Applications are now being accepted for the final round of the Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act grant program.
Donor Name: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/14/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act (UCF IRA) Grant Program is made possible through IRA funding provided by the USDA Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program. The Federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provided $1.5 billion to the USDA Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program to support initiatives that:
- Provide increased and equitable access to urban tree canopy and its associated human health, environmental and economic benefits in disadvantaged communities
- Broaden community engagement in local urban forest planning, tree planting, and management activities
- Improve community and urban forest resilience to climate change, extreme heat, forest pests and diseases and storm events through best management and maintenance practices.
Funding Information
- Approximately $1 million is available for this final round of the DNR’s UCF IRA Grant program
- Grant requests must be between $10,000 and $150,000.
Grant Period
Projects must be completed by June 30, 2027.
Eligible Activities
The Michigan UCF IRA Grant program will provide funding for a broad range of urban forestry projects that occur in, serve or directly benefit disadvantaged communities and support USDA Forest Service’s IRA program priorities, goals and strategies of the Michigan Forest Action Plan and other local/regional plans. All applications must include a plan for how the community will be engaged before, during and after the project.
- Assessment and Data
- Planning and Management
- Tree Planting and Establishment
- Tree Maintenance and Care
- Training and Workforce Development
- Engagement, Outreach and Education.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local units of government (city, village, township, county, library)
- Tribal governments
- State Agencies
- Educational institutions
- 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations
- Partnerships with other eligible applicants are encouraged, as are partnerships with non-eligible entities, such as businesses, local groups and individuals.
- Eligible Areas:
- Council on Environmental Quality’s Climate, Economic and Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
- Housing and Urban Development Opportunity Zones
- Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s MiEJScreen: Environmental Justice
- Screening Tool.
For more information, visit DNR.
