# Source Reduction Assistance (66.717)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/66-717-source-reduction-assistance/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Source Reduction Assistance is run by Environmental Protection Agency. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $3.5 million in 43 grants, about $81,525 per award.

## Objectives

The goal of the Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) program is to award grants that support research, investigation, study, demonstration, education, and training using source reduction approaches (also known as “pollution prevention” and herein referred to as “P2”). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. This program provides applicants the opportunity to utilize hands-on practical P2 tools, information, and/or innovative P2 approaches to measurably improve the public health and the surrounding environment, by reducing the use of hazardous substances, reducing toxic pollutants, supporting efficiencies in reducing resource use (e.g., water and energy), and reducing business expenditures and liability costs. In FY 2025, SRA will continue to fund activities that promote practical source reduction practices, tools, and training on P2 approaches to measurably improve human and environmental health by reducing the use of hazardous substances, reducing toxic pollutants, reducing resource use (e.g., water and energy), and reducing expenditures and liability costs to businesses, non-profit organizations and/or communities.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $972,362 | 20 |
| 2022 | $233,144 | 8 |
| 2023 | $1.3 million | 14 |
| 2024 | $187,947 | 6 |
| 2025 | $790,215 | 8 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University | Kansas | $342,415 |
| Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. | Maryland | $289,232 |
| Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center | Washington | $200,759 |
| Greenup | Nevada | $195,000 |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Iowa | $194,330 |
| City of Westminster Colorado | Colorado | $180,000 |
| Bring Recycling | Oregon | $152,520 |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | $140,257 |
| University of Louisville | Kentucky | $137,000 |
| City of Ann Arbor | Michigan | $124,000 |
| California Green Business Network | California | $115,000 |
| University of Illinois | Illinois | $104,968 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | New York | $100,300 |
| Perpetual Use Inc | Florida | $90,500 |
| High Country Conservation Center | Colorado | $87,916 |
| Land-0F-Sky Regional Council | North Carolina | $86,600 |
| Icast (International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology) | Colorado | $85,500 |
| Ecology Action of Santa Cruz | California | $80,729 |
| Inquiring Systems, Inc | California | $76,000 |
| Wildlife Habitat Council, Inc. | Maryland | $68,067 |