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Funding & Technical Assistance
NWCCOG Regional Grants Navigator
NWCCOG has a Regional Grants Navigator on staff to assist with identifying appropriate grant opportunities, reviewing grants prior to submission, or helping to gather letters of support. Feel free to reach out to him for assistance: Jonathan Godes, NWCCOG Regional Grants Navigator - jgodes@nwccog.org.
Federal Opportunities
EPA Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant
Deadline: Nov. 14 | Details here. Grants offered by the Brownfields Program may be used to address sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and petroleum.
Save America's Treasures Program
Deadline: Dec. 12 | Details here. The Save America’s Treasures program from the Historic Preservation Fund provides grants for preservation or conservation work on nationally significant properties and collections through two types of grants: preservation and collection grants. Work to historic districts, buildings, sites, structures, and objects will be funded through preservation grants, and collection grants support conservation work on nationally significant collections, including artifacts, museum collections, documents, sculptures, and other works of art.
National Endowment for the Arts: Big Read Grant Program
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2025 | Details here. NEA Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, is a national program that offers matching grants of up to $20,000 to support community-wide reading programs in the United States.
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program
Deadline: Jan. 13, 2025. The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program funds projects that will improve safety; environmental sustainability; quality of life; mobility and community connectivity; economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism; state of good repair; partnership and collaboration; and innovation.
National Maternal and Child Health Leadership Program
Deadline: Jan. 3, 2025 | Details here. The purpose of the Partnership for National Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership program is to support organizations in building the capacity of MCH programs, Healthy Start programs, and maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs to achieve the long-term goal to improve national MCH health outcomes and reduce associated disparities by better serving specific populations and awardees.
U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy in Rural Areas Grants
NOFA anticipated release date Fall 2024 | Details here. Funding to spur innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the United States. Overseen by the Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote Areas (ERA) program, the anticipated funding plans to support energy technologies that provide clean, resilient, reliable, affordable power, while also aiming to increase local economic development.
Raise Grant Program
Deadline: Jan. 13, 2025 | Details here. The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE Discretionary Grant program, provides a unique opportunity for the Department of Transportation to invest in road, rail, transit and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives.
Community Change Grants
Deadline: November 21 | Details here. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This funding is for 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.
Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas Funding
NOFA to be released soon | Details here. U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for up to $400 million to spur innovative, community-focused clean energy solutions in rural and remote areas across the United States. The anticipated funding plans to support energy technologies that provide clean, resilient, reliable, affordable power, while also aiming to increase local economic development.
State Opportunities
Colorado Grid Resilience Grant Programs
Details here. The U.S. Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office has formally awarded the Colorado Energy Office and Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) electric grid resilience formula funding totaling $25.6 million to date. This federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will support three grant programs and one study focused on preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the energy grid.
Other Opportunities
El Pomar Foundation
Deadline: Rolling | The El Pomar Foundation seeks to enhance and promote the current and future well-being of the people of Colorado. Through a competitive grants process, the Foundation provides support to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and government entities that serve Colorado across a broad spectrum of focus areas, including arts and culture, civic and community, education, health, and human services. Grants are provided for general operating support, programs, and capital projects.
Resources
Neighborhoods at Risk Tool Proivdes Wildfire Data
Check out the tool here. Wildfire risk data is now available on Headwaters Economics’ free Neighborhoods at Risk website that provides interactive maps to help communities identify neighborhoods that may be especially vulnerable to climate threats. Find out how your community ranks in wildfire risk, flooding vulnerability, heat, and other variables.
Ditch Your Car - Travel the I-70 Mountain Corridor Using Transit
Did you know you can travel the I-70 mountain corridor completely car-free using the Pegasus shuttle? Part of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Bustang family of transit services, Pegasus makes multiple trips per day on I-70 between Denver and Avon. Riders can easily connect to free and low-cost local transit options at their destination to get around. Check out the lastest video from the I70 Coalition to learn how our winged friend can make your life easier year round!
Find Funders for Your Mission
Grantstation.com offers short strategic videos on how to search for funders for your mission focus. Watch any of the short mission-based videos for tips and techniques, and to get a feel for funding searches with GrantStation. Strategic areas include arts, mental health, recreation, housing, and more.
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