The Action, Implementation & Mitigation (AIM) Grant Program is available for a wide variety of capacity-building activities, including personnel, planning efforts, and wildfire risk reduction work on non-federal lands.
Donor Name: Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/25/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Coalitions and Collaboratives Inc. (COCO), a Colorado-based nonprofit, started 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. Since its inception in 2018, they have supported over 90 organizations. 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.
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.
Funding Information
AIM Awards range from $10,000 to $75,000, and run on a 12-month timeline. The anticipated starting date for this current round of funding is February 2025.
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.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Communities at high risk of wildfire in proximity to public lands
- Organizations or community groups currently conducting or planning pre-fire mitigation activities aimed at protecting their communities, watersheds, and ecosystems
- Groups seeking funding and/or mentorship to increase local capacity and conduct pre-fire mitigation/risk reduction activities
- Organizations willing to collaboratively work with COCO staff to develop their mitigation projects and proposal for funding
- Organizations willing to share their lessons, challenges, and successes with national, state, and/or local Fire Adapted Communities Networks
- Organizations that can provide match in the form of cash or in-kind services (including volunteer hours)
- Organizations must comply with all grant reporting requirements and meet project completion milestones and deadlines.
For more information, visit COCO.
