02F31901
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Description:
This agreement provides funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support the Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) at the University of New Mexico located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center provides finance-related training, education, and analytical studies to help regulated parties develop solutions to the difficult 'how-to-pay' issues associated with meeting environmental standards. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center educates state, tribal, and local governments and businesses on lowering environmental costs, increasing environmental investments, improving financial capacity, identifying appropriate revenue-generating mechanisms, and evaluating environmental financing options.
To address these objectives, the Southwest Environmental Finance Center plans to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and states on approaches to provide technical assistance; creating tools and resources; addressing climate change/resiliency/emergency situations; building a sustainable workforce; technical information sharing/technical information transfer; community capacity building; tribal capacity building; piloting approaches to address environmental issues; accessing funding; program support, and support for a coordinated effort with other members of the Environmental Finance Center Network.
Activities:
The activities include a comprehensive community outreach effort and extensive community engagement to bring systems into the program that can benefit from technical assistance. The efforts will help communities with project development, building capacity of systems and providing training, provide assistance with finance and funding options to implement infrastructure projects for implementation, provide construction management, creating tools and resources, evaluating success, participation in Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) onboarding activities, ongoing coordination between the Southwest Environmental Finance Center and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Subrecipient:
The Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) project team (the team) includes five subrecipients: Moonshot Missions, US Water Alliance, WaterNow Alliance, South Central Climate Adaptation Center, and the Anthropocene Alliance. They will bring knowledge of other methods of outreach that may be more effective than traditional means. The Anthropocene Alliance and the South Central Climate Adaptation Center are two such partners. Other partners with experience in community outreach and engagement in disadvantaged communities include US Water Alliance and WaterNow Alliance. To assist with project development, capacity building, providing technical assistance, assisting with financing and funding, and construction management, the Southwest Environmental Finance Center included Moonshot Missions. This entity brings hundreds of years of experience in every area required and will enable the team to provide any type of service needed.
The South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center's key personnel are researching methods for defining 'historically marginalized' and 'underserved' communities by comparing multiple indicator systems. They will be sharing this work as part of the project to help the Southwest Environmental Finance Center identify communities for outreach. The US Water Alliance has been cultivating the people, practices, and policy ideas to accelerate change, which is particularly important at this time. Two of their primary programs have focused on the importance of investing in the nation's water infrastructure and advancing an equitable water future. Among other work, the WaterNow Alliance created the 'Tap into Resilience' program that includes an extensive online interactive toolkit tailored specifically for small and under-resourced communities. They have also worked with dozens.
This agreement provides funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support the Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) at the University of New Mexico located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center provides finance-related training, education, and analytical studies to help regulated parties develop solutions to the difficult 'how-to-pay' issues associated with meeting environmental standards. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center educates state, tribal, and local governments and businesses on lowering environmental costs, increasing environmental investments, improving financial capacity, identifying appropriate revenue-generating mechanisms, and evaluating environmental financing options.
To address these objectives, the Southwest Environmental Finance Center plans to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and states on approaches to provide technical assistance; creating tools and resources; addressing climate change/resiliency/emergency situations; building a sustainable workforce; technical information sharing/technical information transfer; community capacity building; tribal capacity building; piloting approaches to address environmental issues; accessing funding; program support, and support for a coordinated effort with other members of the Environmental Finance Center Network.
Activities:
The activities include a comprehensive community outreach effort and extensive community engagement to bring systems into the program that can benefit from technical assistance. The efforts will help communities with project development, building capacity of systems and providing training, provide assistance with finance and funding options to implement infrastructure projects for implementation, provide construction management, creating tools and resources, evaluating success, participation in Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) onboarding activities, ongoing coordination between the Southwest Environmental Finance Center and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Subrecipient:
The Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) project team (the team) includes five subrecipients: Moonshot Missions, US Water Alliance, WaterNow Alliance, South Central Climate Adaptation Center, and the Anthropocene Alliance. They will bring knowledge of other methods of outreach that may be more effective than traditional means. The Anthropocene Alliance and the South Central Climate Adaptation Center are two such partners. Other partners with experience in community outreach and engagement in disadvantaged communities include US Water Alliance and WaterNow Alliance. To assist with project development, capacity building, providing technical assistance, assisting with financing and funding, and construction management, the Southwest Environmental Finance Center included Moonshot Missions. This entity brings hundreds of years of experience in every area required and will enable the team to provide any type of service needed.
The South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center's key personnel are researching methods for defining 'historically marginalized' and 'underserved' communities by comparing multiple indicator systems. They will be sharing this work as part of the project to help the Southwest Environmental Finance Center identify communities for outreach. The US Water Alliance has been cultivating the people, practices, and policy ideas to accelerate change, which is particularly important at this time. Two of their primary programs have focused on the importance of investing in the nation's water infrastructure and advancing an equitable water future. Among other work, the WaterNow Alliance created the 'Tap into Resilience' program that includes an extensive online interactive toolkit tailored specifically for small and under-resourced communities. They have also worked with dozens.
Awardee
Funding Goals
5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
New Mexico
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Infrastructure $4,000,000 (40%) percent this Cooperative Agreement was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 150% from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000.
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 150% from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000.
University Of New Mexico was awarded
Grant: Funding for SW EFC's Environmental Finance Programs
Cooperative Agreement 02F31901
worth $10,000,000
from EPA Region 6: Dallas in February 2023 with work to be completed primarily in New Mexico United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years 10 months and
was awarded through assistance program 66.203 Environmental Finance Center Grants.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE CENTER GRANT PROGRAM.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/9/25
Period of Performance
2/1/23
Start Date
12/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$10.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$10.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 02F31901
Transaction History
Modifications to 02F31901
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
02F31901
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
68HF06 REGION 6 (GRANTS OFFICE)
Funding Office
68V000 REGION 6 (FUNDING OFFICE)
Awardee UEI
F6XLTRUQJEN4
Awardee CAGE
6T086
Performance District
NM-01
Senators
Martin Heinrich
Ben Luján
Ben Luján
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Environmental Protection Agency (068-0103) | Pollution control and abatement | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $4,000,000 | 100% |
Modified: 7/9/25