Defense Community Infrastructure Program (12.027)
Defense Community Infrastructure Program (Assistance Listing 12.027) is run by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, part of the Department of Defense. It awarded $170 million in 20 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $8.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $9.5 million. Half of the 20 awards fell between $4.4 million and $11.9 million, and they ranged from $1.1 million to $20.0 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$170 million
- Grant awards20
- Typical award$9.5 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$77.4 million
- Size rank651 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceGrant
Key findings
- It is the 651st largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 19 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 13 states and territories.
What the program funds
Assist state and local governments with addressing deficiencies in community infrastructure to, in order of priority, enhance military value (to include critical infrastructure), cadet training at covered educational institutions, installation resilience, or military family quality of life. Projects must be supportive of a military installation. Community infrastructure means any transportation project; school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or other community support facility; or water, wastewater, telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility infrastructure project that is located off a military installation and owned by a state or local government.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
State or local governments may apply for the assistance to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of a military installation. Assets owned by not-for-profit, member-owned utilities may be enhanced with the funding. However, they may only apply in partnership with a primary state or local government proposer. Community infrastructure projects or facilities must be located off a military installation or on property under the jurisdiction of a military department that is also subject to a real estate agreement (including a lease or an easement) held by a state or local government.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Eligible costs include only hard construction and renovation costs, including project administration, inspection, construction, utilities, and contingency costs required to execute the project, as well as costs of capital equipment affixed to the real property. Soft costs, such as those required for planning, design, permitting, and environmental review may be eligible as a non-Federal contribution to the proposed project but are not eligible for Federal award funding reimbursement. Land or site acquisition costs are ineligible.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Program requires a 30% match requirement, except no match is required for projects located in a rural location (city, town, or unincorporated area with a population of not more than 100,000 inhabitants by zip code) or in receipt of a national security waiver from the cognizant Military Department Secretary (i.e., Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, or Secretary of the Air Force) attesting to the national security need/importance of the proposed project.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Each fiscal year appropriations are available, a Notice of Funding Opportunity will be released in the spring identifying the proposal deadline. Contact the headquarters or website for application deadlines.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Range of Grants: $250,000 – $20,000,000 Fiscal Year 2023: $100 Million
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: A $13M federal award enables the Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc., Alaska, to undertake a $13.3M project to construct a new switching substation, upgrade an existing substation, and improve communication systems for military assets across the state. A $10M federal award enables the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma, to undertake a $35.8M project to reconstruct a segment of US-69 and replace the Peaceable Creek bridge to support operations at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. A $5.7M federal award enables the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, Connecticut, to undertake a project to replace 11,700 linear feet of a water main to enhance water supply infrastructure supporting Submarine Base New London.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Defense Community Infrastructure Program (12.027) awarded $170 million across 20 grant awards, an average of $8.5 million per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 90% of the money, nonprofits 10.0%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 17 | $153 million | 90% |
| Nonprofits | 3 | $17.0 million | 10.0% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 3 | $29.7 million |
| Washington | 2 | $27.1 million |
| Texas | 2 | $23.0 million |
| California | 3 | $21.4 million |
| North Dakota | 1 | $11.6 million |
| Illinois | 1 | $11.5 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $10.7 million |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $10.0 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $9.0 million |
| Guam | 2 | $7.6 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $5.8 million |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Florida | 1 | $1.1 million |