Available Funding Opportunities
Currently open funding opportunities are listed below. This list is updated monthly as new opportunities are added.
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FEDERAL
FY25-26 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grant Program
Administered by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program supports projects that enhance rail safety, efficiency, and reliability. The program focuses on reducing congestion at intercity passenger and freight rail chokepoints, improving the movement of people and goods, and strengthening connections across multiple transportation modes.
Eligible Project Types include (1) Capital upgrades for freight and intercity passenger rail, including congestion relief and short-line improvements, (2) Highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossing enhancements, (3) Construction and environmental planning for rail corridors, (4) Multimodal integration and intermodal projects, Deployment of safety technology and trespass prevention systems, (5) Workforce development and training linked to rail operations, and (6) Emergency hazardous materials response planning and innovative safety research.
- Funding Opportunity Number: FR-CRS-26-001
- Amount: $2,039,246,480; expected awards 130
- Who’s it for:
- State Governments (including DC)
- Groups of States
- Interstate Compact
- Public Agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or or more States
- Political subdivision of a State
- Amtrak or another rail carrier that provides intercity rail passenger transportation
- Class II railroad or Class III railroad, a holding company of a Class II or Class III railroad, or an association representing a Class II or III railroad
- Tribal Governments
- Transportation Research Board together with an entity with which it contracts on development of rail-related research, including cooperative research programs
- Universities transportation center engaged in real-related research, including cooperative research programs
- Non-profit labor organization representing a class or craft of employees of rail carriers or rail carriers
- Application Deadline: June 22, 2026
For details, please visit grants.gov
2026 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) US Small Grants Program
The mission of the Department of the Interior and US Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve natural resources and expand access to outdoor recreation through collaborative land and water stewardship.
The NAWCA US Small Grants Program supports collaborative, on-the-ground projects that conserve and restore wetlands and associated habitats for migratory birds across the US. The program encourages strong partnerships among public agencies, nonprofits, and community organizations to advance high-impact conservation outcomes.
- Funding Opportunity Number: F26AS00007
- Amount: Award Ceiling $250,000, Award Floor $1,000
- Who’s it for:
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Tribal Governments
- Special District Governments
- Nonprofits
- Non-higher education with 501(c)(3) status
- Education
- Independent School Districts
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- Public and State Institutions of Higher Education
- Small Businesses
- Application Deadline: June 25, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
USDA Rural Business Development Grant Program – Rural Transportation Systems
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) agency is seeking applicants who can provide technical assistance (TA) for passenger Rural Transportation systems under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBGD) program. The grant will provide TA for Rural Transportation Systems, including designated funds for systems operating within Tribal Lands or federally recognized Native American Tribes.
The purpose of the program is to improve the economic conditions of rural areas by providing TA that will enhance the operation of rural transportation systems. RBCS encourages applicants to consider projects that will advance RBCS’ priorities such as domestic manufacturing and industrial capacity; domestic energy production and energy; new and expanded markets for American famers and rural producers; and program integrity, including the prevention and reduction of fraud and waste.
· Funding Opportunity Number: RDBCP-RBDG-RT-2026
- Amount: Award Ceiling $650,000
- Who’s it for:
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special Districts
- Tribal Governments
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Application Deadline: June 30, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
USDA Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP)
Boosting rural microbusinesses with targeted support and funding, the RMAP offers both technical assistance and financing by awarding grants and loans to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs). These funds help MDOs create and manage revolving loan programs, delivering microloans and training to small-scale entrepreneurs in rural areas.
- Funding Opportunity Number: RD-RBCS-26-RMAP
- Amount: Award Ceiling is $100,000
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal Governments
- Institutions of Higher Education
- Non-profits
- Application Deadline: June 30, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
FY 2026 Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released approximately $166 million in available funding to help fund capital projects to replace rail rolling stock. Eligible projects include: replacing public transportation rail cars used in revenue service (e.g., passenger carrying rail cars or locomotive rail cars); commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, or streetcar; up to .5% of federal request can pay for project-related workforce development activities (e.g., maintenance or operations training for new rail cars); or up to .5% of federal request can pay for project-related training at the National Transit Institute (NTI).
- Funding Opportunity Number: FTA-2026-009-TPM-RAIL
- Available Amount: $166,000,000; 3 expected awards
- Who’s it for:
- State Governments
- Application Deadline: July 6, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
2027 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant is co-administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coastal Program and the Office of Conservation Investment, ensuring coordinated conservation investments across coastal regions.
The program advances long-term conservation of coastal wetland ecosystems, supporting coastal communities, fish and wildlife, and the public’s access to outdoor recreation. Through cost-sharing grants, the program provides State and Territory agencies with funding for projects that protect and restore via coastal wetlands.
The program also supports: (i) acquisition of property interests to protect coastal wetland ecosystems, (ii) restoration, enhancement, or management of coastal wetlands, (iii) projects that strengthen ecosystem resilience, benefit wildlife populations, and enhance public enjoyment of coastal environments.
