- Title and Number: Rural Water and Wastewater Technical Assistance and Training Program TATFY25
- Agency: USDA Rural Development
- Deadline: December 31, 2024
- Grant Amount: No minimum or Maximum
- Available Funding: $35M
- Award Date: June 2025
- Performance Period: October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026
- Number of Anticipated Awards: Undetermined
- Match Required: None
Purpose of Funding (fields of work and funding uses): The TAT Program is designed to help qualified, private nonprofit organizations provide technical assistance and training to identify and evaluate solutions to water and wastewater problems, help communities prepare applications for water and waste disposal loans and grants, assist with improving the management, operation, maintenance and sustainability of water and waste facilities in eligible rural areas, address contamination of drinking and surface water supplies by emerging contaminants, such as Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and pay certain expenses associated with the provision of such services. The preceding includes project proposals that support lead remediation, cybersecurity, disaster resilience, water reuse, and decentralized infrastructure.
Eligibility (location of project and entity): Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service. Tribally owned nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:
(1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.
(2) Is not organized primarily for profit.
(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.
Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants.
Link to more information: Clean Energy Infrastructure Funding Opportunity Exchange
Application Link: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351545