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GRANTS & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
The Hudson River Estuary Program: Tributary Restoration and Resiliency
Deadline: December 12
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Approximately $800,000 is available for projects to support restoration of free-flowing waters to benefit water quality, conserve and restore habitat, and help communities with existing and projected impacts of localized flooding. Eligible projects include dam removal, planning for dam removal, initial reconnaissance for feasibility of dam removal, stream crossing replacement, stream crossing design, stream crossing design and replacement, projects that benefit herring and eel and are in closest sequential proximity to tidal waters are priorities. The minimum grant award is $10,500 and the maximum is $300,000.
The Hudson River Estuary Program: River Access
Deadline: December 12
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Planning and Implementation of Access Site Resiliency to Flooding and Sea-Level Rise: Applicants may apply for planning and /or implementation of resiliency projects at Hudson River and tidal tributary public access sites addressing the hazards of intense storms, flooding, and shoreline loss due to climate change and sea-level rise.
Planning and Implementation of Accessibility Improvements for People with Disabilities: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition planning, assessments, designs, or plans for new and/or existing access sites along the Hudson River estuary to improve access for boating
Mohawk Canoe Club
Deadline: December 15
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Applications are open for the Mohawk Canoe Club annual grant. The award ranges from $5,000 to $10,000.
Land Trust Alliance: New York State Conservation Partnership Program
Deadline: December 23
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The Land Trust Alliance, with support from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, offers up to $3,075,000 of land trust grants through the New York State Conservation Partnership Program. This public-private partnership is funded through the state’s Environmental Protection Fund and administered by the Alliance, in coordination with DEC. This funding will be available for the 2024-2025 round of grants.
DEC Funding for Private Landowners to Plant the Forests of the Future
Deadline: January 7, 2025
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The purpose of this grant program is to increase the amount of forested land in New York State to help address climate change, protect air and water quality, increase access to a renewable resource, support local economies, mitigate impacts from extreme heat and flooding, and more. Through ELF, private landowners can apply for financial assistance to establish new forests on properties with 5 acres or more that are not currently forested.
Community Forest Program (CFP)
Deadline: January 13, 2025
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CFP provides financial assistance to establish community forests through the fee simple acquisition of private forest land. Allowable project costs include the purchase price for the property as well as transactional costs related to its acquisition. Maximum requested federal funding is $600,000, which does not include technical assistance requests. Required 50% non-federal cost share. The cost share can include cash, in-kind services, or donations. Nonprofits, local governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible.
National Estuaries Program Watershed Grant RFP
Deadline: January 17, 2025
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The Program is a nationally competitive grants program designed to support projects that address urgent, emerging, and challenging issues threatening the well-being of estuaries within the 28 NEP boundary areas. This grant program funds projects aimed at addressing the following Congressionally-set priorities: loss of key habitats, coastal resilience and extreme weather events, impacts of nutrients and warmer water temperatures on aquatic life and ecosystems, stormwater runoff, recurring harmful algae blooms, unusual or unexplained marine mammal mortalities, and proliferation or invasion of species that limit recreational uses, threaten wastewater systems, or cause other ecosystem damage.
FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Swift Current
Deadline: February 3, 2025
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NYS DHSES provides pass-through funding for the FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (Swift Current) program. The program’s goal is to reduce or eliminate flood risk to NFIP-participating communities and repetitively flood damaged structures insured by the NFIP following a flood-related disaster event, and to enhance community flood resilience with NFIP-participating communities. Up to $20M has been made available to NYS for the FY 2024 Swift Current program. Eligible project types include: Property Acquisition and Structure Demolition or Relocation, Structure Elevations, Dry floodproofing of non-residential or historic residential properties, Non-structural retrofitting of existing structures and facilities, Mitigation reconstruction, and Structural retrofitting of existing structures. FEMA mitigation grant programs are not intended as a source of funds for repair, replacement, neglect, or lack of maintenance.
Climate Smart Communities Initiative
Deadline: March 3, 2025
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This grants program is focused on assisting communities on the front lines of the climate crisis in the United States, inclusive of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, commonwealths, and territories, as well as the Tribal nations that share this geography. As detailed in the selection criteria below, the community must be facing significant climate-related challenges, based on environmental as well as socioeconomic considerations. If the proposed work is local in scope, the population of the community should be less than 300,000 residents. If the proposed work is regional in scope, areas with up to 500,000 residents will be considered.
