Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM)

The new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (EJ TCGM) Program is a competition to select multiple Grantmakers around the nation to reduce barriers to the federal grants application process communities face and increase the efficiency of the awards process for environmental justice grants. Grantmakers will design competitive application and submission processes, award environmental justice subgrants, implement a tracking and reporting system, provide resources and support to communities, all in collaboration with EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.

Eligibility

The entities eligible to apply under this Request for Applications and serve as an EJ Thriving Communities Grantmaker are as follows:

a community-based nonprofit organization; or
a partnership of community-based nonprofit organizations
a partnership between— a federally recognized Tribal government and a community-based nonprofit organization
a partnership between— an institution of higher education and a community-based nonprofit organization.

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