Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program: The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications from eligible affected local community-based organizations in order for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide financial assistance to those organizations through the Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) Program. The EJSG Program is a multimedia program designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. To be an eligible community-based organization you must fit the definition of an affected local community-based organization (LCBO) described below and must be working on or planning to work on a project that addresses a local environmental and/or public health issue within your affected community.
| Federal Grant Title: | Environmental Justice Small Grants Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Grant Categories: | Environment |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OECA-OEJ-06-01 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 66.604 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Environmental Justice Hazardous Substances Research Small Grants to Community Groups |
| Current Application Deadline: | No deadline provided |
| Original Application Deadline: | Mar 31, 2006 The deadline for submission of compl |
| Posted Date: | Feb 02, 2006 |
| Creation Date: | Jun 23, 2006 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 30, 2006 |
| Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $50,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- An "affected" local community-based organization is defined for this grant program as an entity/organization that is: (1) located in the same area as the local environmental and/or public health issue that is described in the application and where the residents of the affected community reside; (2) focused primarily on addressing the local environmental and/or public health issues of the residents of the affected community; (3) comprised primarily of members of the affected community; (4) able to demonstrate that it is a non-profit organization through designation by the Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; and (5) at the most basic level of the organizational hierarchy, such as a grassroots group/neighborhood organization, that is not affiliated with a larger national, regional, or state organization. "Affected" is defined as being in the locale that is influenced or altered by the local environmental and/or public health issue. An applicant must meet all of the above requirements and must explain how its organization fits each of those requirements in the application. See Section 3 for further information on eligibility.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Information not provided
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Sheila Lewis
202-564-0152 [email protected] Sheila Lewis - Similar Government Grants
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