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Pacific Southwest, Region 9

Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations

Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grants

Funding Sources

EJ Small Grants 2012 Request for Applications

Purpose To provide financial support for communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues. The program assists recipients in building collaborative partnerships to help them understand and address environmental and public health issues in their communities.
Eligible Applicants

Must be one of the following:

  1. An Incorporated non-profit community-based organizations-including environmental justice networks, faith-based organizations and those affiliated with religious institutions OR
  2. A federally recognized tribal government  OR  
  3. A tribal organization.

In addition, an eligible applicant must be able to demonstrate that it has worked directly with the affected community (see Request for Applications for more detail)..
Award Amount

Approximately $30,000
Total Awarded in Fiscal Year $1,500,000 in FY 2013
Matching Share No matching share required.
Key Dates:
Application Due;
Selection

Due: January 7, 2013
Selection: June 2013

Priorities

To support activities designed to educate, empower and enable communities to understand environmental and public health issues and to identify ways to address these issues at the local level.
Research activities related to Comprehensive and Liability Act, Section 311 (c) (CERCLA):  To support activities of a research nature only that examine issues related to a community’s exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks.

See websites for more info:
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html
http://epa.gov/region9/ej
Contact Person
EPA Office/Division 		LaDonna Thomas (thomas.ladonna@epa.gov)
Environmental Justice Team
415- 972-3375
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