U.S. Forest Service: Urban and Community Forestry National Grant Program - 2009 Special Focus Grant: Storm Event Protocol CFDA 10.675

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (Council) serves to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the status of the nation’s urban and community forests. The Council seeks to establish sustainable urban and community forests, by encouraging communities of all sizes to manage and protect their natural resources. Well managed urban forests provide critical environmental services that can improve the public’s health, and well being; economic viability and restore functioning environmental systems for people today and future generations. Through the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry competitive Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program, the Council only supports urban and community forestry projects that have national or multi-state, significance in their impact or application.
Applications are due by June 5, 2009.


Definition of Urban and Community Forestry: The art, science, and technology of managing trees, forests, and natural systems in and around cities, suburbs, and towns for the health and well-being of all people. Storm Event Protocol Category: This special focus grant of up to $50,000 is for the development of a new storm event protocol that blends urban forest programs with emergency management operations. The purpose is to reduce the impact of storms on urban forests, lessen personal injuries and property damage, and decrease emergency management costs. The Storm Event Protocol is to be generic enough to address any natural storm event and national in scope to assist any community across the country.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2009-USDA-FS-UCF-02-NUCFAC
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 26, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 26, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 05, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 05, 2009
Archive Date: Jul 05, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Environment
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $50,000
Award Ceiling: $50,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 10.675 -- Urban and Community Forestry Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Weblink to National Urban Forestry website (Posting expected by 3/30/09)
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EPA 2009 Healthy Communities Grant Program CFDA 66.110

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is seeking projects that: • Target resources to benefit communities at risk (environmental justice areas of potential concern, places with high risk from toxic air pollution, urban areas) and sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, others at increased risk). • Assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks. • Increase collaboration through community-based projects. • Build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environment and human health problems. • Achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits. Applications are due by May 8, 2009.


Proposed projects must: (1) Be located in and/or directly benefit one or more of the three Target Investment Areas which include: Environmental Justice Areas of Potential Concern, Sensitive Populations, and/or Urban Areas in one or more of the EPA Region I States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and/or Vermont; and (2) Identify how the proposed project will achieve measurable environmental and/or public health results in one or more of the six Target Program Areas which include Asthma, Capacity Building on Environmental and Public Health Issues, Clean Energy, Healthy Indoor/Outdoor Environments, Healthy Schools, Urban Natural Resources and Open/Green Space.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R1-HC-2009
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 27, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 27, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Jun 07, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 20
Estimated Total Program Funding: $300,000
Award Ceiling: $35,000
Award Floor: $5,000
CFDA Number(s): 66.110 -- Healthy Communities Grant Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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NPS Save America's Treasures 2009 Grant Round CFDA 15.929 (mod 1)

Save America’s Treasures grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections and on nationally significant historic properties. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash, donated services, or use of equipment. The grant and the non-Federal match must be expended during the grant period, generally 2 to 3 years, to execute the project. The minimum grant request for collections projects is $25,000 Federal share; the minimum grant request for historic property projects is $125,000 Federal share. The maximum grant request for all projects is $700,000 Federal share. Applications are due by May 22, 2009. Applications WILL NOT be accepted through Grants.gov.

The Save America’s Treasures Grants Selection Panel may, at its discretion, award less than the minimum grant request. Example of activities supported by these grants may be found at at their website.

Save America's Treasures Website

Application Instructions

Applications are due by May 22, 2009. Applications WILL NOT be accepted through Grants.gov. Information on the application can be found here: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm

Please complete and save all of the REVISED Save America's Treasure(SAT) application forms onto your computer. Though most of the forms look exactly the same as the previous forms, they include a box at the top of the form for an application number. This number is essential for your application submittal.
REQUEST AN SAT APPLICATION NUMBERAn application number will be sent to the email address provided.

Who May Apply

• Federal Agencies funded by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
• Other Federal agencies collaborating with a nonprofit partner to preserve the historic properties or collections owned by the Federal agency may submit applications through the nonprofit partner.
• Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c), U.S organizations.
• Units of state or local government.
• Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
• Historic properties and collections associated with active religious organizations are eligible to apply for grants. They must meet the grant Selection Criteria, including national significance.

What is funded

• Preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture and works of art (hereinafter collections).
• Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects (hereinafter historic properties).
  

What is not funded

• Acquisition (i.e. purchase in fee simple or interest) of intellectual and cultural artifacts, historic sites, buildings, structures or objects.
• Survey or inventory of historic properties or cataloging of collections.
• Long-term maintenance or curatorial work beyond the grant period.
• Interpretive or training programs.
• Reconstruction of historic properties (i.e. recreating all or a significant portion of a structure that no longer exists).
• Moving historic properties or work on historic properties that have been moved.
• Construction of new buildings.
• Historic structure reports and condition assessments, unless they are one component of a larger project to implement the results of these studies by performing work recommended by the studies.
• Cash reserves, endowments or revolving funds. Funds must be expended within the grant period, which is generally 2 to 3 years, and may not be used to create an endowment or revolving fund or otherwise spent over many years.
• Costs of fund-raising campaigns.
• Costs of work performed prior to announcement of award.
• For Federal agency grantees - Federal salaries, agency overhead or administrative costs.
  

