Arts funding and PEMA Nonprofit Security grant programs now open for applications
Rep. Darisha Parker March 8, 2021 | 3:04 PM
STATE GRANT PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS:
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Creative Communities (Funding Source: General Fund)
Who May Apply: Lead applicant must be a unit of government, nonprofit 501(c)3 or 501(c)6) organization. Required partnership of at least two organizations, one of which will serve as the lead applicant. Please note: Creative Communities projects are currently underway in the following counties: Crawford, Indiana, Lancaster, Lehigh, Mercer, and Philadelphia. Counties without existing projects will receive priority.
Use: To provide multi-year funding to community-driven, arts-based projects that serve as catalysts for livability, economic development, and community connectedness.
Funds: Up to $25,000 per year for up to four years.
Application Deadline: March 19
More Information: Click on 2021_PCA_Creative_Communities_Letter_of_Interest.pdf (pa.gov).
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency: Nonprofit Security Grant Program (Funding Source: Federal Funding)
Who May Apply: 501(c)3 nonprofits, including religious institutions. Must be at a high risk of a terrorist attack based on the following: (1) Substantiation of prior threats or attacks (from within or outside the U.S.) by a terrorist organization, network, or cell against the applicant based on their ideology, beliefs, or mission; (2) Symbolic value of the site(s) as a highly recognized regional and/or national or historical institution(s) that renders the site a possible target of terrorism; and (3) Findings from previously conducted threat and/or vulnerability assessments.
Use: Target hardening and physical security enhancements, as well as integration of preparedness activities of the nonprofit sector with the local and state preparedness efforts.
Funds: Up to $150,000 for a 36-month project. No match required.
Application Deadline: Early review March 31. Application Deadline April 20.
More Information: Click on Nonprofit Security Grant Program (pa.gov).
UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES:
PDE Office of Commonwealth Libraries-Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Professional Development Training Grant: Open until Funds Depleted (Funding Source: Federal Funding)
- State aided public libraries and academic libraries. - To bring virtual training to your organization or for individual library workers to attend virtual professional development training.
PCCD Capital Case Indigent Defense: March 15 (Funding Source: General Fund)
- Counties. - Expenses to enhance defense strategies for indigent individuals in capital cases.
PA Council on the Arts Preserving Diverse Cultures – Strategies for Success: March 15 (Funding Source: General Fund)
- Nonprofit organizations whose mission and artistic work are rooted in and reflective of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) art, culture, history and heritage. - Organizational development.
DEP Driving PA Forward - Marine and Rail Freight Movers Grant Program: March 19 (Funding Source: State Mitigation Trust-Volkswagen Emissions Settlement)
- School districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships, air quality or transportation organizations, and metropolitan or rural planning organizations. - Projects to repower or replace diesel-powered, pre-Tier 4 freight switcher locomotives, and projects to repower or upgrade unregulated, Tier 1 or Tier 2, diesel-powered marine engines in ferries or tugboats.
PCCD/DDAP-2021 SBIRT Projects in Postsecondary Institutions: March 23 (Funding Source: Federal Funding)
- Public or nonprofit postsecondary institutions. – To prevent and address substance misuse on college and university campuses.
PCCD Endowment Act-Treatment Training: March 26 (Funding Source: State Endowment Act Funds)
- Any for-profit entity, non-profit entity, an entity affiliated with a CAC or MDIT (e.g., public agency or hospital) or unit of local government, including schools, colleges and universities. – To support the training of medical and mental healthcare providers who treat children and adult victims/survivors of child sexual abuse.
PA Agriculture – Farm to School Grant Program: March 30 (Funding Source: General Fund)
- School districts, charter schools, and private schools with pre-K or K-5 classes. – Nutrition education in the classroom, field trips, and other activities.
PA Office of Budget - Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP): March 31 (Funding Source: General Obligation Debt)
- Entities that have a project itemized in a Capital Budget Itemization Act from the past 10 years. – The acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects that have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues, or other measures of economic activity.
DCNR ATV/Snowmobile Grants: March 31 (Funding Source: ATV and Snowmobile Registrations)
- Municipalities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations. – Planning, land acquisition, development, rehabilitation, maintenance, equipment, and educational programs related to ATV and/or snowmobile trails and facilities.
DEP Agricultural Plan Reimbursement Program: April 1 (Funding Source: Environmental Stewardship Fund)
- Agricultural operators/landowners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (43 counties). - To hire a technical expert to develop plans for manure management, nutrient management, or erosion and sediment control.
DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2): April 14 (Funding Source: Multiple State and Federal Sources)
- Counties, municipalities, municipal agencies, nonprofit organizations, state heritage areas, prequalified land trusts, for-profit enterprises. - Planning, acquisition, and development of public parks, pools, indoor recreation facilities, playgrounds, motorized and walking trails, river conservation and access, stream buffers, open space conservation, and regional and statewide partnerships.
PA Agriculture Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grant Program: April 16 (Funding Source: General Fund)
- An individual, partnership, association, business, or municipal government. - Projects that grow agricultural infrastructure in urban food deserts to improve access to fresh, local food and provide opportunities for hands-on learning, community-building, and for people to become social entrepreneurs.
DEP County Recycling Coordinator Grant Program (Section 903): April 30 (Funding Source: Recycling Fund)
- Counties. - To reimburse 50% of the cost of employing a county recycling coordinator in the previous calendar year.
CFA Abandoned Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Abatement and treatment of AMD.
CFA Baseline Water Quality Data Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - To establish baseline water quality data on private water supplies.
CFA Flood Mitigation Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. – Flood mitigation projects.
CFA Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Projects which involve development, rehabilitation and improvements to public parks, recreation areas, greenways, trails and river conservation.
CFA Orphan and Abandoned Well Plugging: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Orphan or abandoned well plugging projects.
CFA Sewage Facilities Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Costs associated with the planning work required under Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
CFA Watershed Restoration and Protection Program: May 31 (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)
- For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Projects which involve the construction, improvement, expansion, repair, maintenance or rehabilitation of new or existing watershed protection Best Management Practices (BMPs).