The Community Mitigation Grant program is designed to incite community collaboration, reward neighbors helping neighbors and improve social capital – ultimately increasing resilience to future disaster or disruption.
Donor Name: Larimer County Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
State: Colorado
County: Larimer County (CO)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Larimer County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) recognizes that the upfront cost of hazard mitigation can be a barrier in this important risk-reducing and cost-saving work. To remove this barrier to communities in Larimer County, the Community Mitigation Grant Program was created in 2022.
Fundamentally, the Community Mitigation Grant program aims to remove financial barriers and catalyze grassroot efforts for mitigation activities at the community scale, building momentum and providing a sense of agency for longer term self-sufficiency in this important risk reduction work.
The Community Mitigation Grant funding has helped communities to implement various type of mitigation projects, including: mitigation treatments on community spaces, roadside fuel removal and improvements to community evacuation routes, home ignition zone and defensible space work, slash chipping and hauling, building and equipping of community mitigation tool libraries, and wildfire preparedness outreach and education.
Funding Information
Awards are usually limited to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include community groups, local non-profit organizations and charitable foundations. Small grassroots community groups will take priority over larger non-profits.
- Projects must be located in Larimer County and must mitigate the risk from one or more hazard(s).
Funding Limitations
The following will NOT be accepted as eligible requests for funding:
- Food and beverages.
- Salaries or organization’s staff capacity.
- Project planning expenses.
- Road work. Project activity involving repair, maintenance or other such work on roads is NOT eligible. The only exception: roadside thinning or slash pile chipping.
For more information, visit OEM.
