Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants (66.921)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants (Assistance Listing 66.921) is run by the Environmental Protection Agency. It awarded $57.9 million in 26 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.2 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $1.5 million. Half of the 26 awards fell between $840,983 and $1.9 million, and they ranged from $371,516 to $24.6 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$57.9 million
- Grant awards26
- Typical award$1.5 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$26.6 million
- Size rank989 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceGrant
Key findings
- It is the 989th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 95% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 22 states and territories.
What the program funds
The objective of the grant program is to improve the effectiveness of residential composting and recycling programs through public education and outreach. The most recent funding opportunity under the Recycling Education and Outreach grant program funded projects that: decrease wasted food from households; expand markets for and sales of compost; and inform the public about new or existing residential food waste composting programs; provide information about the materials that are accepted as part of a residential food waste composting program; and increase collection rates and decrease physical contamination in residential food waste composting programs.
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
Eligible entities (specified in the IIJA): U.S. States, including the District of Columbia; States includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof exclusive of local governments; Units of local government as defined in 2 CFR 200.1; Federally recognized tribal governments (including Alaskan Native Villages and Alaskan Native Corporations); Native Hawaiian organizations; Department of Hawaiian Homelands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Non-profit organizations as defined in 2 CFR 200.1; Public-private partnerships. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Please note that all applications for the FY25 competition must be coalition applications. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Please note that all applications for the FY25 competition must be coalition applications.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Assistance may be used for projects that inform the public about residential or community recycling programs; provide information about the recycled materials that are accepted as part of a residential or community recycling program that provides for the separate collection of residential solid waste from recycled material; and increase collection rates and decrease contamination in residential and community recycling programs. Per section 70402 (b)(6) in Public Law 117-58: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, no funds may be awarded under the grant program for a residential recycling program that— (A) does not provide for the separate collection of residential solid waste (as defined in 40 CFR 246.101 (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act) from recycled material (as defined in that section), unless the funds are used to promote a transition to a system that separately collects recycled materials; or (B) promotes the establishment of, or conversion to, a residential collection system that does not provide for the separate collection of residential solid waste from recycled material (as those terms are defined under subparagraph (A)).No funds may be awarded under the grant program for a residential recycling program that does not provide for the separate collection of residential solid waste (as defined in section 246.101 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)) from...
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, for the first funding opportunity, EPA made 24 awards ranging from $250,000 to $2 million totally approximately $30 million (in FY25 EPA anticipates making the additional award of $2 million). In FY25, for Funding Opportunity EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-24-12, EPA anticipates awarding one multi-year grant a minimum of $35,000,000, maximum of $39,094,000.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: Two cooperative agreements were funded which included projects to reduce food waste and increase composting and markets for compost.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach Grants (66.921) awarded $57.9 million across 26 grant awards, an average of $2.2 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wildlife Fund, Inc. | District of Columbia | 2 | $25.8 million |
| Ecomaine | Maine | 1 | $2.0 million |
| City of New York | New York | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Metropolitan Mayors Caucus | Illinois | 1 | $2.0 million |
| United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee | Oklahoma | 1 | $2.0 million |
| City of Tacoma Washington | Washington | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Hampton Roads Planning District Commission | Virginia | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Michigan Recycling Coalition | Michigan | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Edventure Inc | South Carolina | 1 | $1.7 million |
| City of Joplin | Missouri | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Lincoln City of | Nebraska | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Oregon Community Warehouse | Oregon | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Recycle Hawaii | Hawaii | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Inc. | Minnesota | 1 | $1.4 million |
| City of Long Beach | California | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Go Green Initiative Association | California | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Salt Lake City Corporation | Utah | 1 | $954,687 |
| Minnesota Composting Council | Minnesota | 1 | $934,937 |
| Wedontwaste, Inc. | Colorado | 1 | $809,665 |
| County of Osceola | Florida | 1 | $753,786 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 71% of the money, state and local governments 26% and tribes 3.5%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 15 | $40.9 million | 71% |
| State and local governments | 10 | $15.0 million | 26% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 1 | $2.0 million | 3.5% |
By state
16 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2 | $25.8 million |
| California | 2 | $2.4 million |
| Minnesota | 2 | $2.4 million |
| Illinois | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Maine | 1 | $2.0 million |
| New York | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Washington | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Virginia | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Michigan | 1 | $1.8 million |
| South Carolina | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Missouri | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Nebraska | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Oregon | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Hawaii | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Colorado | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Utah | 1 | $954,687 |
| Florida | 1 | $753,786 |
| Texas | 1 | $704,736 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $590,319 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $440,000 |
| Delaware | 1 | $371,516 |