Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319
Posted by Environmental Protection Agency
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 — is cataloged under number EPA-OW-OWOW-25-01 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 66.460, posted by Environmental Protection Agency. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 23, 2024 and last updated on October 2, 2024. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $125,000. The agency has projected $3.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 28 awards. If the agency funds the expected 28 awards from the $3.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $125,000. Cost sharing or matching funds are required, meaning applicants must contribute a portion of the project budget from non-federal sources — factor this into your financial plan before drafting the proposal. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on December 11, 2024. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
Up to $125,000
Close Date
December 11, 2024
See Section IV of funding opportunity announcement for closing date information.
Posted
September 23, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$3,500,000
Expected Awards
28
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is issued pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 319(h), which authorizes the EPA to award grants to eligible Tribes and intertribal consortia to implement approved Nonpoint Source (NPS) management programs developed pursuant to CWA Section 319(b)(1) “for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources to the navigable waters” and “improving the quality of such waters.”2 NPS management programs must identify “best management practices and measures which will be undertaken to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each category, subcategory, or particular nonpoint source” identified in the Tribe’s NPS assessment report developed pursuant to CWA Section 319(a). After allocating CWA Section 319 Tribal funds for Tribal base grant work plans, the EPA allocates the remaining CWA Section 319 Tribal funds to eligible entities according to the competitive procedures in this NOFO. The funding available through this NOFO will support Tribal projects primarily focused on implementing on-the-ground best management practices (BMPs) that will help protect or restore waters from sources of NPS pollution. All applications must include an on-the-ground project to implement NPS BMPs. As described in the NOFO, applicants may also use up to 25 percent of requested federal funds to support other eligible project activities, including the development of a nine-element watershed-based plan (i.e., up to $31,250 of a $125,000 federal grant request). Tribal staff time supporting the implementation of NPS BMPs is not included in this 25 percent cap.
Eligibility
25
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Parent Grant Program
Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Agency Contact
Margot Buckelew <br/>EPA Headquarters, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds-Watershed Restoration, Assessment and Protection Division, email: tribal319grants@epa.gov
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