Thriving Communities

GHHI’s Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

Applications for 2-year grants due Nov. 30!

APPLY HERE TODAY!

We are excited to announce that the application portal is now open for all three tiers of GHHI’s EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities grants!

See below for links to the Request for Applications (RFA), the application portal, and other applicant resources.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: You will need to obtain a Unique Entity ID for your organization, if you do not already have one, in order to submit a grant application. Go to SAM.gov to register your organization. There is a helpful video at the bottom of the SAM.gov homepage that will explain the process for registration. 

GHHI’s Thriving Communities Grantmaking program, in collaboration with the EPA, will award $40 million in grants, flowing from the Inflation Reduction Act, to fund 171 eligible projects in historically disinvested communities throughout EPA’s Region 3 (includes Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and 7 federally recognized tribes).

For more information, email us at ThrivingCommunities@ghhi.org or call us at 443-687-7343.

Application Resources

Additional Resources

Grantmaking Focus

Grants will support projects that focus on, but are not limited to:

• Community-led air and other pollution monitoring, prevention, and remediation, and investments in low- and zero emission and resilient technologies and related infrastructure
• Monitoring of effluent discharges from industrial facilities
• Water quality & sampling
• Small cleanup projects
• Improving food access to reduce vehicle miles traveled
• Stormwater issues and green infrastructure
• Lead and asbestos contamination
• Pesticides and other toxic substances
• Healthy homes that are energy/water use efficient and reduce indoor toxics and indoor air pollution
• Illegal dumping activities, such as education, outreach, and small-scale clean-ups
• Mitigating climate and health risks from urban heat islands, extreme heat, wood heater emissions, and wildfire events
• Workforce development that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants
• Environmental justice training for youth
• Climate resiliency and adaptation
• Facilitating engagement of disadvantaged communities in state and federal advisory groups, workshops, rulemaking, and other public processes

Projected Award Levels