Pollution Prevention Grants Program (66.708)
Pollution Prevention Grants Program (Assistance Listing 66.708) is run by the Environmental Protection Agency. It awarded $57.1 million in 177 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $322,451 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $330,000. Half of the 177 awards fell between $174,996 and $350,000, and they ranged from $12,706 to $1.2 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$57.1 million
- Grant awards177
- Typical award$330,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$15.0 million
- Size rank998 of 1824
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding rose from $4.6 million in fiscal 2021 to $15.0 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 998th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 52% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 47 states and territories.
What the program funds
The P2 grant program was enacted under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 to 1) Provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training and tools) to businesses/facilities on source reduction/P2 techniques to help them adopt and implement source reduction/P2 approaches that may increase the development, adoption, and market penetration of sustainable manufacturing and processing practices and greener products. 2) Identify, develop, document, and share source reduction/P2 best management practices and innovations so the information generated may inform future technical assistance and encourage practices and innovations that may be replicated by others. The technical assistance provided must use P2/source reduction techniques to reduce and/or eliminate pollution from air, water, and/or land prior to performing recycling, reuse, clean up, or disposal activities. The P2 grant program funds may be awarded as grants and/or cooperative agreements. Funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (IIJA) for FY2022-2026 affords the P2 program the ability to further support P2 technical assistance to businesses. Updated information on these programs is on EPA’s Grant Program for Pollution Prevention website: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. In FY 2026, the P2 will continue to: 1. Help businesses adopt P2 techniques into day-to-day operations to reduce or eliminate harmful pollutants from entering the air, water, or land 2. Encourage education and/or training in P2/source reduction techniques. 3. Support P2 information sharing among states, state and federally-recognized tribal entities (e.g., state/tribal colleges/universities), federally-recognized tribes, local technical assistance programs, businesses, and industry. Additional funding priorities are found in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) specific to each P2 grant program.
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
Colleges and universities must include documentation within their applications, which may include, but is not limited to: a state constitutional reference, college/university charter, W-7 tax form that has confirmed the college or university to serve as an instrumentality of a state or a federally-recognized tribe. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing description, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Policy for the Competition of Assistance Agreements.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Funding under the P2 grant program helps businesses establish and provide on-site technical assistance or training to businesses, support educational outreach and research endeavors, support data collection and analysis to curb environmental inefficiencies, and help businesses significantly reduce facility overhead and/or production costs. P2 grants are authorized under the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990 and supported through Congressional appropriation. Past grants have addressed the transfer of potentially harmful pollutants across all environmental media: air, water, and land, and have supported the establishment and expansion of State and Tribal P2 programs under diverse topic areas, some of which include industrial toxics usage, chemical substitution, energy reduction, reduction of hazardous waste and wastewater, and reductions in water usage. For more information on the scope of this grant program, please refer to PPA Section 6603 and 40 CFR Sections 35.343 and 35.662.P2 does not involve practices which alter the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of a pollutant, hazardous substance or contaminant through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service (refer to PPA Section 6603 and 40 CFR 35.343 and 35.662).
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. The statutory match/cost share requirement for P2 grants is authorized by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Eligible awardees receiving P2 grant funds are required to match federal funding by at least 50 percent. As such, EPA will provide half of the total allowable project cost, and the grantee will provide the remaining half. To further illustrate, if the total project cost is $100,000, in order to meet the 50 percent cost share or match requirement, the grantee must be able to provide $50,000 in cash or in-kind contributions in order to be eligible to receive $50,000 in federal grant funds from EPA. Cash or in-kind contributions may include dollars, in-kind goods and services, and/or third-party contributions. When applying for P2 grant funding, the applicant must note in their budget the application and use of matching funds. The match requirement may be applied at the time of award or at specified intervals during the project period. The grant project officer in the EPA Region will monitor the grantee's compliance, addressing the match requirement. If the match requirement is not met or is not applied at specified intervals during the project period, federal funding will cease, and the grantee may be held liable for all incurred costs.
Deadlines
For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Award range and average, in the agency's words
FY 2024 - FY 2025: P2 recurring grant competitions: Up to 25 awards, award funding is estimated at approximately $9,940,000 over a two-year period or $4,970,000/per year, and individual awards up to $700,000 over a two-year period or $350,000 per year. For the IIJA funded grand competition: Up to 50 awards, award funding is estimated at approximately $13,900,000 with individual award ceilings at $350,000.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: To view the grant summaries of projects funded under this assistance listing, please visit the following websites: (1) Pollution Prevention Grant (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-10/p2-bil-stag-fy24-25-grant-summaries_508_v2.pdf); (2) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Pollution Prevention Grant (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-10/p2-bil-stag-fy24-25-grant-summaries_508_v2.pdf); (3) Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice in Communities (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-10/summaries-of-the-fy-23-24-p2-ej-grant-selections_2.pdf ); (4) Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products (https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-10/summaries-of-the-fy-23-24-p2-ej-grant-selections_1.pdf).
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Pollution Prevention Grants Program (66.708) awarded$57.1 million across 177 grant awards, an average of $322,451 per award.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 71% of the money, state and local governments 26% and tribes 2.6%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 112 | $40.3 million | 71% |
| State and local governments | 59 | $14.6 million | 26% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 5 | $1.5 million | 2.6% |
| Other | 1 | $699,004 | 1.2% |
By state
20 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 | $4.7 million |
| California | 9 | $3.9 million |
| North Carolina | 10 | $3.3 million |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | $2.8 million |
| Massachusetts | 6 | $2.7 million |
| New Jersey | 8 | $2.5 million |
| Oregon | 5 | $2.3 million |
| Kansas | 6 | $2.2 million |
| Louisiana | 5 | $2.1 million |
| Montana | 5 | $2.0 million |
| West Virginia | 5 | $1.9 million |
| Missouri | 5 | $1.9 million |
| Nevada | 4 | $1.8 million |
| Minnesota | 5 | $1.8 million |
| Washington | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Iowa | 5 | $1.4 million |
| Maryland | 5 | $1.3 million |
| Michigan | 4 | $1.2 million |
| South Carolina | 3 | $1.2 million |
| Texas | 3 | $1.0 million |
| Nebraska | 4 | $955,106 |
| Vermont | 3 | $858,902 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $850,999 |
| Georgia | 3 | $797,728 |
| Maine | 3 | $763,717 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $708,699 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $699,004 |
| Kentucky | 2 | $655,738 |
| Hawaii | 1 | $622,992 |
| Alabama | 3 | $603,414 |
| New York | 2 | $556,501 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | $544,486 |
| Arizona | 2 | $482,937 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $452,000 |
| Delaware | 4 | $442,297 |
| New Hampshire | 3 | $428,500 |
| Connecticut | 3 | $425,000 |
| Idaho | 3 | $407,550 |
| Virginia | 4 | $385,585 |
| Colorado | 1 | $368,923 |
| Utah | 1 | $350,000 |
| Florida | 1 | $349,690 |
| Alaska | 1 | $330,000 |
| New Mexico | 2 | $265,000 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $184,792 |
| Mississippi | 1 | $122,043 |
| Ohio | 1 | $18,100 |