The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources to encourage collaboration with partners in providing strategic conservation delivery assistance and/or provide tools or data that enhance the ability of the agency to support conservation activities.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The objectives of this program are:
- Provide conservation learning experiences and/or outreach activities related to conservation implementation to urban and underserved communities.
- Support The People’s Garden Initiative at established People’s Gardens by implementing conservation activities that cover one or more of the following:
- Conservation and climate-smart agriculture demonstrations
- Storm water control or water quality improvement
- Soil protection from erosion
- Habitat for wildlife, including pollinators
- Leverage non-federal resources to achieve positive natural resource conservation outcomes.
- Provide a method to follow-up with the historically underserved growers to measure rate of success of their participation in both technical and financial assistance by NRCS staff.
- Provide outreach to increase participation among historically underserved participants in NRCS conservation programs and services.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $75,000.
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $5,000 and the estimated funding ceiling is $20,000.
Project Period
Projects may be between 1 and 3 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
