Phase 1 Application
Grant Description Phase 1: Phase I Assessment Projects are starter funds for local groups or new groups who need support with environmental or public health problems and must begin by assessing or studying the problem. Groups receive funding of $150,000 for one year to help understand the most pressing issues facing their community and to prepare for an action plan.
Organization or Government Entity Legal Address
Are you a member of a Priority Organization or Community?
Minority serving institutions (Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs); HispanicServing Institutions; Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions; Predominantly Black Institutions)
Native American and Tribal Nations
Organizations that take an intersectional approach to environmental justice (for instance, advancing housing justice, transit justice, racial justice)
Rural or remote community organizations and agencies
Coastal community organizations and agencies
Women, minority, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ led organizations and agencies
Organizations serving climate-impacted communities, including communities recovering from storms and natural disasters
Other
Please expand on your area of priority checked above and offer any supporting information you can provide. (For instance, federal designation; population; location; demographic information)
Phone Number
Email EIN(optional)
Employee ID Number if applicable
Please list information about your organization and project.
Project Title
In which State or Territory is the project located?
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
New York
New Jersey
Indian Nation
Address of the Proposed Project
This can include zipcode, community districts, towns or city names.
Potential Project Area
Research and Monitoring
Emergency Preparedness
Education and Outreach
Infrastructure and Environmental Improvements
Planning and Development
Project Development
Land and Asset Acquisition
Job Training
Other
If you don’t see your project listed here, rest assured it will not affect or hinder your application in any way.
Project Summary (optional)
In a few sentences, how would you describe your project?
Priorities and Results Goals
Workforce development and student success to support the green economy
Capacity-building for grassroots CBOs and other organizations
Public and environmental health, with a particular emphasis on air quality and its short- and long-term impacts
Intersectional projects that advance transit solutions, affordable and sustainable housing, food security, racial justice
Recovery, coastal resilience and managed retreat
Clean energy transitions
Biodiversity and conservation
Sustainable transportation
Sustainable agriculture, food systems and food security
Community access to and revitalization of green spaces, waterways, and underutilized areas
... Community Partners(optional)
You may choose to work with other organizations, municipalities, nations, or entities. If you do, please list them here.
What is the target area and general characterization of the community your project will impact?
Please submit a map of the project area using the “EPA IRA Disadvantaged Communities” tool, showing whether or not the community or communities are disadvantaged. This is an optional step.
https://bit.ly/FICAppEPAMap
You can provide a screenshot.
Your application will be prioritized for funding if it is made on behalf of an organization that falls within communities that appear as disadvantaged in the EPA’s IRA Disadvantaged Communities map. The linked tool can be used to determine whether a community is disadvantaged for the purposes of implementing programs under the IRA.
Map of the project area: Attach here.(optional)
Please provide a short narrative description of your project. This can be in written form (maximum of ten pages) or in video essay form (maximum of ten minutes). Your narrative or video does not need to be lengthy to be effective. It should clearly communicate the project you plan to undertake with grant dollars, and should answer the questions below. If you choose the video essay option,the video essay does not need to be of professional production quality. That a simple video recorded on a phone or computer which answers all the questions is acceptable. Narratives or videos will be scored based on their content, not production quality or writing style.
Project Narrative
Please provide a short narrative description of your project. This can be in written form (maximum of ten pages) or in video essay form (maximum of ten minutes). Your narrative or video does not need to be lengthy to be effective. It should clearly communicate the project you plan to undertake with grant dollars, and should answer the questions below. If you choose the video essay option,the video essay does not need to be of professional production quality. That a simple video recorded on a phone or computer which answers all the questions is acceptable. Narratives or videos will be scored based on their content, not production quality or writing style.
Guiding Questions
A short description of your organization.
Your history of involvement with the underserved community, including the duration of involvement and circumstances that led to your organization’s involvement.
The extent to which the team has had any previous collaborations with the listed project partners.
Estimated Project Start Date
Estimated Project End Date
Why does this project respond to a community environmental justice priority?
Please tell us about the community that is being affected more than others by environmental issues or health dangers. Explain who makes up this community and how these problems are impacting them. In other words, who are the people in this community and what kinds of environmental or health problems are they facing more than others?
Please address how you will ensure the sustainability of your project after the grant period has ended. What tools or resources will you need?
Project Narrative Attachment: Please attach your Essay or Video Essay file here.
Describe communities within the target area.
What are the area’s primary environmental justice challenges? What kinds of environmental and health burdens does the community face?
Please describe the short and long term impact that your project will have.
For example, short-term impact might be an increase in the number of community members who know about threats posed to them by coastal erosion. Longer-term impacts might be the number of community members with an emergency preparedness plan, and an increase in the emergency preparedness capacity of local nonprofits and community organizations.
How will you know your project has been successful? What do you want it to accomplish?
Please use numbers, percentages and quantities to provide an approximate quantification of the expected short-term and long-term impacts, where possible.
Fund Requested (optional)
Up to $150,000 for assessment projects. Application will be rejected if request does not fall between $0 and $150,000.
In the Description column, include what you will be spending on. In the Cost column, please enter how much of the budget will be spent. In the Timeline for Spending column, include when you are planning to spend this portion of the grant.
If you find it helpful, you may also fill out a supplemental budget worksheet; this is not required to have a successful application. (optional)
Other Funding Sources(optional)
Please list any other funding sources you have for this particular project, or any other applications you are putting forward to fund this project.
Can all of the funds be spent within the award timeframe (1 year for Phase I)? If not, how long would it take to spend the award? (optional)
These materials are optional. You do not need to include them to have a successful application.
You may want to include them if they will help to understand the importance of your project and your impact:
Community Partners Please provide letters of commitment, CVs and job descriptions as supplemental materials from community partners involved in the project.
Project Evidence Please provide evidence of the necessity of this project in your community. This may include letters of support from community validators, including but not limited to local elected officials, community leaders, faith leaders, among others, new clippings that demonstrate need for your project, research findings, studies, testimonials or any other evidence.
Attach Supplemental Materials Here(optional)
The entity applying for a project must belong to one of the following categories in order to be eligible for FIC grant funding:
*Nonprofit organizations(incorporated in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands), state or federal;
*Community-based and grassrootsnonprofit organizations;
*Philanthropic and civic organizationswith nonprofit status;
*Tribal governments(both federally recognized and state-recognized) and intertribal consortia (i.e., a partnership between two or more tribesthat work together to achieve a common objective);
*Native American organizations(includesIndian groups, cooperatives, nonprofit corporations, partnerships, and associationsthat have the authority to enter into legally binding agreements) spatially located in the EPA’sRegion 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands);
*Institutionsof higher education (e.g., private and public universitiesand colleges, including community colleges);
*Local governments(asdefined by 2 CFR 200.1 – includescities, towns, municipalities, and counties, public housing authoritiesand councilsof government);
*The governmentsof Puerto Rico and of the US Virgin Islands.
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