Funding Opportunities for Infrastructure
ReConnect Program Round 5
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program that furnishes funding for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service in eligible rural areas. Several program improvements are in place to further increase the availability of funding in rural areas where residents and businesses lack access to affordable, high-speed internet. Federal Register. Application Deadline: 4/22/2024
Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Program
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Transit Administration program to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing, or leasing bus-related facilities. Application Deadline: 4/25/2024
Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants that will provide, rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other - and the world - overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. Application Deadline: 4/29/2024
Off-Farm Labor Housing Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development programs that provide grants and loans of up to $40,000 per unit for farmers, nonprofits, local governments, and federally recognized Tribes to improve, repair or modify properties that have previously received financing from USDA for farmworkers. Federal Register. Application Deadline: 6/18/2024
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Loans & Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development program to provide funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Federal Register Notice. Contact your State Energy Coordinator. Application Deadline: Various through 9/30/2024
Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development HBIIP seeks to increase the availability of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel derived from U.S. agricultural products by sharing the costs to build and retrofit biofuel-related infrastructure. Federal Register. Application Deadline: Various through 9/30/2024
Funding Opportunities Supporting Community and Economic Development
Rural Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing Grants
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD offers funding to national organizations that can provide technical assistance to local communities to help create thriving affordable housing strategies that will result in healthier homes and communities. Application Deadline: 3/25/2024
Growth Opportunities and Pathway Home
Department of Labor (DOL)
DOL Employment and Training Administration offers two unique workforce programs to prepare targeted populations to gain skills or workforce related education. Application Deadlines: 04/02/2024 and 4/04/204, Respectively
Backing Small Businesses Grant Program
Main Street America
In partnership with American Express, Main Street offers support to economically vulnerable and under-resourced small businesses with a location and operation in historic main street, downtown, or commercial district. Application Deadline: 4/7/2024
Value-Added Producer Grants
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Rural Development provides grants to help farmers and ranchers generate new products, create marketing opportunities, and increase their incomes through value-added activities. Federal Register. Application Deadline: Paper applications must be postmarked and delivered by mail, email or in person to the state office where the project is proposed by close of business on 4/16/2024 | via Grants.gov on 4/11/2024
Fire Prevention and Safety Program
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA offers funding to strengthen community fire prevention programs and support scientific research on innovations that improve firefighter safety, health, and well-being. Application Deadline: 4/12/2024
Challenge America Grants
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
NEA offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach to communities that are underserved. Application Deadline: 4/25/2024
Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program
Department of Commerce (DOC)
DOC’s Economic Development Administration seeks to alleviate persistent economic distress and support long-term comprehensive economic development and job creation, in places with a high prime-age (25 to 54 years) employment gap. Application Deadline: 4/25/2024
Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
DOT offers multi-year funding to assist public entities in facilitating and evaluating public-private partnerships, innovative financing, and delivery opportunities for Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act eligible projects. This program joins the Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program, Thriving Communities Program, and other new technical assistance opportunities to ensure communities have the tools to access funding for transformative projects. Application Deadline: 5/9/2024
Community Level Innovations for Improving Health Outcomes
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
HHS’s solicits applications for projects to demonstrate that community level innovations that reduce barriers related to social determinants of health can increase use of preventive health services and make progress. Other HHS Funding. Application Deadline: 5/15/2024
Organizations of State and Local Officials Program
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA provides funds for a national level organization with an in-depth understanding of, and experience with, providing technical assistance and support to State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials to assist states in leveraging HRSA programs and collaborating with Medicaid to improve access to quality health care for high need communities. Application Deadline: 05/23/2024
Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 6: A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions
Department of Labor
DOL Employment and Training Administration offers grants that create economic mobility, address inequities for historically marginalized communities of color, rural areas, and other underserved and underrepresented communities. Application Deadline: 6/12/2024
Funding Opportunities for Tribal Communities
Technical Assistance and Resources for Tribal Nations The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has updated its Resources and Technical Assistance for Tribal Nations page. These updates were made to streamline EV resources for Tribes to offer a quick and efficient means to identifying the most relevant and timely EV funding opportunities and locating EV specific resources and project examples for tribal communities. Tribes can contact the Joint Office to request technical assistance with EV infrastructure, planning, and much more. They offer information about electric vehicles (EVs), access to technical assistance, featured resources, and links to funding opportunities available to tribal nations for electrified transportation. Also available: National EV Initiative for Tribal Nations and Tribal EV and Energy Storage Projects.
San Manuel Cares Grants
San Manuel Cares offers grants for tribal governments and tribal nonprofit organizations to support the areas of community services, healthy/resilient communities, and preserving cultural tradition. Application Deadline: 3/31/2024
Native Hawaiian Library Services and Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants
The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS)
IMLS provides grants to improve core library services for underserved communities. Application Deadline for both programs: 4/1/2024
Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women offers funding to assist tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to violence and assault in their communities. Application Deadline: 4/24/2024
Indian Highway Safety Occupant Protection Grant
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs offers funding to support traffic safety programs and projects designed to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. Application Deadline: 5/1/2024
Social and Economic Development Strategies
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
HHS Administration for Children and Families has a program that focuses on community-driven projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen Native American families, and decrease the high rate of current challenges caused by the lack of community-based businesses and social/economic infrastructure in Native American communities. Application Deadline: 5/20/2024
Clean Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE’s Office of Indian Energy offers funding to install clean energy generating systems and/or energy efficiency measures for Tribal buildings or deploy community-scale clean energy generating systems or community energy storage on Tribal lands, and various other uses. Application Deadline: 5/30/2024
Tribal Wildlife Grant Program
US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFS)
USFS offers competitive funding for Federally recognized Tribal governments to develop and implement programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species of Native American cultural or traditional importance and species that are not hunted or fished. Application Deadline: 6/21/2024