Selection Criteria

• The collection or historic property must be nationally significant.
• Collections or historic properties not meeting this criterion will receive no further consideration.
• The collection or historic property must be threatened or endangered, and the application must document the urgent preservation and/or conservation need.
• Projects must substantially mitigate the threat and must have a clear public benefit (for example, historic places open for visitation or collections available for public viewing or scholarly research).
  The project must be feasible (i.e. able to be completed within the proposed activities, schedule, and budget described in the application), and the application must document adequately the required non-Federal match.

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Information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Grants.gov put together a pretty nice page of Recovery Act information, but that's not going to prevent me regurgitating it all right here. Thank you Grants.gov.
Federal agencies receiving recovery funding were required to create webpages linking to the the main government portal Recovery.gov. Agency specific sites are listed below.


Agency for International Development (USAID)
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Labor (DOL)
Department of State (DOS)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of Treasury (TREAS)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Smithsonian Institution (SI)
Social Security Administration (SSA)

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NPS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Preservation Grants

In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to jump-start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. Included in this Act was $15 million to be competitively awarded to HBCUs for the preservation of campus buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Applications are due by April 10, 2009.


The goal of this grant program is to make historic properties on the campuses of HBCUs safe and useable. Eligible activities include structural stabilization; masonry work; abating environmental hazards; installing or replacing heating, ventilating, and cooling systems; replacing damaged electrical and plumbing systems; repairing leaky roofs; treating termite damage; and providing handicapped accessibility. All work must be performed in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Applications must be submitted directly to NPS and not through Grants.gov. Go to www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/hbcu/index.htm to download application and guidelines.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-HBCU2009
Opportunity Category: Other
Posted Date: Mar 12, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 12, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 10, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 10, 2009
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Recovery Act
Category Explanation: Recovery Act Grant
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Award Floor: $100,000
CFDA Number(s):
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

NPS Historic Preservation Grants HBCU application
HBCU GRANT SELECTION PROCESS
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CNCS AmeriCorps State and National Recovery Act Assistance CFDA 94.007

What are AmeriCorps State and National Recovery Act grants? The purpose of this guidance is to assist current AmeriCorps State and National grantees in accessing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to engage AmeriCorps members and community volunteers in efforts to stimulate the economy through the expansion of current programming or the addition of a new program component. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, providing job counseling and skills training to the unemployed, constructing or rehabilitating housing, assisting nonprofits facing increased need and decreased resources, recruiting volunteers, making housing resource referrals for and providing legal services to those experiencing eviction or foreclosure, connecting children and families to health care, and allowing after-school centers that have lost funding to stay open. Applications are due by April 3, 2009.


Is my organization eligible and to whom do we apply? Current grantees only are eligible to apply, Current grantees with planning grants are not eligible to apply. Current grantees are those who were operating AmeriCorps programs on February 17, 2009.

Applicants must apply to the same entity to which they applied for their current AmeriCorps grant program (either to a state service commission or directly to the Corporation for National and Community Service). More Information on AmeriCorps State and National Recovery Grants These one-time AmeriCorps Recovery Act funds are being made available to current grantees to meet critical community needs resulting from, or exacerbated by, the current economic crisis. Programs addressing any of the AmeriCorps issue areas are welcome to apply but the selection process will give preference to the activities listed below. Additionally, AmeriCorps Recovery Act grantees addressing the following activities will be required to adopt and collect data on Corporation-determined performance measures. AmeriCorps Priority Recovery Act Activities  Employment and skills training  Tutoring and literacy  Financial literacy  Home foreclosures and housing assistance  Housing rehabilitation and access including weatherization and other energy-efficiency techniques  Healthcare access and delivery  Nonprofit capacity building and  Volunteer generation and management It is expected that grantees will seek Recovery Act funding for their current areas of programming. However a grantee may choose to apply for a new area of programming and make the case that it has the expertise and capacity to implement new programming quickly and effectively. The Corporation recognizes that many current grantees are eligible for Recovery Act funding from other federal agencies that would complement their proposed AmeriCorps Recovery Act program. As with any AmeriCorps grant competition, grantees may request AmeriCorps positions without grant funds (sometimes referred to as an Education Award Only grant). For more than a decade, the Corporation for National and Community Service—through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve programs—has mobilized a new generation of engaged citizens. This year, more than 1.8 million individuals of all ages and backgrounds will serve through these programs. They will help thousands of national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies meet local needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas. Roughly three quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to Governor-appointed state service commissions, which award subgrants to nonprofit organizations in their states. These organizations recruit AmeriCorps members to respond to local needs. The Corporation distributes most of the remainder of the grant funding directly to organizations operating in more than one state.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANTS-031009-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 10, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 10, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 03, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 03, 2009 To submit your application, access eGrants (www.americorps.gov/egrants), the Corporation’s integrated, secure, web-based system for applications. See the 2009 Guidance for Applying for AmeriCorps State and National Recovery Act Grants for more information, including application instructions, found here: http://www.nationalservice.gov/recovery. The deadline for eGrants submissions is April 3, 2009, 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
Archive Date: Apr 06, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Recovery Act
Category Explanation: AmeriCorps grants are generally awarded to eligible organizations to recruit, train, and manage AmeriCorps members who address community needs. An AmeriCorps member is an individual who is enrolled in an approved national service position and engages in community service. Members may receive a living allowance while serving. Upon successful completion of their service members receive an education award from the National Service Trust.
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 94.007 -- Planning and Program Development Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

