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GRANTS DUE IN JULY

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

  • Iowa Community Cultural Grant – Program to help cities, county governments, tribal councils and nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations to support the development of community programs that provide jobs for local Iowans while promoting Iowa’s cultural, ethnic and historical heritages through the development of festivals, music, drama, cultural programs and tourism projects. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 1, 2024.
  • IDOT Recreational Trails Program – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved a one-time, $5 million allocation of funding to partially offset COVID-19-related reductions in the SRT program. The activities eligible for funding under this program can go towards the acquisition, construction of new trails, maintenance, resurfacing, and restoration of existing recreational trails, development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 1, 2024.
  • Iowa CDBG Water and Sewer Fund – Funds awarded through this annual competitive program assist cities and counties with projects such as sanitary sewer system improvements, water system improvements, water, and wastewater treatment facility projects, storm sewer projects related to sanitary sewer system improvements and rural water connections. For more information, click here. Applications are due by April 1, 2025, July 1, 2025, October 1, 2025, and January 1, 2025. 
  • Iowa Solid Waste Alternatives Program (IA) – Programs to encourage landfill alternatives – recycling, diversion, new technologies, new manufacturing processes, etc. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 1, 2025, and January 2, 2025. 
  • Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) – Established to provide grants to eligible public sector agencies to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart community technologies and systems in order to improve transportation efficiency and safety.  SMART is a two-stage program.  Stage 1 grants are open for any eligible entity to apply.  Recipients of Stage 1 grants will be eligible to expand their projects through Stage 2 grants. For more information, click here. Stage 1 applications are due by July 12, 2024.
  • South Dakota Community Access Road Grants (SD) – This program is a means for small towns to pave or reconstruct important local roads such as their Main Street. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 15, 2024.
  • South Dakota Agri-Business Access Grant (SD) – This program is a means for local governments to address road needs associated with new agri-business, such as ethanol plants, large-scale elevators, etc. In many cases, these new agri-businesses create additional truck traffic that an existing road may not be built to take. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 15, 2024.
  • South Dakota Industrial Park Road Grants (SD) – This program is a means to assist cities and towns that have a new industry coming to their community and need new or expanded access to the industry. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 15, 2024.
  • Destination Iowa Fund – Projects will attract visitors and new residents to the state and bolster the quality of life in Iowa’s rural communities. The aim is to make strategic investments that yield lasting results and create a positive ripple effect throughout the community. These projects will not only address immediate needs but also contribute to long-term sustainability and enhance the overall quality of life for residents. For more information, click here. Pre-applications are due between July 22, 2024-May 14, 2025. Applications are due by January 15, 2025 and/or July 15, 2025.
  • 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant – Program designed to help applicants across the country transition to zero-emission vehicles and reduce air pollution, which will result in improved health outcomes, less noise pollution, and the creation of good-paying clean energy jobs. For more information, click here.  Applications are due by July 25, 2024.
  • AES Foundation Day of Giving – Program created to give back to the communities in which AES Restaurant Group employees work and live.  This year’s event will be held in Sioux City, Iowa and Fargo, North Dakota. Charities will be chosen based on their applications, impact on the community, alignment with the Arby’s values, and fiscal responsibility. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 26, 2024.
  • Rural Housing Preservation Grant – The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to, Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 29, 2024.
  • Airport Terminals Program – Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, $5 billion has been allocated to provide competitive grants for airport terminal development projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation’s airports. These grants will fund safe, sustainable and accessible airport terminals, on-airport rail access projects and airport-owned airport traffic control towers. Projects may also include multimodal development. For more information, click here. Applications are due by July 31, 2024.