98T97501

Description:
This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (S.E.E.) as a regional grantmaker. The recipient will establish participatory governance through a community advisory panel to inform the grantmaking process, conduct outreach events to gain an understanding of geographic needs and provide technical assistance, and develop a Thriving Communities Grantmaker subaward framework. S.E.E. will implement a subgrants framework design that will provide flexibilities in the application process and a streamlined award process and fund projects designed to reach communities that are socially vulnerable, overburdened with pollution or experience high levels of environmental or health risks. The project will include extensive outreach in rural and remote areas, development of geographically and culturally appropriate outreach plans and creation of a community advisory panel to inform the outreach and grantmaking approach.

This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $8,000,000. Preaward costs are approved back to 5/20/2024. Refer to terms and conditions.

Activities:
The activities include:
- Establishing participatory governance by finalizing statutory partnership agreements and creating a community advisory panel
- Collaborating with statutory partners and the community advisory panel to develop a Thriving Communities subgrant program
- Begin conducting outreach to eligible program subrecipients across EPA Region 9

Subrecipient:
This assistance agreement includes subawards for Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, International Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Native Americans in Philanthropy, and Resources Legacy Fund will receive subawards to aid Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs with:
- Conducting outreach and program development and oversight
- Co-designing recruitment, application evaluation, and award selection processes to formally award Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III subgrants
- Implementing a robust communications and outreach strategy to ensure the program reaches environmental justice communities - those with the heaviest environmental pollution burdens

Outcomes:
The anticipated deliverables include establishing participatory governance by finalizing statutory partnership agreements and creating a community advisory panel, collaborating with statutory partners and the community advisory panel to develop a Thriving Communities subgrant program, and beginning outreach to eligible program subrecipients across EPA Region 9. The expected outcomes include designing the subgrants program that will provide flexibilities in the application process and a streamlined award process to fund projects designed to reach communities that are socially vulnerable, overburdened with pollution or experience high levels of environmental or health risks. The intended beneficiaries include communities across EPA Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and 148 tribes).

Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs (See)

2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES

66.615 - Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM)

EPA Region 9: San Francisco [EPA - RO]

Calabasas, California 91302-1338 United States

Single Zip Code

Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-03)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 05/31/27 to 04/24/25.