The Washington State Department of Commerce is seeking applications for its Climate Planning Grant.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Funding Information
Approximately $6.5 million of non-competitive, formula grants as follows:
- Original Allocation: $100,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $36,000
- Original Allocation: $150,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $54,000
- Original Allocation: $300,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $109,000
- Original Allocation: $500,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $183,000
- Original Allocation: $700,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $256,000
- Original Allocation: $800,000
- Potential Grant Award (Jul–Dec 2025): $293,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027.
Eligible Grant Activities
The following activities, when conducted to meet the requirements of the mandatory element, are eligible for grant funding (not all inclusive):
- Preparing public outreach materials and conducting public outreach activities.
- Preparing staff reports and conducting public meetings and public hearings
- Developing a local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory; Vehicle Miles Traveled Per Capita (VMT) studies; and GHG emissions reduction projections
- Conducting transportation and VMT studies if they are in support of the GHG Emissions Reduction Sub- element
- Utilizing the University of Washington’s Climate Mapping for a Resilient Washington web tool and other resources to explore expected local climate change impacts; audit existing plans and policies to strengthen climate change resilience, assess vulnerability and risk for local assets, and develop science– based climate resilience goals and policies for comprehensive plans.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are available to those local governments across Washington that must include a Climate Change and Resilience element (RCW 36.70A.095) in their comprehensive plans during their next periodic update.
For more information, visit WSDC.
