# Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) West

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/usda-fs-2024-cwdg-cwsf-community-wildfire-defense-grant-2024-fy25-west/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357222

> Forest Service offered grants of up to $10.0 million to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 100 awards worth $200 million in total. Applications closed on March 14, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | USDA-FS-2024-CWDG-CWSF |
| Agency | Forest Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 14, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $10.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 100 |
| Total funding | $200 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.720 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

## What the grant funds

This announcement contains the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)/Instructions. To apply after reading the NOFO, visit the application portal at cwdg.forestrygrants.org. The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster. More details on these three priorities can be found in the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs). The CWDG helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy): Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, are resilient to fire, insect, disease, invasive species, and climate change disturbances, in accordance with management objectives. Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure are as prepared as possible to receive, respond to, and recover from wildland fire. Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions. This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: The development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) The implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old Applicant Webinars for CWDG Round 3 have been scheduled as follows. The application process in Round 3 is the same for all applicants. Any applicant in any region, area, or Tribe may attend any webinar, they will all have the same content, however, the December 4th webinar will be more focused on Tribal applications and Tribal application Q&A. This information will also be on the Forest Service CWDG website, link below.

## Questions people ask

### Is USDA-FS-2024-CWDG-CWSF still open?

No. It closed on March 14, 2025.

### Who can apply for Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) West?

Forest Service accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

### What is the deadline for Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) West?

Closed March 14, 2025. 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 $10.0 million each. About $200 million in total across about 100 awards.

### Who has won Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department, Texas A&m Forest Service. The program made 240 awards worth $465 million in that time.