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Here are two new federal grant opportunities that were recently announced. These opportunities could be a strong fit depending on your organization’s mission and goals.
Title: Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program
- Funder: Department of Homeland Security
- Expected number of awards: 1800
- Cost sharing required? Yes
- Due date: July 22, 2026
- Estimated award range: up to $9 million
- Eligibility: Nonprofits, Fire Departments, State Fire Training Academies, Nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Services, and city, tribal, and county governments
- Description: The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.
Link to full RFP: https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/firefighters
Title: FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund – Tribal Heritage Grants
- Funder: National Park Service
- Expected number of awards: 12
- Cost sharing required? No
- Due date: July 27, 2026
- Award range: Up to $100,000
- Eligibility: Tribal organizations and tribal governments
- Summary: The National Historic Preservation Act authorizes grants to federally recognized Tribes for cultural and historic preservation projects. These grants assist Tribes, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiian Organizations in protecting and promoting their unique tribal heritage and traditions. The program focuses on what Tribes are most concerned about protecting including but not limited to: Traditional skills, oral history, plant and animal species important in tradition, documentation and preservation of sacred and historic places, and the establishment of tribal historic preservation offices.