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Deadline: Rolling through May 30, 2025
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The Clean Water State Revolving Fund provides New York State eligible applicants financial assistance for planning, design, and construction of eligible projects. Eligible projects include projects for publicly owned treatment works, stormwater/non-point source projects, construction, repair, or replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage, or emerging contaminates. Financial assistance is provided by short and long-term financing, interest-free or low interests loans. A project must be on the IUP Annual List in order to receive funding in FFY 2026.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
Deadline: Rolling through May 30, 2025
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The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund provides New York State eligible applicants financial assistance for eligible projects. Eligible projects include investments to upgrade or replace infrastructure address noncompliance with federal or state health standards, prevent future violations of such standards, and provide the public with safe drinking water. Financial assistance is in the form of short and long-term financings. Interest-free financing and grants may be available to qualifying communities that demonstrate financial hardship.
Septic System Replacement Fund
Deadline: Rolling; county dependent
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This program provides funds to counties to help homeowners replace cesspools and septic systems that are adversely impacting designated water bodies. Participating counties provide grants to reimburse property owners for up to 50% (maximum $10,000) of the cost for their septic system project. Eligible projects include replacement of a cesspool with a septic system, installation, replacement, or upgrade of a septic system, or installation of enhanced treatment technologies. Please contact your county local program contact for more information and eligibility determination. Participating counties: Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester.
Source Water Buffer Program
Deadline: Rolling
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Approximately $5M was made available by the Clean Water Infrastructure Act in 2017 to support the purchase of conservation easements and the implementation of buffer systems to protect the water quality of NYS’s aquifers, watersheds, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and streams. Easements purchased under this grant can be for active crop production land, riparian land, pastureland, and/or agricultural woodlots. This land must be adjacent to land or water bodies contributing directly to a surface water source. Projects must also include the establishment of a vegetated buffer system to protect the drinking water source.
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program
Deadline: Rolling
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EPA announced $6.5B in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects and released notices of funding availability for the agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program and the State Infrastructure Financing Authority WIFIA (SWIFIA) Program. Letters of interest will be accepted on a rolling basis until all funds are expended.
FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
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Through this Disaster Supplemental Program, EDA will award investments in regions experiencing severe economic distress or other economic harm resulting from Hurricanes Ian and Fiona, and of wildfires, flooding, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2021 and 2022. The entire Mid-Hudson region meets the area eligibility requirement from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in 2021. Under this competitive grant, projects must incorporate principles related to EDA’s Investment Priority #2, Recovery & Resilience, which builds economic resilience to and long-term recovery from various future disruptions to the greatest extent possible, including extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change. Eligible projects can apply and expect up to an 80/20 investment rate for cost sharing.
Fordham University’s Flourishing in Community initiative
Deadline: Rolling
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The FIC Grantmaker is here to bridge this gap, by offering funding, technical support, capacity development, programs, and research opportunities to projects led by community organizations, nonprofits, and other entities championing environmental justice initiatives in Region 2: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and eight federally recognized Indian Nations. This initiative aligns deeply with Executive Orders (EO 14008 and EO 13985) from the Biden Administration and is funded and supported by the EPA.
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program
Deadline: Rolling
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The EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program aims to make it easier for small, community-based organizations—particularly those with low capacity or resources—and other eligible subrecipients to access federal environmental justice funding for projects that identify, document, address, and respond to conditions related to environmental and/or climate injustice. It is hosted by Fordham University and will offer $40 million in grants to environmental justice projects, programs, and initiatives in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation’s Land Capital Grants Program
Deadline: Rolling
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The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation and Land Trust Alliance share a collective goal of increasing the pace and scale of land conservation. To advance this goal, they will work together to offer a land capital grants program that will provide PCLB grants to allow land trusts to complete projects in PCLB’s geographic focus area. The program is intended to prioritize lands that exhibit biodiversity, connectivity, climate resilience, water quality and human benefits. Grants for acquisition of land and conservation easements and related transaction costs are available to qualifying land trusts that need matching funds to close on active projects. Priority will be assigned to projects that bring about protection of the following: Biodiverse lands and critical habitats, Interconnected open space, Lands that exhibit climate resilience, High-quality water resources, Public access opportunities.
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