Community Action Grants

The Community Resilience Partnership provides grants and technical assistance to municipal governments, Tribal Governments, plantations, townships, or unorganized territories in Maine (“Communities”) for projects that reduce energy use and costs, transition to clean energy and make communities more resilient to climate change impacts such as flooding, extreme temperatures, and public health risks. Donor Name: State of Maine Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation & Future State: Maine County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 12/17/2024 Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000 Grant Duration: 2 Years Details: Community Action Grants can support two categories of climate action by communities: 1) actions from the List of Community Actions, an approved list of climate mitigation and adaptation activities that align with the strategies of Maine Won’t Wait, and 2) other projects proposed by a community that support capacity building, planning, and implementation projects. Funding Information The Community Resilience Partnership plans to allocate approximately $7,480,000 for Community Action Grants during this grant round. Of the total amount, approximately $1.6 million is available for projects related to energy efficiency and clean energy, and approximately $5.8 million is available for projects related to vulnerability and resilience. Individual communities are eligible for a minimum award of $5,000 and a maximum award of $75,000. Groups of communities applying jointly are eligible for awards of up to $175,000. Grant Period Grants are anticipated to be awarded in March 2025, with an expected start date on or after March 24, 2025. Contract terms will be up to two (2) years, as specified by the applicant’s proposal.  Eligibility Criteria  There are two (2) eligible types of applicants for the Community Action Grant: Individual Communities, a municipal government, Tribal Government, plantation, township, or unorganized territory in Maine, who are enrolled in the Community Resilience Partnership. Applicants may submit enrollment materials through the enrollment portal simultaneously with submitting their grant application. (Unorganized territories, townships, and plantations are eligible and are strongly encouraged to work with a Service Provider to complete the enrollment process.) Multiple Communities may apply jointly for projects that address mutual goals and have interrelated scopes of work. All communities participating in the application must be enrolled in the Partnership at the time the grant application is submitted or submit enrollment materials through the enrollment portal simultaneously with the grant application. Service Providers may apply on behalf of groups of communities only for actions listed in the List of Community Actions. Letters of support must be provided from each community in the proposed group. In a multi-community application, the communities are required to designate a lead applicant. The lead applicant is expected to receive the grant funds and manage the contracting and grant reporting on behalf of the partner communities. The communities may wish to have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that spells out the responsibilities of each community. If an MOU is established, GOPIF may request a copy of the document during the grant contracting phase. For more information, visit GOPIF. Related Posts:Maine: Energy Efficiency Planning for Rural…2024 Service Provider Grants – MaineCommunity-Wide Assessment Grants for States and TribesEPA Community-Wide Assessment Grants 2025EPA: Brownfield Assessment Grants 2025Maine Charity Foundation Fund 2024DOE-EM Minority Serving Institutions Partnership ProgramApply now for the Chapman Prize 2024ONDCP: Emergency Department Substance Use…Applications open for SCIP Fellowship 2025Submit Applications for Maine Communities Grant Program 2025Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund Grants 2025Tribal Undergraduate to Graduate Research Training…Grants to address Elevated Risk of Intimate Partner…Rigorously Evaluating Primary Prevention Strategies…Rigorous Evaluation of Primary and Secondary…Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative…Effectiveness Research to Prevent…Conducting Research Related to Preventing…ACE: Expanding the Best Available EvidenceGrants to support Arts Organizations in Maine