Through this grant opportunity, PHMSA solicits competitive applications from eligible nonprofit organizations for Community Safety Grant (CSG) funds.
Donor Name: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Department seeks to fund projects that advance the Departmental priorities of safety, equity, climate and sustainability, and workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation as described in the USDOT Strategic Plan, Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan, and in Executive Orders.
PHMSA requires that applicants comply with all applicable federal financial assistance regulations and maintain an auditable accounting system that includes a detailed accounting and description of each grant expenditure. PHMSA measures performance based on the projects included in the approved financial assistance application and whether those projects fulfilled the needs outlined in the statement of need.
Funding Information
- PHMSA’s FY 2024 anticipates $1,000,000.
- The expected amounts of individual CSG awards for organizations range from $100,000 to $500,000.
Project Period
The period of performance is a minimum of 12 months from the effective date of the award. An applicant may request a period of performance up to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- The FY 2024 CSG program is open to nonprofit organizations who have the ability to train state and local personnel responsible for enforcing the safe transportation of HAZMAT or that can conduct national outreach and training programs to help communities prepare for and respond to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of HAZMAT.
- For the purposes of the CSG program, a nonprofit organization is a business that has been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) because it furthers a social cause and provides a public benefit.
- Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible applicants. “For-profit” organizations are not eligible applicants for the CSG program.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
