Competitive Subgrant Tiers
Community-based nonprofit organizations and other eligible organizations with environmental justice projects benefiting communities in Region 8 can apply for subgrants through three concurrent tiers offered by the MAP EJ Grants Hub.
Tier 1 subgrants: Assessment
up to $150,000
1 year
Examples include:
- Research (that is incidental to the project design)
- Sampling
- Testing
- Monitoring
- Investigations
- Surveys and studies
- Public education
Tier 2 subgrants: Planning
up to $250,000
for 1-2 years
Examples include:
- Planning
- Partnership-building
- Public outreach and education
- Coordination with community stakeholders to address environmental issues
- Training activities for community organizations and community members
- Projects and activities to spur community involvement (e.g., cleanups of vacant lots)
- Smaller land purchases and acquisitions
Tier 3 subgrants: Development
up to $350,000
for 2 years
Examples include:
- Project development
- Blueprints for construction or cleanup projects, schematics, and technical development
- Work to get permits in place directly related to an environmental project
- Smaller land purchases and acquisitions that require less than half of the total amount of subgrant funding
- Implementation of project plans
- Public outreach and education
Non-competitive subgrants
1 year
+ a limited number of $75,000 non-competitive fixed amount awards for severely capacity-constrained organizations. See the page on Non-competitive Subgrants for more information.
