Brownfields Multipurpose Grants
Program Information:
Match Requirement: Varies
Sub Funding Type: Education and Outreach, General Organizational Capacity
Funding Type: Grant
Funding Source: Federal
Organization Name: US Environmental Protection Agency
Eligible Applicants: Tribal Agencies and Indigenous Led Partnerships, State Agency, Non-Profit Organization, Local Government
The Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, tribes, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield properties, like preserving them as greenspace. A Multipurpose Grant is for communities that have identified an area (like a neighborhood) with one or more brownfield sites.
This program provides funding to conduct a range of eligible activities that ultimately result in a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (an assessment that tests for possible soil, air, and groundwater pollution), a brownfield site clean up, and a Revitalization Plan.
Recipients may use a portion of the Multipurpose Grant for eligible participant support costs, which can include stipends to compensate an individual’s time and travel costs for participating in project-related meetings and community engagement efforts.