- Funding Opportunity Number: F27AS00007
- Amount: Award Ceiling $1,000,000, Award Floor $50,000
- Who’s it for:
- State Governments
- Application Deadline: July 9, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
TRIBES
FY2026 – Historic Preservation Fund – Annual Tribal Historic Preservation Office Grants
The National Park Service is offering competitive grants to support Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) in carrying out mission-critical historic preservation activities under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). These funds help Tribes assume and effectively manage responsibilities typically handled by State Historic Preservation Offices, freeing them to lead surveys, planning, technical assistance, physical preservation, federal compliance review, education, and National Register nominations.
These grants aim to empower federally recognized tribes to (1) identify, evaluate, and protect historic and cultural properties; (2) conduct archaeological surveys and inventories; (3) support preservation planning and stewardship; (4) enhance education and outreach related to tribal heritage; and (4) administer grant programs efficiently.
· Funding Opportunity Number: P26AS00361
- Amount: Award Ceiling $181,000, Award Floor $83,000
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal Governments
- Application Deadline: June 30, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
DOE Unleashing Tribal Energy Development
The Department of Energy (DOE) has a goal to promote energy addition and support Indian Country to unleash its own energy resources to meet its own needs and capture a greater share of the energy value chain. The Unleashing Tribal Energy Development grant seeks to advance affordable, reliable, and secure energy through development of Tribal energy resources for the benefit of Tribes and their members. Projects funded under this grant will lead to energy projects that aim to lower or stabilize Tribal energy costs, expand electric and other energy access, and advance energy projects for Tribal economic development.
Projects funded under this grant are expected to advance Tribal sovereignty through Tribal energy development, efficiency, and use. Projects under Topic Area I are expected to serve electric loads and support the energy needs of Tribes at the scale of a Tribal community or communities (e.g., construction of energy assets and projects). Projects under Topic Area II are expected to complete all pre-development activities necessary for the deployment of community-scale energy projects. Projects under Topic Area II are expected to complete necessary pre-development activities for large scale commercial development of Tribal energy resources which lead to enhancement and strengthening of Tribal energy and economic infrastructure.
- Funding Opportunity Number: BIA-2026-ICWA
- Amount: Award Ceiling $7,500,000, Award Floor $250,000
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal Governments (including Alaska Native regional corporations and Village corporations)
- Tribal and intertribal Organizations
- Tribal Energy Development Organizations
- Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Application Deadline: July 24, 2026
· Key Information: DOE has separated the Notice of Funding Opportunity into two parts.
o Part I describes the specific DOE programmatic goals and evaluation criteria, eligibility, and other components specific to each funding opportunity
o Part II includes fixed DOE requirements including standard information for the application phase, expectations for award negotiations, and post-award requirements.
o There are required one-time actions applicants must take before applying for this grant. Failure to complete these actions could interfere with application or negotiation deadlines or the ability to receive an award if selected.
· For details, please visit grants.gov
FY2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) directly funds tribes for planning, capital, and operating projects eligible under the FTA’s Formula Grants for Rural Area Programs, 49 U.S.C 5311. The goal of the program is to enable Tribes to buy transit vehicles, upgrade bus facilities, and expand or improve transit service.
Note: Applicants must provide transit service in a rural area with a population of less than 50,000.
- Funding Opportunity Number: FTA-2026-002-TPM-TRTR
- Available amount: $18,954,885
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal Governments and Alaskan native Villages, groups, or communities as identified by the US DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Application Deadline: August 25, 2026
· For details, please visit grants.gov
Native American Affairs: FY 2025 Colorado River Basin Tribal Drought Resiliency Program
The Bureau of Reclamation through the Native American Affairs Technical Assistance Program (NAA/TAP), provides financial and technical assistance to federally recognized tribes in the 17 western states for projects and activities that develop, manage, and protect their water and water related resources. Funding for the Fiscal Year 2025 Colorado River Basin Tribal Drought Resiliency Program will be provided by NAAP Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations.
The program goals are:
· To increase opportunities for designated federally recognized tribes to develop, manage and protect their water and related resources with projects and activities that mitigate the adverse impacts of drought in the Colorado River Basin (see Eligibility section for list of tribes).
· Advancing projects and activities in the Colorado River Basin that meet one or more of the following: mitigate drought impacts, increase drought resiliency, reduce reliance on declining water sources, increase the efficiency of water deliveries, mitigate the loss of tribal water or water related resources, or address drinking water shortages.
The proposed project must provide drought relief actions to mitigate adverse drought impacts in the Colorado River Basin.
· Funding Opportunity Number: R26AS00021
- Amount: Award Ceiling $1,000,000, Award Floor $50,000
- Who’s it for:
- Federally recognized tribe as defined in 25 U.S.C. Section 5304, and be a designated Colorado River Basin tribes: Ak-Chin Indian Community; Chemehuevi Indian Tribe; Cocopah Indian Tribe; Colorado River Indian Tribes; Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe; Fort Yuma - Quechan Tribe; Gila River Indian Community; Havasupai Tribe; Hopi Tribe; Hualapai Tribe; Jicarilla Apache Nation; Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians; Las Vegas Paiute Tribe; Moapa Band of Paiute Indians; Navajo Nation; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; Pascua Yaqui Tribe; Pueblo of Zuni; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; San Carlos Apache Tribe; San Juan Southern Paiute; Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Tohono O'odham Nation; Tonto Apache Tribe; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; White Mountain Apache Tribe; Yavapai-Apache Nation; and Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
- Any applicant with an enacted Indian Water Rights Settlement, should identify the settlement in their application and might not be eligible for an award under this NOFO due to the uniqueness of each settlement.
