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GRANTS DUE IN MAY

*Check back regularly as grants will be updated as information becomes available*

  • Historical Resource Development Program (IA) – The program provides grant funding to help preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about Iowa’s historical assets. The Historical Resource Development Program provides funding for documentary collections, historic preservation and museums. For more information, click here.  Applications are due by May 1, 2025. 
  • Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Affordable Housing Program (IA) – Housing grants for homeownership, down payment assistance, rental housing, development projects, and rehabilitation/renovation. For more information, click here. Applications are due by May 1, 2025.
  • Hart Family Fund for Small Towns – Grants are intended to encourage preservation at the local level by providing seed money for preservation projects in small towns with populations of 10,000 or less. These grants help stimulate public discussion, enable local groups to gain the technical expertise needed for particular projects, introduce the public to preservation concepts and techniques, and encourage financial participation by the private sector. For more information, click here.  Applications are due by May 1, 2025. 
  • Build with Bags (IA) – This program helps communities turn plastic and disposable shopping bags into furniture and playground equipment for community use. By recycling plastic waste, this initiative addresses a key environmental concern while enhancing public spaces. For more information, click here. Applications are due by May 2, 2025. 
  • Iowa Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) – The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, allocates funds to reduce diesel emissions from fleets. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides 30% of the annual DERA funds to states and territories for grants, loans, or rebates aimed at significantly reducing diesel emissions using certified engine configurations or verified emission control technologies. For more information, click here.  Applications are due May 9, 2025. 
  • Iowa Thriving Communities Initiative – The initiative will provide communities that are leveraging innovative methods to attract housing opportunities for their workforce with a chance to be recognized for their efforts. A limited number of communities will be awarded the designation, which comes with highly sought-after and lucrative scoring points for the Federal Housing Tax Credit and/or Workforce Housing Tax Credit programs. The scoring points will be available through the end of the calendar year following the community’s designation as an Iowa Thriving Community. For more information, click here. Applications are due by May 12, 2025.
  • Iowa West Foundation (IA) – Community development, economic development, education, and human needs projects. For more information, click here. Applications are due January 15, 2025, May 15, 2025, and September 15, 2025. 
  • Destination Iowa Fund – Funds will be awarded to cities, counties, and non-profit organizations proposing to invest in vertical infrastructure to create or expand existing Primary Destinations to increase tourism to the state. For more information, click here.  Pre-applications are due by May 15, 2025. 
  • Fund for Siouxland – Funding for arts & culture, civic affairs, education, health, and human services. Grants are available to nonprofit organizations and qualified units of government within a 50-mile radius of Sioux City. Grants generally do not exceed $5,000. For more information, click here. Applications are due by May 15, 2025.
  • FY 2026 Airport State Funding (IA) – This grant program provides funding to eligible airport operators for improvements to airport facilities and for airport planning projects. Funding may support infrastructure upgrades, safety enhancements, and other initiatives that advance the operational efficiency of public-use airports across Iowa. For more information, click here.  Applications are due by May 16, 2025. 
  • Iowa Statewide TAP Supplementary Application Cycle for the Statewide Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program (TAP) – Eligible project activities continue to include a variety of smaller-scale transportation projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, and community improvements such as historic preservation, vegetation management, and some environmental mitigation related to storm water and habitat connectivity. Safe Routes to School applications are not being accepted for this cycle. For more information, click here. Applications are due by May 16, 2025. 
  • IEDA Enhance Iowa Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) – Funds for capital projects, such as trails, libraries, community centers, pavilions, entertainment venues, museums, recreational facilities, and more. (Eligible: local governments and certain nonprofits). For more information, click here. Quarterly. Applications are due by TBD