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Funding by Topic: Emergency preparedness and response

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Minnesota Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants Inactive
Grants for environmental justice communities in Minnesota for planning and design projects to replace aging and obsolete infrastructure. Many environmental justice communities are in rural and tribal areas.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Nov 14, 2024
Sponsor: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Advancing Disaster Education Initiatives in Rural America Inactive
Grants for the development of innovative educational resources and Extension initiatives to address the preparation for, response to, and recovery from hazards and disasters in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 1, 2024
Sponsor: Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program Inactive
Offers funding to federally-recognized tribes and tribal organizations to build climate resilience capacity.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Oct 18, 2024
Sponsor: Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Association of Realtors Rural Outreach Grant Inactive
Grants for state and local realtor association initiatives on a wide range of rural issues such broadband, well and septic, open space preservation, environmental standards, disaster prevention and recovery, and planning and zoning issues. Rural providers, facilities, and programs could approach local realtor associations with potential projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor: National Association of Realtors
Sustaining New Mexico Fund Inactive
Grants to strengthen communities in New Mexico by promoting social equity, supporting self-sufficiency, and improving the quality of life for all. Preference will be given to organizations in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Sponsor: New Mexico Foundation
Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants Inactive
Grants for education and training programs to help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. Special emphasis is given to programs and materials that target smaller mines and underserved mines and miners in the mining industry, and prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Sep 9, 2024
Sponsors: Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Emergency Response Equipment Grant Program Inactive
Funding for the purchase of emergency response equipment for volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance departments in rural parts of Compeer Financial's service area.
Geographic coverage: Specific counties in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2024
Sponsor: Compeer Financial
Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP) – Continuing Training Grants (CTG) Inactive
Grants to support emergency preparedness training solutions to help rural and tribal areas prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, threats, hazards, and other emergencies. Rural and tribal communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 16, 2024
Sponsors: Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project Inactive
Funding for a single entity to examine communications barriers and identify solutions that enhance existing emergency communications infrastructure to improve the delivery of rural medical care and address implementation gaps in the National Emergency Communications Plan.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Aug 9, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Rural Housing Preservation Grants (Section 533) Inactive
Grants to organizations that work to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for rural, low-income homeowners and renters.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jul 29, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Housing Service