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GRANTS DUE IN JUNE

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

  • Living Roadways Trust Fund (IA) – Working through many partners in Iowa, the Living Roadway Trust Fund (LRTF) supports integrated roadside vegetation management (IRVM) programs; and educates the public on the benefits, use and care of roadside vegetation, including native plants. For more information on the Living Roadways Trust Fund (IA), click here.  Applications are due by June 1, 2026. 
  • 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 on the Iowa Thriving Communities Initiative, click here. Applications are due by June 5, 2026.
  • Iowa Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program – The EIRLP provides low-interest loans for energy infrastructure projects that facilitate electricity or gas generation, transmission, storage, or distribution. For more information on the Iowa Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program, click here. Applications are due by March 6, June 5, and September 4, 2026.
  • Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program (RCE) – This program provides funding for highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. For more information on the RCE Grant Program, click here. Applications are due by June 8, 2026. 
  • Iowa Workforce Housing Tax Incentive – Housing Projects that meet one of four criteria: Housing development located on a grayfield or brownfield site; repair or rehab of dilapidated housing stocks; Upper story housing development; New construction in a greenfield.  These grants are competitive in part because the program is more flexible than most in terms of income limits and incentive amounts. For more information on the Iowa Workforce Housing Tax Incentive, click here. Applications are due by June 10, 2026.
  • USDA Rural Business and Community Development Grant (RBDG) – This program provides funding for business and community initiatives that promote economic growth and job creation. Eligible applicants can include rural cooperatives, state government agencies, towns, and communities, nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher learning, and federally recognized Tribes.  For more information on the Business and Community Development Project program, click here. The applications had two deadlines: June 15th applies to SECD applications, and June 30th applies to the remainder. 
  • Nebraska CDBG Tourism Development (NE) – The purpose of the Tourism Development (TD) Category is to provide investments in effective and affordable tourist attraction facilities to quality communities that are investing in long-term development. For more information on Nebraska CDBG Tourism Development (NE), click here. Applications are due by June 30, 2026.
  • Nebraska CDBG Economic Development (NE) – The objective of the Economic Development (ED) category is to assist businesses that expand the state’s economic base, and which create quality jobs principally benefiting employees in the low- and moderate-income levels. For more information on Nebraska CDBG Economic Development (NE), click here.  Applications are due by June 30, 2026.
  • MRHD Economic Development Match Grant – Designed to bring other funders together and to support economic development projects within Woodbury County that need potentially higher levels of funding and collaboration. Grants are awarded annually based on merit as determined by the Grant Review Committee and ratified by the MRHD Board of Directors. For more information on the MRHD Economic Development Match Grant, click here. Applications are due by June 30, 2026.
  • T-Mobile Hometown Grant – T-Mobile Hometown Grants is a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations who help small towns across America thrive and grow. Hometown Grants are given every quarter to up to 25 small towns. Apply for funding to support a community project of your choice, like revitalizing or repurposing a historic structure, creating a downtown asset or destination, or improving a space where friends and neighbors gather. Projects that add to a sense of place or could lead to further investment are of particular interest.  For more information on the T-Mobile Hometown Grant, click here.  Applications are due by June 30, 2026.