Environmental Education (EE) Grants Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Funds locally-focused environmental education projects that build community and school capacity, with EPA-supplied logic-model, work-plan and evaluation templates. Nonprofits, tribal organisations, education agencies and universities may apply.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)EPA publishes no per-award figure on this page. It states only that since 1992 the agency has distributed between $2 and $3.5 million in grant funding per year across more than 3,980 grants, and that up to 16 grants were anticipated in the most recent cycle. A 25% cost share is required, and 25% of
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The most recent competition, EPA-EE-25-01, closed March 3, 2026 — past as of 2026-08-07. EPA does not publish a fixed annual cycle and directs applicants to the EE Grants Listserv for the next solicitation, so treat the March month as indicative only.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- EPA lists eligible applicants as local education agencies, nonprofit organizations, colleges or universities, state education or environmental agencies, local or county environmental agencies, tribal organizations (501(c)(3) status required), tribal education agencies, and FCC-licensed noncommercial educational broadcasters, all located in the U.S. or a U.S. territory.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- environmental education · community capacity · logic models · tribal organisations · school partnerships
- Apply at
- https://www.epa.gov/education/grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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