LaBella Associates continually identifies funding opportunities from state, federal, and not-for-profit sources to support specific projects or initiatives. Below you will find the latest rounds of funding opportunities available for your project.
We will continue to share updates with our clients as more details on 2025 funding opportunities become available, along with any additional project funding news. Please let us know how we can assist in finding and securing funding tailored to your community.
Click below to see more information on each grant funding opportunity:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant Program – Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program
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Current Brownfields Funding Opportunity
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant Program – Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants
The purpose of this grant is to address sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous co-mingled with petroleum) and petroleum.Multipurpose Grant
Purpose
Multipurpose Grants are appropriate for communities that have identified, through community engagement efforts, a discrete area with one or more brownfield sites.
Eligible Applicants
Varies by grant type.
Funding Details
- Maximum Funding for Multipurpose Grants: $1,000,000 for 5 years.
Application Deadline: Application window anticipated to open fall 2025, with a due date of approximately 60 days later.
Assessment Grants
Purpose
Assessment Grants provide funding for brownfield inventories, planning, environmental assessments, and community outreach.
Eligible Applicants
Varies by grant type.
Funding Details
- Maximum Funding for Assessment Grants: From $500,000 to $2,000,000 for 4 or 5 years, depending on type of assessment grant.
Application Deadline: Application window anticipated to open fall 2025, with a due date of approximately 60 days later.
Cleanup Grants
Purpose
Cleanup Grants provide funding to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites owned by applicant.
Eligible Applicants
Varies by grant type.
Funding Details
- Maximum Funding for Cleanup Grants: From $500,000 to $4,000,000 for 4 years, depending on type of cleanup grant.
Application Deadline: Application window anticipated to open fall 2025, with a due date of approximately 60 days later.
Current Brownfield Funding Opportunity
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program
Purpose
Provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas.
Eligible Applicants
State and local governments, non-profit corporations and Indian Tribes. Rural areas and towns with populations of 10,000 or less and Tribal lands in rural areas.
Funding Details
- Maximum Funding: Long-term (up to 40 years), low-interest loans based on median household income of the area being served. (Poverty 3.125%, intermediate 4.25%, market 5.2.5%).
- Funding Priorities: Drinking water sourcing, treatment, storage and distribution, sewer collection, transmission, treatment and disposal, solid waste collection, disposal and closure, storm water collection, transmission and disposal.
Application Deadline: Application window is open. Deadline is not stated at this time. Please confirm you have the most current information by contacting a program specialist in your local RD office: https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/offices/state-offices
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Let’s discuss your community’s needs and plans.
Please let us know how we can assist in finding and securing funding tailored to your community by filling out the form to the right.
To learn more about LaBella’s grants and financing capabilities, please visit our Grants & Financing service page.
Prior Grant Funding Opportunties
2025
National
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant Program – Job Training Grants – Learn More
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Midsize & Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience & Sustainability Program – Learn More
- Water Resources Research ACT Program National Competitive Grants RY2025 Program Announcement for Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) – Learn More
New York
- Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) Grant Program for Parks, Preservation, and Heritage – Learn More
- Municipal Parks and Recreation Grant Program (MPR) – Learn More
- New York Statewide Investment in More Swimming (NY SWIMS) Initiative – Learn More
- Recreation Trails Program (RFP) – Learn More