This Week in Grants: FEMA, HUD, and more
US FEMA: Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program 🚨ONE WEEK TO APPLY🚨
The Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program makes money available to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. In years past, recipients have used the funds to hire and train more staff, buy critical equipment like generators and mobile command vehicles, and establish interoperable communications systems to help first responders connect during disasters.
Funding Amount: $825,152 – $24,392,24
Application Deadline: 8/11/2025
Match: 50% of total project costs
More information can be found here
US DOJ Office for Victims of Crime: FY25 Technology to Support Services for Victims of Crime
This funding opportunity seeks to develop, expand, and strengthen victim service programs for all victims of crime throughout the United States and its territories. Municipal governments are eligible for the Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime Awards. Under this category will be made to support innovative strategies to create, expand, or enhance the use of technology by victim service organizations to improve interaction with crime victims, elevate service quality, and ensure accessibility and responsiveness.
Funding Amount: $600,000
Application Deadline: 8/15/2025 (SF424), 8/20/2025 (Full Application)
Match: Not Required
More information can be found here
The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation - Fruit Tree Orchard Grant
FTPF programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, such as community gardens, schools, public parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, animal sanctuaries, and directly to underserved families. Orchard donations are available for recipients who pledge to care for the trees and utilize them for a charitable purpose, with the goal of improving surrounding environments and providing a source of healthy nutrition for the community. If selected for an orchard donation, FTPF will provide approximately 15-20 high-quality and region-appropriate fruit trees and shrubs, orchard design expertise, on-site planting oversight, and aftercare training. The Foundation will help coordinate all aspects of the planting and offer an educational experience for volunteers interested in learning more about tree planting. Recipients must be nonprofits, public/nonprofit schools or government entities that 1) own the planting site (or have long-term arrangements to remain at the planting site), 2) are committed to caring for the trees in perpetuity, 3) have a source of irrigation nearby, and 4) can help coordinate local volunteers to join us on the day of planting.
This opportunity has a rolling deadline.
More information can be found here
HUD Releases ROSS Rapid Response Funding Opportunity
HUD recently announced the opening of the ROSS Rapid Response Program, which is designed to help PHAs and other eligible entities address sudden, community-wide emergencies that impact HUD-assisted residents. This grant has a rolling deadline, but applicants are encouraged to apply early, as awards are only available while funds last. A 25% match is required, and award funding ranges from $150,000 to $250,000.
This grant is intended to help address an urgent challenge facing your community. This can include:
a natural disaster or emergency (e.g., extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, or catastrophic weather events);
major economic challenges (e.g., closure of a major employment site or another economic event);
public health-related challenges (e.g., widespread traumatic events, community-level contamination/environmental hazards, or other public health events);
some other urgent event that has had a widespread impact on your HUD-assisted community
The award can be used for salaries and fringe benefits of service coordinators, training and travel related to professional and/or program development for service coordinators, and administrative (up to 10%) and direct costs (up to 20%).
You can read more about the program here.