The Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO) is seeking concept papers for the Action, Implementation and Mitigation (AIM) Program to accelerate fire adaptation concepts and reduce the risk from wildfire across the U.S. by increasing capacity and on-the-ground work.
Donor Name: Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 – $75,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
COCO hopes to increase community resilience, restore fire-adapted ecosystems and create safer conditions for residents and firefighters. This funding opportunity is open to organizations working to advance wildfire risk reduction.
The AIM grant is available for a wide variety of capacity-building activities, including personnel, planning efforts, and wildfire risk reduction work on non-federal lands.
COCO funds organizations across the country with a focus on programs and projects that increase communities’ ability to overcome barriers to successful community wildfire mitigation, multiply the efforts, achieve quantifiable outcomes, support equitable and inclusive community wildfire mitigation programs across the fence, and support place-based solutions.
COCO will be looking to fund a variety of different types of projects across the country. Applicants must demonstrate how their proposal fits into the larger community wildfire strategy, including coordination with federal partners on nearby public lands. Applicants must contribute a 100% match (cash or in-kind match is eligible).
Funding Information
Award funding may range from $10,000 – $75,000. Grants are contracted for a period of one year.
Eligibility Criteria
The organization must have a nonprofit (501c3) status or have a nonprofit or local government fiscal sponsor that may include:
- Conservation District
- Regional and local collaborative efforts
- Fire Safe Councils and/or Wildfire Councils
- Non-profit groups that promote hazardous forest fuel reduction treatment projects in partnership with local, state or private entities
- Fire departments
- Tribal authorities
- City or county government.
For more information, visit COCO.
