projects in EPA Regions 1 and 2, which include the states of Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont - including Tribal lands belong-
ing to the federally-recognized tribes in these regions, or the territory of the US Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
Eligible Applicants: A regional, State, local or
tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction
over transportation or air quality; and a non-
profit organization or institution that -
1) represents or provides pollution reduction or
educational services to persons or organizations
that own or operate diesel fleets; or
2) has, as its principal purpose, the promo-
tion of transportation or air quality. School
districts, municipalities, metropolitan planning
organizations (MPOs), cities and counties are all
eligible entities under this assistance agreement
program within the extent that they fall within
the definition above.
Award Amount:
Typically
$100,000 to $500,000
Website:
www.northeastdiesel.org/
funding.html
Superfund Technical
Assistance Grants
(TAGs)
Purpose: To enable communities affected by a site on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) to obtain technical
assistance in interpreting information regarding the site.
Eligible Applicants: Groups must be located
near or affected by a site that is either proposed
for or on the National Priorities List. Groups
must incorporate as nonprofit organizations.
Award Amount:
Up to $50,000 initially; in
the case of complex sites,
additional funds may be
available.
Website:
www.epa.gov/superfund/
community/tag/
Targeted Grants to
Reduce Childhood
Lead Poisoning
Purpose: To conduct activities designed to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in venerable populations.
Eligible Applicants: State, local governments,
US commonwealth and territorial governments;
federally-recognized tribes and tribal consortia,
non-profit organizations, private and state-
controlled institutions of higher learning and
non-profit organizations having 501(c)(3) status.
Award Amount:
$25,000-$100,000
Website:
www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/
grantmap.htm
Wetlands Protection
Grants
Purpose: To assist state, tribal & local government wetiands protection efforts under Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean
Water Act.. Funds can be used to develop new wetlands protection programs or refine existing protection programs.
Funds cannot be used to fund operational support of wetland programs.
Eligible Applicants: State and tribal agencies, Award Amount:
local governments, and conservation districts. Varies.
Website:
www.epa.gov/owow/
wetlands/grantguidelines
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