Under the Environmental Education Grants Program, EPA seeks grant applications from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods or techniques. Since 1992, EPA has distributed between $2 and $3.5 million in grant funding per year, supporting more than 3,800 grants.

Tourism Tip: This grant has funded environmental education projects that promote stewardship, sustain land, explore outdoor recreation practices and develop community gardens.

For more information, visit www.epa.gov.

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to invite applications for ACLS Sustaining Public Engagement Grants, a responsive funding program made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative. These grants are designed to repair the damage done to publicly engaged humanities projects and programs by the social and economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help fund tourism businesses affected by COVID-19.

For more information, visit acls.org.

The purpose of the Section 4 program is to develop the capacity and ability of Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to carry out community development and affordable housing activities that benefit families with low-incomes.

Tourism Tip: These grants are offered to build the technical and administrative capacity to carry out community development.

For more information, visit enterprisecommunity.org.

Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Tourism Tip: This grant funds nationally historic properties and collections.

For more information, visit grants.gov

Save America’s Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The grant program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Tourism Tip: This grant funds the preservation of nationally historic properties and collections.

For more information, visit grants.gov

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund is a one-time grant program to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities across states and territories of the United States. This program is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations and, as such, is subject to federal rules for award selection and reporting. 

Tourism Tip: This grant could help preserve the history and culture of your community.

For more information, visit forum.savingplaces.org.

NIFA’s Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program is soliciting applications to fund two types of grants. The types are entitled (1) Community Food Projects (CFP) and (2) Planning Projects (PP). The CFP supports the development of projects with a one-time infusion of federal dollars to make such projects self-sustaining. CFPs are designed to create community-based food projects with objectives, activities and outcomes that are in alignment with Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP) primary goals. The purpose of a Planning Project (PP) is to complete a plan toward the improvement of community food security in keeping with the primary goals of the CFPCGP. Projects and plans are to focus on a defined community and describe in detail the activities and outcomes of the plan or project.

Tourism Tip: This grant could help fund an agritourism initiative.

For more information, visit nifa.usda.gov.

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program

USDA is accepting applications for its Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. This program Provides loans and grants to

Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to:

Tourism Tip: This grant could help fund your tourism startup.

For more information, visit rd.usda.gov.

Applications are open for Phase Two of the Performing Arts Discovery (PAD) program — an international video showcase opportunity for US-based performing artists. The program promotes US artists, international programmers, festival directors and venue managers — is managed by WAA on behalf of our US Regional Arts Organization partners.

Ten applicants were selected under Phase One of the program earlier this year. For Phase Two, an additional 20 applicants will be selected, and all 30 PAD artists/ensembles will work remotely with the PAD showcase production team beginning March 2022 to develop professionally produced live performance videos to be featured on a dedicated platform and included in selected international online showcases later in 2022.

PAD encourages those who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and/or LGBTQ+ to apply.

Tourism Tip: This funding opportunity can help to develop an arts program at your tourism site.

For more information, visit westarts.org.

National Park Service’s Underrepresented Community Grant Program (URC) works towards diversifying the nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places. URC grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), and are administered by the NPS. Projects include surveys and inventories of historic properties associated with communities underrepresented in the National Register, as well as the development of nominations to the National Register for specific sites.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help fund a tourism initiative in your underrepresented community.

For more information, visit nps.gov.

Subject to the availability of funds, awards made under this notice of funding opportunity will help communities and regions devise and implement sustainable economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction projects to respond to damage to the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors from the coronavirus pandemic and to promote the economic resilience of regions dependent on those industries.

Tourism Tip: Use this grant to help recover your tourism business.

For more information, visit grants.gov.

The ReConnect Program offers loans, grant, and loan-grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that currently do not have sufficient access to broadband. In facilitating the expansion of broadband services and infrastructure, the program will fuel long-term rural economic development and opportunities in rural America.

Applications are now being accepted for FY2022.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help reconnect broadband services in rural areas which would include use by visitors.

For more information, visit usda.gov.

Rural Business Development Grant money must be used for projects that benefit rural areas or towns outside the urbanized periphery of any city with a population of 50,000 or more.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help support community economic development, feasibility studies, strategic planning and training.

For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov

Through the Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program, EDA is focused on accelerating the recovery of communities that rely on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors.

Destination organizations, nonprofits, state or local governments, economic development districts (EDDs), territories and tribal governments and institutions of higher education can apply for these funds. $240 million has been set aside for the Competitive Tourism Grants. Funds competitively awarded to local governments and nonprofit organizations in regions most impacted by job loss in the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors—for projects that promote economic resilience and development and align with an EDA Investment Priority.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help to recover your tourism economy.

For More Information

For more information, visit www.epa.gov or Email your questions about the American Rescue Plan Indigenous Communities program to Indigenous@eda.gov or visit www.eda.gov/contact to find contact information for your Economic Development Representative.

Through the Indigenous Communities program, EDA is allocating $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding specifically for Indigenous communities, which were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help revive your community from the impact of COVID-19.

For more information, visit www.eda.gov or email your questions to indigenous@eda.gov.

The USArtists International program (USAI) supports performances by U.S. artists at impactful

international festivals and performing arts marketplaces outside the United States and its territories. The program supports the engagements of exemplary solo artists and ensembles across all performing arts disciplines including dance, music, theater, multidisciplinary work, and folk/traditional arts.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help fund performing arts where artists can act as ambassadors to other countries and encourage visitation.

For more information, visit midatlanticarts.org, or contact the program officer at robyn@midatlanticarts.org.

The Potlatch Fund aims to build on the Native tradition of giving by increasing philanthropy for and among Tribal communities through grants and empowering community leaders with the tools they need to succeed through training. To that end, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Native communities, the Potlatch Resiliency Fund will support resiliency actions that create hope, social connection, adaption, flexibility and purpose. Grants of $10,000 and $15,000 will be awarded in support of general operating funds, projects and artists.

Tourism Tip: This grant can help support training to increase philanthropy initiatives in your community.

For more information, visit www.potlatchfund.org

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today unveiled a resource guide as part of National Preparedness Month to help rural communities seeking disaster resiliency and recovery assistance.    

Additional resources to support rural communities seeking disaster assistance are available at www.rd.usda.gov/page/rural-development-disaster-assistance. 

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