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

up to $75,000

1 year

A limited number of non-competitive fixed amount awards for assessment projects for severely capacity-constrained organizations. Examples include:

  • Research (that is incidental to the project design)
  • Sampling
  • Testing
  • Monitoring
  • Investigations
  • Surveys and studies
  • Public education

See the page on Non-competitive Subgrants for more information.

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