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NSDA Weekly Grant Update: May 2, 2025

This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Association. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed.


New Grant Opportunities


Department of Agriculture

FY 2025 OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative: Business and Industry Loan Guarantees

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides loan guarantees to eligible lenders for their loans to rural businesses. This program is intended to improve the economic health of rural communities by increasing access to business capital through loan guarantees that will enable commercial lenders to provide affordable financing for rural businesses. 

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Eligible applicants are lenders with the legal authority, sufficient experience, and financial strength to operate successful lending programs, including lenders that are subject to supervision and credit examination by the applicable agency of the United States or a state. Lenders may request guarantees for the following borrowers: for-profit or non-profit businesses, cooperatives, federally-recognized tribes, public bodies, and individuals engaged or proposing to engage in a business.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $2.69 billion

WHEN IS IT DUE? Rolling

Department of Commerce

FY 2025 Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to build multistakeholder workforce partnerships of employers, schools and institutions of higher education, and other community organizations to develop cybersecurity career pathways that address local workforce needs. 

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; state, local, territorial, and Indian tribal governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified

WHEN IS IT DUE? July 1, 2025

Department of Justice

FY 2025 COPS School Violence Prevention Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through the implementation of evidence-based school safety programs and technology.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies including school districts, including public charter schools and school districts with a single school; school boards; and law enforcement agencies

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $73 million

WHEN IS IT DUE? June 18, 2025 (Grants.gov); June 26, 2025

(JustGrants)

National Endowment for the Humanities

FY 2025 Preservation and Access Education and Training

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports projects that develop and implement educational programs for professionals who preserve and provide access to humanities collections. Such materials include but are not limited to moving image and sound recordings, archaeological artifacts, born-digital and digitized collections, rare books and manuscripts, archival records, material culture, and art.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, accredited institutions of higher education, state and local governments, and federally recognized Native American Tribal governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $2.7 million

WHEN IS IT DUE? June 17, 2025


Latest Grant News

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Status Updates

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To help navigate this evolving federal funding landscape, TFG has compiled responses to frequently asked questions in a Special Report on the Impact of Executive Action on Federal Funding. TFG remains committed to keeping you informed and will continue to monitor developments closely. If you have any questions, please contact your Client Manager.