Grants & Environmental Assistance
Apache Corporation donates trees through its Tree Grant Program to a wide variety of nonprofit and governmental organizations, including cities, counties, schools, parks, universities, youth associations, wildlife refuges, and community groups. Applications open annually.
Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities provides quick, targeted technical assistance to selected communities using a variety of tools that have demonstrated results and widespread application. These tools are to stimulate a discussion about growth and development and strengthen local capacity to implement sustainable approaches.
Call2Recycle is a nationwide organization that works to assist communities with battery collection and recycling.
The Carton Council seeks to increase the recycling rates of cartons in the U.S. by offering free resources to help communities in establishing a carton recycling program.
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund, authorized by the Clean Water Act, provides low-cost financial assistance for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of wastewater, reuse, and stormwater infrastructure.
This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities (those that provide an essential service for the orderly development of the community) in rural areas.
The agency will make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations to provide associations technical assistance and/or training for essential community facilities programs. The technical assistance and/or training will assist communities, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit corporations to identify and plan for community facility needs that exist in their area. Applications are accepted on an annual basis.
The Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP) provides financial assistance to provide water and wastewater services to economically distressed areas where services do not exist or systems do not meet minimum state standards.
The primary objective of the NTIG program is to offset the incremental cost of implementing existing technologies that reduce the emission of pollutants from facilities and other stationary sources which may also include energy storage projects in Texas.
The STEP program provides funds to eligible applicants for water and sewer infrastructure improvements utilizing self-help methods.
The Planning and Capacity Building Fund is a competitive grant program for local public facility and housing planning activities. Localities apply for financial assistance to prepare a comprehensive plan or any of its components. The planning process should result in an improved local capacity to identify long and short-term needs and to develop implementable strategies to address the identified community needs. Emphasis is placed on public works and housing assistance planning.
