Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (66.808)
Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (Assistance Listing 66.808) is run by the Environmental Protection Agency. It awarded $13.5 million in 82 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $164,275 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $99,225. Half of the 82 awards fell between $40,000 and $198,410, and they ranged from $10,000 to $3.1 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$13.5 million
- Grant awards82
- Typical award$99,225
- Awarded in FY 2025$662,217
- Size rank1,420 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $4.8 million in fiscal 2021 to $662,217 in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1420th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 67% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 31 states and territories.
What the program funds
To promote the use of integrated solid waste management systems to solve solid waste generation and management problems at the local, regional and national levels. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2025: Partnerships - Establishing and developing partnerships with states, local governments and other non-profit organizations to assist them in advancing their waste management programs, including recycling and reduction of wastes, appropriate management of wastes that are generated, and developing integrated waste management plans.
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
What the money can and cannot pay for
EPA may incrementally fund grants and cooperative agreements under this program. Approval of subsequent funding increments is dependent on satisfactory project progress, continued relevance of the project to EPA’s priorities and availability of funds. Renewals and extensions of funding are not available. Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA.This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgement (“discretion”), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or regional office.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the competitive announcement.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
The range and average of financial assistance for awards under this assistance listing will be described in the competitive announcement, as amounts awarded vary. In FY24, individual multi-year awards were up to $200,000, depending on the notice of funding opportunity. In FY25, EPA anticipates making multi-year awards ranging from approximately $50,000 to $250,000, depending on the notice of funding opportunity.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2016: No content available. Fiscal Year2017: No content available. Fiscal Year2022: A few examples of the types of projects funded under this assistance listing include: installing equipment to increase digester capacity, hosting community education/outreach tours, and developing a case study for this demonstration project; advancing the co-digestion of food waste in small scale farm digesters , including an AD co-digestion demonstration project with research components, partnerships with entities to secure food waste feedstocks, and extensive education and outreach efforts; creating a technical and educational assistance center focused on helping AD facilities interested in creating, expanding, or fully utilizing its capacity and the accompanying biogas and digestate; working with stakeholders to complete a food waste to fuel feasibility study.Fiscal Year2025: Projects seek to increase capacity for food scraps composting in the region through the upgrade of yard waste composting facilities. The upgraded yard waste composting facilities will be capable of processing waste food which increases the capacity for wasted food composting in the region.?Additional projects seek to enhance recycling systems, making them stronger and more agile to address changing materials markets.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants (66.808) awarded $13.5 million across 82 grant awards, an average of $164,275 per award.
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 47% of the money, colleges and universities 35% and tribes 8.4%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 39 | $6.3 million | 47% |
| Colleges and universities | 19 | $4.7 million | 35% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 13 | $1.1 million | 8.4% |
| State and local governments | 10 | $1.1 million | 8.3% |
| Other | 1 | $145,548 | 1.1% |
By state
2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are District of Columbia and Arizona.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 3 | $3.3 million |
| Arizona | 3 | $1.3 million |
| California | 6 | $963,493 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | $805,293 |
| Georgia | 7 | $767,261 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $532,785 |
| New York | 4 | $507,644 |
| Missouri | 2 | $474,923 |
| Florida | 5 | $470,426 |
| Montana | 4 | $430,568 |
| Washington | 3 | $428,773 |
| Illinois | 2 | $359,995 |
| Iowa | 2 | $345,401 |
| North Carolina | 5 | $303,012 |
| Texas | 1 | $300,000 |
| Kansas | 2 | $295,000 |
| Colorado | 1 | $200,000 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | $200,000 |
| Vermont | 1 | $199,941 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $199,070 |
| Ohio | 1 | $195,736 |
| Virginia | 5 | $135,959 |
| Michigan | 2 | $120,000 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | $118,735 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $100,000 |
| Alaska | 1 | $99,400 |
| Oregon | 1 | $98,349 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $91,500 |
| Maryland | 1 | $46,539 |
| Utah | 2 | $45,000 |
| New Jersey | 1 | $10,000 |