There are many programs and opportunities listed below, ranging from $10,000 to $5 million, that can help fund green infrastructure projects. Sorting by project type, funding type or eligible activities will narrow your search and make it easier to see and digest what’s available.
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Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Federal funds pass through to State
Funding Amount: Full or part- time AmeriCorps youth workforce costs, plus operating costs, up to $14k per worker.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Local & state governments, public or private organization acting in cooperation with a local government.
Eligible activities include: Program is designed to expand workforce development opportunities. Prioritized projects include:
• construction or physical improvements related to energy and water performance in economically disadvantaged communities,
• direct, sustained recycling and waste treatment activities,
• improvements of at-risk public lands or waterways (beyond general cleanup),
• creating awareness among economically disadvantaged communities of personal actions to benefit energy and water conservation/ efficiency and solid waste recycling,
• formal and informal green job training for economically disadvantaged people.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Must apply through State Commission. Last Application cycle closed May 17, 2018.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/state/programs/dos_program_community_service.html
Contact: Rowena Madden
Email: Rowena.Madden@sos.nj.gov
Phone: Phone: 609-633-9627
Address: NJ Department of State
NJ Commission on National and
Community Service
P.O. Box 456
Trenton, NJ 08625
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Federal funds pass through to State
Funding Amount: FAST ACT FY2014 (Fixing America's Surface Transportation) Federal Program is scheduled from 2016 until 2020 with FY 2017 funding $2.360 billion. New Jersey's allocation for FY2017 is $106 million. Funds require minimum non-federal match.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: State and local governments.
Eligible activities include: Eligible Transit Clean Air Measures (TCAMs) include Proposals can include but are not limited to:
- Diesel emissions reduction
- Engine idle reduction
- Traffic signal optimization
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Intermodal freight
- Bicycle and pedestrian projects
- Travel demand management
- Public education
- Alternative fuels and vehicles
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Latest round of applications were due May 2017. Solicitations occur every two to three years, pending funding availability.
Website:
http://njtpa.org/project-programs/mobility-programs/cmaq-local-mobility
Contact: Jeffrey Perlman
Email: jperlman@njtpa.org
Phone: (973)639-8400
Address: NJTPA, Inc.
One Newark Center
17th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: 75% state and 25% local grantee cost-share ratio
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Local governments. Priority is given to funding necessary to match federal appropriations to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for Congressionally supported shore protection projects.
Eligible activities include: Funding for projects that are associated with the protection, stabilization, restoration or maintenance of the shore, including monitoring studies and land acquisition, and must be consistent with the current New Jersey Shore Protection Master Plan and Coastal Zone Management Program.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Applications should be received by May 1st for the fiscal year that begins July 1st. Emergency projects will be considered year-round.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/nhr_spgl.htm
Contact: Bill Dixon, Director, NJDEP-Engineering and Construction, Division of Coastal Engineering
Email: William.Dixon@dep.nj.gov
Phone: 732-255-0770
Address: 1510 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08753
Project Type: Construction, Planning
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: Loans at 0% interest for approximately 20 years for up to one-half the allowable project costs. Loans at about the market rate or less for the remaining allowable project costs, also for a 20-year term. Approximately $100 million - $200 million is available per year.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Municipalities, counties, sewage or utility authorities, joint meetings, improvement authorities, local government units constructing new or improving existing wastewater, stormwater or nonpoint source management facilities, or private water utilities.
Eligible activities include: Construction of water quality protection measures, including wastewater treatment facilities and stormwater and nonpoint source management facilities. Activities also include open space land purchase and conservation, remedial action activities (including brownfields) and well sealing.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/er_eifp.htm
Contact: Eugene Chebra, Assistant Director
Email: Eugene.Chebra@dep.state.nj.us
Phone: 609-292-8961
Address: PO Box 425
Trenton, NJ 08625-0425
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: For urban aid areas, Green Acres offers, 75% matching grants and 25% zero-interest, 30-year loans for land acquisition and 75% matching grants and 50% zero-interest, 25-year loans for park development. Funding cap is $1M. Assistance to nonprofits available as 50% matching grants. In June 2017, $33M was awarded to 42 development projects; Total requests equaled $75M. Jersey City was recommended for $1M for Berry Lane Acquisition.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Local government and nonprofits.
Eligible activities include: Funding assistance for park development projects that result in increased public use and enjoyment of outdoor recreation areas. Recreational facilities that may be funded include, but are not limited to, facilities that provide boating, fishing, swimming, outdoor games and sports, biking, picnicking, camping, or nature interpretation.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Latest round of applications was posted in January 2017 with February 2017 deadline.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/local.html
Contact: Cathy Elliott-Shaw
Email: Cathy.Elliott-Shaw@dep.nj.gov
Phone: (609) 984-0500
Address: Green Acres Program
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: Stewardship awards will be in the form of a 50% matching grant or, for projects in Urban Aid municipalities, 75% matching grants. Matching funds cannot be from other Green Acres funds or donated goods and services (in-kind). Assistance to nonprofits available as 50% matching grants In June 2017, $1.3M to 13 stewardship projects. Jersey City was recommended for $82,672 for parks stewardship.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Local government and nonprofits.
Eligible activities include: Stewardship is defined as an activity, which is beyond routine operations and maintenance, undertaken to repair or restore lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes for the purpose of enhancing or protecting those lands for recreation and conservation purposes:
• Landscape restoration, including historic landscapes
• Invasive species removal/control
• Wildlife habitat restoration/enhancement
• Freshwater/tidal wetlands restoration/enhancement
• Dam removal as an element of a river/waterway restoration project
• Forest/woodland restoration/enhancement
• Stream corridor restoration/enhancement
• Rain garden;
• Shoreline restoration/enhancement
• Trails, boardwalks, bird blinds, lighting, and interpretive signage
• Facilities that provide or enhance public environmental education.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Latest round of applications was posted in January 2017 with February 2017 deadline.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/local.html
Contact: Cathy Elliott-Shaw
Email: Cathy.Elliott-Shaw@dep.nj.gov
Phone: (609) 984-0500
Address: Green Acres Program
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: $200 rebate
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Residents of Somerville, Bridgewater, Hillsboro, and Raritan Borough.
Eligible activities include: Installation of rain barrels.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Rebate application form.
Website:
https://www.raritanbasin.org/rain-barrel-rebate/
Email: watershed@raritanbasin.org
Phone: 908-730-0270
Address: 1851 State Highway 31
P.O. Box 5196
Clinton, NJ 08809
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State Incentive
Funding Amount: Rebates will be provided to homeowners to offset the cost to install a rain garden on their property. Rebates will be in the amount of $3 per square foot of garden up to $450 per lot.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Residents of Somerville, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, and Raritan Borough.
Eligible activities include: Implementation of community rain gardens.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
To qualify for a rebate, you must: attend one community workshop; attend a technical workshop where you can meet with a Rutgers design professional to plan and lay out your garden or design a rain garden on your own and have it approved by the RCE Water Resources Program; and then install your rain garden.
Website:
https://www.raritanbasin.org/rain-garden-rebate
Email: watershed@raritanbasin.org
Phone: 908-730-0270
Address: 1851 State Highway 31
P.O. Box 5196
Clinton, NJ 08809
Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: 2017 grant cycle awarded 13 grants ranging from $125,000 to $4,600,000.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Eligible activities include: Funding for projects that can address water quality impairment in priority regions of the State through a rotating basin approach to comprehensive regional assessment of water quality.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
In FY2017 the application deadline was May 4, 2017.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/eps_nspc.htm
Contact: Jay Springer
Email: jay.springer@dep.state.nj.us
Phone: 609-633-1441
Address: Mail Code: 401-02A
PO Box 420
401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
Project Type: Planning
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: N/A
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Designated water quality management planning agencies, counties, municipalities, and other regional or interstate water quality planning agencies.
Eligible activities include: Funding to support projects that continue the development of wastewater management plans pursuant to the Water Quality Management Planning rules. As part of wastewater management plan development these rules require environmental assessment of proposed wastewater treatment, water supply and land use scenarios, as key methods to protect water resources. This is accomplished by examining alternative land use development patterns and treatment technologies to minimize adverse environmental impacts associated with development.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
In FY2014 the application deadline was February 21, 2014 with a total of $220,400 to be distributed.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/nhr_wqmp.htm
Contact: Deborah Bechtel
Email: Deborah.Bechtel@dep.nj.gov
Phone: 609-777-4349
Address: Mail Code: 401-02A
PO Box 420
401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0421
Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: Up to $10,000 for Resiliency Planning, Up to $30,000 for Reforestation and Tree Planting
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Municipal and county governments and their shade tree commissions, tree committees, tree boards, or tree councils.
Eligible activities include: Resiliency planning, reforestation and tree planting.
Projects carried out on public property owned or maintained by a municipal or county government.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/nhr_gccg.htm
Contact: Carrie Sargeant, NJ Forest Service, Urban & Community Forestry Coordinator
Email: carrie.sargeant@dep.nj.gov
Phone: 609.633.2320
Address: Mail Code 501-03A
PO Box 420
501 East State Street
3rd Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance, Other
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: N/A
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Publicly or privately owned community water systems and nonprofit non-community water systems.
Eligible activities include: Eligible activities include: construction projects, including water treatment facilities, to address the correction of a system's non-compliance with Surface Water Treatment requirements; to address acute violations, maximum contaminant levels, lead and copper rule exceedances or secondary drinking water regulation exceedances; for consolidation of water systems to comply with the SDWA; for rehabilitation of existing water treatment facilities, water mains, pump stations or water storage facilities, or for new water storage facilities to maintain compliance with the SDWA and wells. Allowances for planning and design are also available.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Applications are due on or about March 1st annually.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/grantandloanprograms/lu_dwsrf.htm
Contact: Todd Taylor
Email: todd.taylor@dep.nj.gov
Phone: 609-292-4739
Address: PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: Grants and Technical Assistance
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Low-income occupants; community-based agencies assisting low-income occupied dwelling units.
Eligible activities include: Provides grants, technical assistance, and information tools to states, local governments, community action agencies, utilities, Indian tribes, and U.S. territories for their energy programs. The funding can be used to encourage installation of green infrastructure - such as green roofs - as part of the weatherization process.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Award Period:October 1 to September 30; July 1 to June 30.
Website:
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/wap.html
Contact: Angie Armand
Email: Angie.Armand@dca.nj.gov
Phone: (609) 984-1947
Address: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
101 South Broad Street
PO Box 800
Trenton, NJ 08625-0800
Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: State
Funding Amount: Varies based on project and terms. Interest free loans with partial principal forgiveness. Up to $5,000,000.
Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Municipalities or municipal utility authorities, counties or county utility authorities, regional water authorities or joint partnerships, qualifying local government units, private entities through public conduits.
Eligible activities include: Municipalities and local government units can save money for a wide variety of water and environmental infrastructure projects by applying for low cost financing through the NJWB.
Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Rolling application process, applications can be submitted year-round via the H20 loans portal.
Website:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/dwq/mface_njeifp.htm
Contact: Eugene Chebra, Assist. Director, Municipal Finance and Construction
Email: Eugene.Chebra@dep.nj.gov
Phone: (609) 292-8961
Address: NJDEP
Mail Code 401-03D
PO Box 420
401 East State Street
3rd floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420