- Application Deadline: September 23, 2026
· Key Information: Project activities not eligible for funding under this NOFO include, but are not limited to:
- Stand-alone Cultural or Feasibility studies (as defined under Reclamation law, which require express congressional authorization).
- Activities that lack definable products or deliverables.
- Specific employment positions within a tribe.
- Activities with a duration of more than 5 years from date of execution of a grant/cooperative agreement.
- Activities that generate data or analyses that have the potential to compromise any study or activities of a U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) Indian water rights negotiation or the Department of Justice in its pursuit of related Indian water rights claims.
- Activities related to non-Federal or non-tribal dams and associated structures.
- Activities providing funding for the administration of contracts or agreements under P.L. 93-638.
- Purchase of equipment as the sole purpose of the activity.
- Water purchases including the purchase or leasing of water rights or water shares.
- Activities in direct support of litigation of any kind.
- Activities that will obligate Reclamation to provide, or are not sustainable unless Reclamation does provide, on-going funding, such as an obligation to provide future funding for operation, maintenance, or replacement.
- Biological activities such as:
- Fisheries work (including collection, analysis and evaluation of background data);
- habitat restoration unless directly related to water quality and quantity; and
- ecosystem based activities such as biological surveys, air quality monitoring, and watershed-scale management.
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For details, please visit grants.gov
ARIZONA
Native Plant – Section 6 – Segment 32
Funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Section 6 Grant Program supports the development and implementation of programs to conserve and recover threatened and endangered plant species under USFWS jurisdiction.
- Funding Source: State of Arizona
- Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursements
- Match Funding: Yes; 40%-50% of requested funds
- Amount: Award Ceiling $20,000, Award Floor: $5,000
- Who’s it for:
- State Government
- Local Government
- Academic Institutions
- Consortia
- Native American Tribe
- Nonprofit
- Private Sector
- Schools/School Districts
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Application Deadline: July 17, 2026
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For details, please visit Grants Resources | Office of the Arizona Governor, Strategic Planning & Budgeting
CALIFORNIA
2025 Tribal Multifamily Finance Super Notice of Funding Availability
The Department of Housing and Community Development released $50 million for Round 1 of the Tribal Multifamily Finance Super NOFA. This funding provides flexible, accessible financing tailored specifically to the affordable housing needs for CA Tribes and Tribal Entities. The program offers forgivable loans for new construction, rehabilitation, or conversion of permanent and transitional rental housing for lower-income households, as well as grants for community infrastructure projects such as utilities, roads, parks, transit-supportive facilities, and sidewalk improvements.
Projects funded by this support healthier, more resilient, and more stable Tribal Communities.
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Funding Source: State of California
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Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursements
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Match Funding: No
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Amount: $50 million
- Multifamily Housing Program (MHP): $30,000,000
- Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG): $20,000,000
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal Government
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Application Deadline: June 30, 2026
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Before applying, applicants must submit a pre-application consultation survey to the Department. To schedule this required pre-application consultation, please click here.
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For details, please visit www.grants.ca.gov
FY2025-2026 Wildfire Prevention Grants Proposition 4
CAL FIRE’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program provides funding for fire prevention projects and activities in and near fire threatened communities. The purpose of these grants is to support community-focused Wildfire Prevention and Resilience projects that reduce wildfire risk, strengthen preparedness, and help protect lives, property, and critical infrastructure.
Activities funded by this grant are hazardous fuels reduction, Wildfire prevention planning, and Wildfire prevention education.
- Funding Source: State of California
- Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursements
- Match Funding: No
- Amount: $70 million
- Who’s it for:
- Public Agency
- Tribal Government
- Nonprofit
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Application Deadline: July 8, 2026
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To learn more, view the 5/13/26 Solicitation Webinar
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For details, please visit www.grants.ca.gov
2026 Natural Community Conservation Planning Local Assistance Grant Program
The Natural Community Conservation Planning Local Assistance Grant (NCCP LAG) program will support proposals that address the highest priority tasks of the approved NCCPs.
Priority tasks include Management Activities, Restoration/Enhancement, Monitoring, Reserve Management Plans, Mapping, Targeted Studies for Adaptive Management and other non-land acquisition priority tasks needed to ensure effective implementation of NCCPs.
- Funding Source: State of California
- Funding Method: Invoice CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Match Funding: No
- Amount: $70 million
- Who’s it for:
- Public Agency
- Tribal Government
- Nonprofit
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Application Deadline: July 31, 2026
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For details, please visit www.grants.ca.gov
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