Community-shared solar holds great potential for increasing investment in solar by customers who cannot host a system onsite. So called “solar gardens” allow for participation in collectively owned system and provide payments for the electricity generated by the system. But creating a community-shared solar program requires specialized business, legal, and technical expertise that can present formidable barriers for implementation.
Facing steep budget cuts and rising energy costs, many colleges and universities are grappling with how to finance urgently needed energy efficiency upgrades on campus when operating and capital funds are scarce. This webinar will explore innovative approaches, such as using return-oriented green revolving funds (GRFs) – a financing mechanism that colleges, universities, and nonprofits have increasingly adopted as a means to fund sustainability initiatives inside their buildings and operations.
The Foundation seeks to partner with impactful, grassroots organizations that leverage innovation and creativity to address childhood hunger and nutrition needs in local communities across the country. Nearly 17 million children remain at risk of not knowing where they will get their next meal. This puts increased demand for services on the many nonprofit organizations across the country that seeks to provide food assistance and meal support to kids throughout the year.
Award:
$10,000-$75,000 with an average grant size of $35,000
Eligibility:
Nonprofit organizations operating programs in the following states – Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington – are eligible to apply
This is cooperative agreement proposed to: 1) provide youth opportunities to work in National Parks, 2) provide youth an introduction to careers in conservation and natural resource management, 3) to educate youth on the management decisions, management techniques, and operations required to manage natural resources, 4) to control invasive plants known to be a public nuisance including plants designated as noxious weeds under state or federal laws, and 5) to restore plant communities within national parks through the use of prescribed fire, vegetation removal, and vegetation planting.
Award:
$116,250 - $208,500
Eligibility:
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Youth Organizations, Projects completed under the Public Land Corp (PLC) Act require a 25 percent nonfederal match (cash and/or in-kind services)for all entities except where an award is provided to a State government and on Indian Lands as defined in the PLC Act. A 25 percent match (cash and/or in-kind services) is required when using the PLC authority and providing assistance to a State government entity.
The purpose of this program is to support Extension Agents who establish Extension education programs on the Indian Reservations and Tribal jurisdictions of Federally-Recognized Tribes. To the extent practicable, priorities should reflect the following national critical needs areas: 1) Development of sustainable energy; 2) Increased global food security; 3) Adaptation /mitigation of agriculture and natural resources to global climate change; 4) Reduction of childhood and adolescent obesity; and 5) Improved food safety.
Award:
Unspecified
Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant Institutions with existing FRTEP programs.
She boxes. She beads. She reads (environmental engineering textbooks.) Her name: Mariah Gladstone.
Gladstone, 19, is a sophomore at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in New York City. Yet, when she’s not fulfilling the requirements for her earth and environmental engineering major, Gladstone will lace up her knuckles in her tattered, red Everlast hand straps and take to the punching bag.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System.
Award:
$160,000
Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by Cooperative Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, and the University of the District of Columbia.
This AFRI Challenge Area focuses on the priority to secure America's energy future. It supports the development of regional systems for the sustainable production of bioenergy and biobased products that contribute significantly to reducing dependence on foreign oil, have net positive social, environmental, and rural economic impacts, and are compatible with existing agricultural systems.
Award:
$10,000,000
Eligibility:
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, and Small businesses
The purpose of this program is to support Extension Agents who establish Extension education programs on the Indian Reservations and Tribal jurisdictions of Federally-Recognized Tribes. To the extent practicable, priorities should reflect the following national critical needs areas: 1) Development of sustainable energy; 2) Increased global food security; 3) Adaptation /mitigation of agriculture and natural resources to global climate change; 4) Reduction of childhood and adolescent obesity; and 5) Improved food safety.
Award:
$2,800,000
Eligibility:
Applications may be submitted by 1862 or 1890 Land-Grant Institutions with existing FRTEP programs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program has awarded a grant to the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) to develop and deliver a 3 day training session on Safety and Recycling Strategies for Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps on Tribal Lands.
