Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the 2024 Region 4 Sustainable Materials Management Grants competition to improve community resilience and sustainability through sustainable materials management (SMM).
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
At least one of the two following SMM priorities must be addressed as part of this NOFO:
- Addressing Municipal Recycling Markets in Region 4
- Recycling is an important driver of country’s economy and a way to conserve resources and protect the environment
- Strategies for Preventing Food Loss and Waste in Region 4
- Currently 30-40% of all available food in the U.S. goes uneaten. When edible food ends up in a landfill, embedded natural resources along with money, time, and labor spent to get them from farm to plate are wasted; this impacts the environment, communities, and the economy.
Applicants’ projects must take place within EPA Region 4, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Funding Information
EPA Region 4 anticipates awarding approximately 2-4 grants ranging from $50,000 to $125,000 each for a total of approximately $250,000 for the competition.
Project Period
2 years
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include States, local, Tribal, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities, and non-profit organizations, formed under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby). This includes the MSIs described. All projects must take place within Region 4.
- Consistent with the definition of Nonprofit organization at 2 CFR § 200.1, the term nonprofit organization means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest and is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
