The Hamilton County ReSource is seeking applications for its Waste Reduction Innovation Grant Program to help fund programs that significantly reduce landfill waste in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Donor Name: Hamilton County ReSource
State: Ohio
County: Clermont County (OH), Hamilton County (OH), Warren County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This grant program helps fund programs that significantly reduce landfill waste in Hamilton County, Ohio. Hamilton County ReSource will consider grant proposals for funding as they are received and will distribute approved funding on a first come, first served basis. If funding runs out, applicants will be given the option to have their proposals considered the following year if funding is available.
Funding Information
- Applicants can request a maximum of $15,000 in grant funds.
- 12 months to complete the project.
Examples of potential grant projects include:
- Multi-family/Dorm Waste Reduction
- Reuse: a place where community members can put usable items they no longer need, like children’s clothes, furniture, and moving boxes, for another resident to take.
- Sharing: supplies so community members can borrow items they don’t use often like carpet cleaners, tools to put together furniture, etc.
- Food pantry: a place and equipment so food rescue organizations can deliver surplus food or for community members to share surplus food.
- Starting recycling or composting programs.
- Wasted food reduction (e.g., technology and/or equipment to reduce wasted food)
- Food rescue/recovery (e.g., cold storage to accommodate rescued food, technology to facilitate donation of surplus food)
- Composting (e.g., equipment to implement or expand small-scale composting infrastructure)
- Purchase of dishwasher and reusable tableware to replace disposables.
- Signage or educational materials to improve your current landfill waste reduction programs.
- Funding for reusable materials like pallets or shipping containers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Communities, schools, non-profit organizations, and for-profit businesses are eligible to apply.
- All grant activity must reduce waste in Hamilton County ReSource’s boundaries. Hamilton County ReSource’s boundaries consist of Hamilton County, Ohio including portions of the City of Sharonville in Butler County; portions of the City of Loveland located in Butler, Warren, and Clermont Counties; and exclude the City of Milford.
- Grant funds cannot replace existing funding.
- The contact person for the grant must be at least 18 years of age.
For more information, visit Hamilton County ReSource.
