NSDC Grant Update: December 6, 2024
This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Coalition. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed.
New Grant Opportunities
Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps)
FY 2025 AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through direct, team-based national and community service projects on a short-term basis. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Nonprofit organizations, federal, state, and local governments, Native American tribes, schools, and school districts
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Rather than providing monetary awards, this program places a full-time team of 8 to 12 AmeriCorps NCCC members and one team leader to serve with sponsoring organizations to help meet a critical community need that would not be fully addressed without additional assistance
WHEN'S IT DUE? Due dates will vary according to region and are based on the dates for which the applicant requests an NCCC team
Department of Agriculture
FY 2025 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP): Agricultural Land Easements (ALE
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to protect the agricultural viability and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting non-agricultural uses that negatively affect agricultural uses and conservation values, and protecting grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible grazing land. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? American Indian tribes, state and local governments, including farmland protection boards and land resource councils established under state law, and non-governmental organizations
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified
WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling
Department of Agriculture
FY 2025 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG)
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to help rural communities prepare for or recover from an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water. Eligible projects may take place in communities that have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water due to an emergency, or in which such decline is considered imminent. Funding is intended to maintain the standards prescribed by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, state governments, federally recognized tribes, and non-profit organizations
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified
WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling
Department of the Interior
FY 2025 Slip-on Tanker Units
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this pilot program is to provide local governments with financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; intrastate districts; council of governments; and any other agency or instrumentality of a multi-, regional, or intra-state, or local government
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $20 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? February 26, 2025
Department of the Interior
FY 2025 National Conservation Lands: Management Studies Support Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support studies aimed at increasing our understanding of the resources present on BLM lands, the values these areas protect, and the effectiveness of BLM’s resource management decisions. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, county, and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments and organizations; nonprofit organizations; and private institutions of higher education
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $350,000
WHEN'S IT DUE? January 31, 2025
Department of Justice
FY 2025 Justice for Families Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to fund projects that take a coordinated approach to helping families victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as they navigate the justice system. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, local governments, courts, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, legal services providers, faith-based organizations, and victim service providers
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $14 million
WHEN'S IT DUE?January 17, 2025 (Grants.gov), January 22, 2025
(JustGrants)
Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury
FY 2024-2025 Equitable Sharing Program
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to enhance cooperation amongst federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement by sharing federally forfeited property with participating law enforcement agencies. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies that directly participate in a law enforcement effort that results in a federal forfeiture
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified
WHEN'S IT DUE? Rolling
National Archives and Records Administration
FY 2026 Archival Projects
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to promote access to America's historical records to encourage understanding of the nation's democracy, history, and culture. Funding will support projects that will significantly improve online public discovery and use of historical records collections. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Nonprofit organizations and institutions, academic institutions, state and local government agencies, and federally acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $1.4 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? May 7, 2025 (First Deadline), November 5, 2025
(Second Deadline)
National Archives and Records Administration
FY 2026 Publishing Historical Record in Collaborative Digital Editions
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to publish online editions of historical records. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. Projects that center the voices and document the history of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are especially welcome. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Nonprofit organizations, colleges, universities, and other academic institutions, state and local government agencies, and federally- or state-recognized Native American tribes and groups
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $2.6 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? May 7, 2025 (First Deadline), November 5, 2025
(Second Deadline)
National Science Foundation
FY 2025 Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)
WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from all professional and educational backgrounds that will increase access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields, such as advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics. Click here for more information.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations including independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies, and similar organizations located in the United States that are directly associated with educational or research activities non-academic organizations; tribal governments; state and local governments; and for-profit organizations
TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $30 million
WHEN'S IT DUE? February 24, 2025
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