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Grant Opportunity Alert: Launched in 2022, the League of American Bicyclists' Community Spark Grants program supports the growing number of local organizations nationwide working to improve their communities through better bicycling with $2,000 mini-grants. The League is looking to fund 10 organizations total, 5 of which are dedicated to communities near a General Motors facility. The remaining 5 awardees can be located anywhere in the United States. Eligible projects include one-time or a series of events, classes, pop-up traffic calming infrastructure, placemaking, bike audits, bike parking, and other various costs. Applications are due January 17th, 2025. Visit https://lnkd.in/gWrhjYZe for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/eRcfN2Gr

As we step into 2025, we want to extend our warmest wishes to you, your family, and your team for a New Year filled with exciting opportunities, success, and happiness. Cheers to a wonderful year ahead! ** The Aubrey Group will be closed on January 1, and our team will return to work on January 2. **

As part of a larger effort to modernize Grants.gov and make the search process easier for all users, the Federal Government launched a new "Simpler.Grants.gov" feature in late December. With a simpler design and smarter algorithms, your search results will now be even more relevant to your interests and filters. You can search with a simple keyword and find updated categories to narrow your search. Try it out! Remember, Simpler.Grants.gov is still very much a work in progress. While you can use it to search and read about funding opportunities, you’ll still need to visit Grants.gov to start and submit an application. PS — If you need help getting started with Simpler.Grants.gov or Grants.gov, get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org.

Grant Opportunity Alert: Hearst Foundations seeks to identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States can build healthy, productive, and satisfying lives. Through its grantmaking, the Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of focus— culture, education, health, and social service—and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. Awards for this program require a minimum of $100,000 per project, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Funding priorities and guidelines differ between each area of focus. Visit https://lnkd.in/eHmdqqQd for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/e4uEpW8e

Grant Opportunity Alert: The New Jersey State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) improves the cybersecurity posture of state, local, and territorial (SLT) government organizations by assisting in managing and reducing systemic cyber risk. Approved projects include cybersecurity governance and planning, cybersecurity risk management, enhancing cybersecurity resilience, and workforce resilience. While applicants will not receive a monetary award from this grant, they will receive services and resources through the NJCCIC for free, allowing the grant funds to have far-reaching impacts across the state. Applications are now being accepted through December 20th.  Visit https://lnkd.in/eUHbp8n5  for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/e4uEpW8e

Grant Opportunity Alert: The New Jersey Historic Preservation Certified Local Government (CLG) Fund is designed to provide an opportunity for local governments to become more directly involved in identifying, evaluating, protecting, promoting, and enhancing the educational and economic value of local properties of historic, architectural, and archeological significance. Funds can be used for surveys, outreach materials, planning activities, and pre-development projects. Award sizes range from $15,000 - $50,000. Applications are due February 28th, 2025. To become a CLG, a local government must have enacted a preservation ordinance that establishes a Historic Preservation Commission with the authority to designate local historic properties and review proposed changes to those properties. The requirements for certification are outlined in the document “New Jersey’s Certified Local Government Guidelines,” available from the Historic Preservation Office (HPO) or online. Applications for certification are accepted continuously; please note that only those governments that have achieved certified status are eligible to apply for funding under this program. Visit https://lnkd.in/eCGz_Tkp for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/e4uEpW8e

Grant Opportunity Alert: The Alfred N. Sanzari Family Foundation Grant Program supports nonprofit organizations in Northern New Jersey. This program prioritizes organizations that focus on patient care and Parkinson's disease, education programs, services that help disadvantaged populations, and programs that help women and children in need. Awards for this program generally range between $500 and $10,000. Applications are due by February 28, 2025. