# ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-op-oej-21-01-environmental-justice-small-grants-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/331855

> Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $75,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 100 awards worth $7.3 million in total. Applications closed on June 1, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | EPA-OP-OEJ-21-01 |
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 1, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $75,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 100 |
| Total funding | $7.3 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 66.604 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Please see Section III for additional eligibility information.

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to improve the environment and public health conditions of low-income communities and communities of color through the advancement of racial equity and environmental justice. This funding announcement supports the priorities detailed in President Biden’s Executive Order 13985 titled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government and Executive Order 14008 titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. EPA continues to make effective responses to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the climate crisis top priorities. To address these multiple crises, this announcement places emphasis on projects focusing on COVID-19 impacts, as well as climate and disaster resiliency. Additionally, EPA is emphasizing projects addressing diesel pollution in underserved communities living near ports and railyards as part of EPA’s Ports Initiative (see details further described in this solicitation). Finally, to promote equitable accessibility to EPA grant funding and to assist small entities, approximately half of the total available funding under this announcement is intended to be reserved for small non-profit organizations with 10 or fewer full-time employees subject to the quality of applications received and other relevant considerations. Under this solicitation, therefore, there will be two separate ranking lists developed- one for small non-profit organizations of 10 or fewer full-time employees and one for all other eligible applicants as further described in this solicitation.

## Questions people ask

### Is EPA-OP-OEJ-21-01 still open?

No. It closed on June 1, 2021.

### Who can apply for ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM?

Environmental Protection Agency accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM?

Closed June 1, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $75,000 each. About $7.3 million in total across about 100 awards.

### Who has won Environmental Justice Small Grant Program  grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Metro Community Ministries Inc, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation. The program made 104 awards worth $7.8 million in that time.