Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2024 (FY25) Tribes
Funding TypeGrant
Grantor Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grant RangeUp to $10,000,000
# of Awards Available
Programmatic AreaCapacity Building
Programmatic AreaDisaster Prevention & Relief
Programmatic AreaEnergy & Environment
Deadline February 28, 2025
Match Required?
Eligible EntitiesNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; City or township governments; State governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Special district governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; County governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Focus AreaThe purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster. More details on these three priorities can be found in the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs). The CWDG helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy): 1) Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, are resilient to fire, insect, disease, invasive species, and climate change disturbances, in accordance with management objectives; 2) Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure are as prepared as possible to receive, respond to, and recover from wildland fire; and 3) Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions. This program is authorized in Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: 1) The development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) and 2) The implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old.
ContactSM.FS.usfs_cwdg@usda.gov
Link to Opportunityhttps://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357223
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