Closed · DHS-12-GPD-053-000-01 · CFDA 97.053 · Discretionary

FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Homeland Security - FEMA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
August 21, 2012
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Challenge Program is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Homeland Security - FEMA that offered Varies by applicant across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,093 other opportunities from Department of Homeland Security - FEMA.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
97.053
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Chall… is closed (last close August 21, 2012). The parent program page for CFDA 97.053 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Department of Homeland Security - FEMA still indexes 1,093 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 21, 2012

Posted Aug 14 Closes Aug 21

Est. Total Funding

$975,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The recipient shall collaborate with FEMA to accomplish two major objectives. First, the recipient will help FEMA establish a new structural mechanism for engaging with local communities to build resilience. The recipient will encourage local communities to engage in creative activities that enhance disaster resilience by building on and addressing local interests, abilities, and needs. Second, the recipient will implement and manage a signature national challenge program, called the Community Resilience Challenge Awards Program. This program will be designed to stimulate, support, and expand the scale of existing successful community activities and to encourage local residents to design new collaborative initiatives that will enhance community resilience.

Nonprofit-only applicant desk · Disaster Prevention and Relief

The printed eligibility set for FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Chall… is nonprofit-only (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)). Government, campus, and for-profit doors are absent from this NOFO row. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Disaster Prevention and Relief (DPR). Only 31 other Department of Homeland Security - FEMA listings share this exact eligibility-code string (3% of 1,094).

Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 97.053

Citizen Corps

Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Agency Contact

GMD-Systems-Branch@fema.gov

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What to do next

FY 2012 Community Resilience Innovation Chall… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 97.053 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Citizen Corps indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Department of Homeland Security - FEMA lists 1,093 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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