Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is offering grants through the relaunch of the Materials Management grants program, which has been renamed the Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Grants Program.
Donor Name: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The purpose of the Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Grants program is to support statewide efforts to reduce the environmental and human health impacts of materials at all stages of their life cycle.
The goal of the program is to build local capacity and support community solutions that address the environmental, social and health impacts created by production, consumption, use and disposal of materials.
The objectives of the program are to:
- Inspire promising solutions to reduce the impacts of materials by funding innovative projects and programs.
- Empower community action to reach environmental solutions.
- Create environmental and health benefits that result from more sustainable consumption and use of materials.
- Advance equity and environmental justice by providing resources to historically underserved and underrepresented communities across Oregon.
Funding Area
In an effort to make the application process more accessible and streamlined, the program will focus on one annual funding area each year. For the 2024 grant cycle, the annual funding area is waste prevention.
- Waste prevention is an environmentally centered approach to reduce the consumption of natural resources and generation of waste before something becomes trash or pollution. Waste prevention activities reduce waste by changing product design, by using less, by using something longer, or by repairing it.
DEQ may award grants for activities that reduce the environmental and human health impacts of materials such as:
- A farmers market purchasing reusable dishes to eliminate single-use products
- Establishing or expanding services for community tool libraries or other share libraries.
- A small business buying a new technology to etch glass instead of applying plastic product labels.
- A store investing in bulk storage for resupplying low-waste products.
Funding Information
- Up to $ 1,000,000 is available for the 2024 grant cycle.
- $ 25,000 is the minimum available for individual grant awards.
- $ 125,000 is the maximum available for individual grant awards.
Grant Period
DEQ anticipates that grant agreements will be drafted beginning in January 2025. The grant term begins the date that the grant agreement is signed. After signing the agreement, recipients must complete their projects within 24 months.
Eligible Activities
- Education and outreach
- Training
- Research
- Program, project or policy development
- Workforce development
Eligible Costs
- Administrative costs, such as travel, office expenses, and overhead
- Salaries and benefits for project personnel and payments to consultants or contractors
- Publications and other printed materials
- Machinery, vehicles, equipment, signs, containers and project-related supplies.
Eligible Applicants
- Local governments,
- Nonprofit (501(c)3 or 501(c)4 status) or fiscally sponsored organizations,
- Organizations created by an Oregon public entity,
- Tribal nations,
- Public schools,
- Public universities,
- Community colleges, or
- Small businesses of 50 people or less.
For more information, visit Oregon DEQ.
