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EPA. The Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting applications to facilitate dialogue and collaboration on pesticide safety programs to reduce the risk of pesticide poisoning and injury among handlers, applicators, bystanders and the public. Total funding: $2.5 million. Deadline: May 12, 2017.

EPA. Works with local communities across the United States to develop smart growth solutions and strategies in ways that benefit human health and the environment. Deadline: Ongoing.

EPA Office of Environmental Education. Supports environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. Total funding: Between $2 and $3.5 million. Deadline: Nov. 8, 2023.

EPA. Recognizes outstanding kindergarten through grade 12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a context for learning for their students. Funding: $2,500/recipient. Deadline: Jun. 23, 2025.

The MAPAIS is offering a small grants competition and encourages interested groups and individuals to submit proposals for possible funding. Proposal submissions must address an aquatic invasive species problem. Total funding: $30,000. Deadline: Mar. 20, 2020

Southern IPM Center. Funding is available for project directors based in the southern region for projects that address global food security challenges including invasive species, endangered species, pest resistance, and impacts resulting from regulatory actions. Funding: up to $30,000/project. Deadline: Dec. 2, 2019.

Northeast SARE. For commercial producers who have an innovative idea they want to test using a field trial, on-farm demonstration, marketing initiative, or other technique. Funding: up to $15,000/project. Deadline: Dec. 3, 2019.

New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. The newly consolidated Invasive Species Grant Program is designed to support projects that target both aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. Project locations must be in New York state. Total funding: $3 million. Deadline: Feb. 15, 2019.

The Surdna Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations in the priority areas of sustainable environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures.

First Nations Development Institute. Encourages Native American college students to enter agriculture and agriculture-related fields to better assist their communities. Six $1,000 scholarships are available. Deadline: Nov. 17, 2014.

Grant funds, made available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 4 grant program, will support and improve the capacity and production of community housing development organizations and community development corporations. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits and tax-exempt public service agencies for projects that serve veterans and their families, and improve the physical health of their communities. Total funding: ~$16 million. Deadline: ongoing.

Singing for Change. Facilitates an innovative curriculum combined with vocational gardening and landscaping training so that people in prison can reconnect to self, community, and the natural world. Total funding: up to $10,000. Deadline: closed.

Alcoa, Inc. Invests in meaningful and systemic improvements in environmental sustainability by supporting research, dialogue, standards, and actions.

Supports more balanced, forward-looking housing policies that acknowledge the importance of affordable rental housing and the role that various attributes of housing may play in promoting strong, resilient families and vibrant communities. Total funding: ~$150 million. Deadline: ongoing.

Laura Jane Musser Fund. Promotes public use of open space that improves a community’s quality of life and public health, while ensuring the protection of healthy, viable and sustainable ecosystems by protecting or restoring habitat for a diversity of plant and animal species. Deadline: spring 2015.

Northeast Center for Risk Management Education. Helps farm and ranch families succeed through targeted risk management strategies, including tools and approaches that reduce the adverse financial effects of the uncertainties of weather, yields, and other factors. Deadline: closed.

Numerous grant programs to sustain, restore, and enhance our nation’s fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.