Tribal Waste Management Funding Resources Directory
The Tribal Waste Management Funding Resources Directory is a searchable resource listing financial waste management assistance sources (grants, loans, cost-sharing) available to tribes and nonprofit organizations. To select funding programs based on particular requirements, use the search feature below. Subject matter criteria-based searches and general word-based searches of the funding programs are both possible.
Criteria searches can be done by funding agency, type of organization (e.g., federally recognized tribes, nonprofit groups), type of assistance sought (grants or loans), and keywords (e.g., waste, integrated waste management plan).
Searches result in a listing of programs by name. Click on the program name to view detailed information on the funding source.
| Program Name | Overview | Application Deadline |
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| Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grant Program |
Brownfield sites are sites where reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. The goals of the brownfield assessment, revolving loan fund (RLF) and cleanup grants are to provide funding:
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Proposal deadline is usually in the fall/by the end of the calendar year |
| California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental Justice Small Grants | Offers funding opportunities to assist eligible non-profit community organizations and federally-recognized tribal governments in California to address environmental justice issues in areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and hazards. The EJ Small Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Authorized by California Code of Regulations Title 27, Division 1, Chapter 3, Article 1 | Selections made annually. Applications for next year’s cycle are due February 28, 2018 |
| California – Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement | Provides grants to parcel(s) that are zoned for agricultural use, where unauthorized solid waste disposal Exit has occurred, and where the site(s) are in need of cleanup in order to abate a nuisance or public health and safety threat and/or a threat to the environment. | Applications can be submitted at any time. Award decisions are determined every four months |
| California – Household Hazardous Waste & Used Oil Grant Program | The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) grants are primarily competitive grants made available by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) per Public Resources Code, Division 30, Part 7, Article 3.5, Section 47200 to help local governments establish or expand HHW collection programs. | Application materials for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 – 2019 will tentatively be available winter 2018 |
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California – Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup and Amnesty Grant Programs |
These grant programs provide funding for the cost of cleanup, abatement, or other remedial actions related to the disposal of waste tires collected at cleanup projects and amnesty events. Previously offered together as one grant program, the Waste Tire Cleanup Grant and the Waste Tire Amnesty Grants have been separated. The Waste Tire Cleanup Grant Program will be offered every two years, beginning in 2012, in even years and the Waste Tire Amnesty Grant will be offered every two years in odd years. Each program will have a two-year grant term. |
Application materials for the Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grant, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 will tentatively be available winter 2018 |
| Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement |
The program provides funding to support community-based organizations in their efforts to collaborate and partner with local stakeholder groups (e.g., local businesses and industry, local government, medical providers and academia) as they develop and implement solutions that address environmental and/or public health issues for underserved communities. The long-term goals of the EJCPS Program are to help build the capacity of communities with environmental justice concerns and to create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve local environments in the future. |
Proposal deadline is early in the calendar year/late winter |
| Environmental Justice Small Grant Program | The purpose of this grant program is to support communities dealing with environmental justice concerns through projects designed to empower and educate these communities to better understand environmental and public health issues and to identify ways to address these issues at the local level. The long-term goals of the program are to help build the capacity of the affected community and create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve local environments in the future. |
Proposal deadline is early in the calendar year/late winter |
| Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program (Brownfields- Competitive) |
The Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program supports recruitment, training and placement of unemployed and underemployed people, including low-income residents in solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities, with the skills needed to obtain full-time, sustainable employment in solid and hazardous waste cleanup, wastewater treatment, chemical safety, and the environmental field generally. This program promotes the facilitation of activities related to assessment, cleanup or preparation of contaminated sites, including brownfields and Superfund sites, for reuse, while simultaneously building a local workforce with the skills needed to perform remediation work that are supportive of environmental protection and environmental health and safety. |
Proposal deadline is usually winter |
| Grants for Rural and Native Alaskan Villages |
To provide for the development and construction of water and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in those villages through removal of dire sanitation conditions. |
Contact local office |
| Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes | The Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes provides financial assistance to tribal governments and tribal consortia for the development and implementation of hazardous waste programs; for building capacity to improve and maintain regulatory compliance; and for developing solutions to address improper management of hazardous waste on tribal lands. | Proposal deadline is in the late spring/early summer |
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