Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact. The eligibility requirements of BUILD allow project sponsors, including state and local governments, counties, Tribal governments, transit agencies, and port authorities, to pursue multi-modal and multi-jurisdictional projects that are more difficult to fund through other grant programs.
Organization
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Eligibility
Government and Tribes
Focus
Infrastructure and Acquisitions
Maintenance and Stewardship
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Pump Out Station Funding/Clean Vessel Act
This nationwide competitive grant provides funding to states and private marinas or businesses for the construction, renovation, operation and maintenance of floating restrooms or pump-out and dump stations used solely by boaters or educational materials to help keep the nation’s waterways clean.
National Forest Foundation
Matching Awards Program (MAP)
MAP: Connecting People to Forests, focuses primarily on in-person community engagement and completion of appropriate stewardship activities. Programs must take place on U.S. National Forests and Grasslands or adjacent public lands.
League of American Bicyclists
Community Spark Grant
The League’s Bicycle Friendly America program awards organizations for projects and programs that spark change and catalyze a community’s ability to create places where bicycling is safer, easier, and more accessible.
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