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GRANTS DUE IN SEPTEMBER

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

  • Rural Business Initiative Grant – The Iowa Rural Development Council is now accepting applications for the new Rural Business Initiative Grant program, made possible with funding from Wells Fargo. The Rural Business Initiative will provide grants of at least $30,000 to community organizations that work with small businesses, dollars that can be directed to the businesses themselves for capital costs, soft costs, training or strategic planning. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 1, 2024.
  • IDOT Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy (RISE) Program – Projects funded by the RISE program promote economic development in Iowa through the establishment, construction, and improvement of roads and streets. The RISE program is targeted toward value-adding activities that feed new dollars into the economy and provide maximum economic impact to the state on primary or secondary roads, and city streets open for public use. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 1, 2024.
  • Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning Program – Communities in need of transportation enhancement planning assistance and populations of fewer than 10,000 residents are eligible to participate in the Community Visioning Program. Thriving communities have volunteers, government representatives, and interest groups that collaborate to complete the visioning process. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 1, 2024.
  • IDOT Rise Grant – Projects funded by the RISE program promote economic development in Iowa through the establishment, construction, and improvement of roads and streets. The RISE program is targeted toward value-adding activities that feed new dollars into the economy and provide maximum economic impact to the state on primary or secondary roads, and city streets open for public use. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 1, 2024.
  • Iowa Brownfield/Grayfield Redevelopment Tax Credit Program (IA) – This program assists with redevelopment aimed at improving Iowa’s economy while reducing environmental hazards. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 1, 2024.
  • Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) – The Nebraska Environmental Trust is established to conserve, enhance and restore the natural environments of Nebraska. A prosperous future requires a sound natural environment. Successful grant applications will address one or more of the following categories: habitat, surface and ground water, waste management, air quality, or soil management. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 3, 2024.
  • IEDA Certified Local Government Program (CLG) – Program to fund technical assistance, planning, consultants, and other historic preservation projects, including studies, historic registry nominations, and more. (Eligible: local governments with historic preservation commissions in good standing). For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 3, 2024. 
  • Healthy Homes Production Grant Program – The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department’s efforts to address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 3, 2024.
  • Lead Hazard reduction Capacity Building Grant Program – The purpose of the Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant Program is to assist states; Federally recognized Native American Tribes that have an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-authorized lead abatement certification program; cities, and counties/parishes, or other units of local government which have either not received a direct HUD lead hazard control grant or were a previous grantee that has a demonstrated need to rebuild capacity within their jurisdiction. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 4, 2024.
  • Iowa Clean Water Loan Program (IA)– Created to give loans to water and wastewater projects. For more information, click here. Applications are due September 5, 2024.
  • Main Street Iowa Challenge – The Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant is a grant program provided by Main Street Iowa (MSI) and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) for brick-and-mortar building projects in designated Main Street districts. Highly competitive applications include Impactful building rehabilitation projects that provide increased business, housing or job opportunities; Projects that incorporate quality design and preservation-based strategies; Projects that support local revitalization efforts and stimulate additional district investment; Projects that are well planned and achievable within the two-year contract period. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 6, 2024.
  • 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. 
  • Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program – The program aims to fund initiatives that will ensure all communities have the access and skills needed to fully participate in the digital world, regardless of their background or circumstances. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 23, 2024.
  • Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) – Where transportation systems such as roads and tracks intersect waterways, a result may create barriers that impede the passage and impair the habitat of aquatic organisms and other wildlife. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), promotes approaches to reduce or remove barriers to passage of both aquatic and wildlife species where they interact with our Nation’s transportation system. The FHWA also recognizes that removing these barriers may have flood risk reduction, environmental, cultural, and societal benefits. Aquatic organism populations may be critical to local economies and Native and Tribal communities. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 23, 2024.
  • Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program – The purpose of the RCE Program is to provide funding for highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 23, 2024.
  • FY 2024 Good Jobs Challenge – EDA will support regional workforce training systems in designing and implementing activities for established sectoral partnerships that place program participants in good jobs and advance industries in the federal key technology focus areas. For more information, click here. Applications are due September 27, 2024.
  • USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – Grants for investment in private businesses and agricultural producers to make their enterprises more energy efficient or to install renewable systems.  With the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, this program has been improved and better funded, so now is the time to apply. (Eligible: private for-profit entities) For more information, click here.  Applications are due quaterly, September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024, and March 31, 2025. 
  • Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program – The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) has released an FY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) program. This is a continuation of two previous rounds of RCP Funding in FY22 and FY23. The RCP Program focuses on improving access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature, and recreation, and foster equitable development and restoration, and provide technical assistance to further these goals. For more information, click here. Applications are due by September 30, 2024.