AmeriCorps State and National Recovery Act Guidance
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HUD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Neighborhood Stablization Program CFDA 14.256

Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), round 2. Competitive grants awarded for activities eligible under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289, NSP round 1), to address home foreclosure and abandonment and for the provision of capacity building and support for NSP grantees. For programmatic funding, rating factors will include grantee capacity to execute projects, leveraging potential, and concentration of investment to achieve neighborhood stabilization. Applications are due by September 1, 2009.


HUD must issue a NOFA with application requirements no later than May 3, 2009. Grantees will prepare an application and complete citizen participation before submitting to HUD. Applications will be due to HUD not later than 150 days after enactment. HUD will review applications and make awards shortly thereafter. Grantees must expend at least 50 percent of each grant within 2 years and 100 percent within 3 years of grant award. HUD may also utilize a portion of available funding for a competitive technical assistance program to assist NSP grantees.

Additional Information on Eligibility:
States, units of general local government, nonprofit entities, and consortia of nonprofit entities, which may submit proposals in partnership with for profit entities.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HUD-RA-04
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 10, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 10, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 01, 2009 No Application with this Synopsis
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 01, 2009 No Application with this Synopsis
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Housing Recovery Act
Category Explanation: No Application with this Synopsis
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,980,000,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 14.256 -- CFDA Recovery NSP2
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

HUD's Recovery Act Program web page
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EPA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Brownfields Job Training Grants CFDA 66.815

This notice announces the availability of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and solicits applications from eligible governmental entities and non-profit organizations to provide environmental job training projects that will promote job creation and economic development by facilitating the assessment, remediation, or preparation of brownfields sites. Eligible applicants must identify and propose to serve a community that currently receives, or has received, financial assistance (federal, state, or tribal) for brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, cleanup, site-specific work carried out by state or tribal response programs, and/or targeted brownfields assessments performed directly by EPA. Furthermore, under this opportunity, the Agency is soliciting applications for projects that can be started expeditiously by applicants who can demonstrate the ability to contribute to economic recovery through the creation and/or preservation of jobs. The full RFA is expected to be posted by March 19, 2009. Once it is issued, this synopsis will be modified to include the link to the full announcement. Applications are due by April 20, 2009.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-ARRA--OSWER-OBLR-JT
Opportunity Category: Other
Posted Date: Mar 06, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 10, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 20, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, which is expected to be posted by March 19, 2009, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: May 20, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 66.815 -- Brownfield Job Training Cooperative Agreements
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Job Training Grants
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NEA The Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 ("Recovery Act") CFDA 45.024

All applicants must be previous NEA award recipients from the past four years (see "Applicant Eligibility" for more information). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 ("Recovery Act") recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of the economy. The National Endowment for the Arts is uniquely positioned to fund arts projects and activities that preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. As part of this important investment, the Arts Endowment has designed a plan to expedite distribution of critical funds for the national, regional, state, and local levels for projects that focus on the preservation of jobs in the arts. Grants will be made either to organizations for their own job preservation projects, or to designated local arts agencies, eligible to subgrant, for subgranting programs to eligible nonprofit organizations. Applications are due no later than April 2, 2009.


Projects are limited to: * Salary support, full or partial, for one or more positions that are critical to an organization's artistic mission and that are in jeopardy or have been eliminated as a result of the current economic climate. And/or * Fees for previously engaged artists and/or contractual personnel to maintain or expand the period during which such persons would be engaged.

Grant Amounts and Matching Funds

Direct Funds:
All grants are non-matching and will be awarded for the amount requested.
Organizations may request a grant amount of $25,000 or $50,000.

Subgranting Funds:
For designated local arts agencies which are eligible to subgrant:
All grants are non-matching and will be awarded for the amount requested.

Organizations may request $100,000 or $250,000 for subgranting programs. Of these amounts, up to $50,000 of the NEA grant funds may be used for their own jobs and/or the administration of subgranting programs. Priority will be given to cost-effective programs that maximize the amount of funds distributed.

When using funds for subgranting programs, most of the funds should directly impact a broad constituency, and reach the full geographic range represented by that constituency. As appropriate, efforts should be made to reach organizations that serve underserved populations such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability.

Period of Support
The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after July 1, 2009. Generally, a grant period of up to one year is allowed.
No pre-award costs are allowable in the Project Budget. Project costs that are incurred before July 1, 2009, will be removed from the Project Budget.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2009NEA01ARRA60
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 02, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 02, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 02, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 02, 2009 Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 2, 2009.
Archive Date: May 02, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Award Floor: $25,000
CFDA Number(s): 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Application Guidelines for The Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 ("Recovery Act")

Frequently Asked Questions

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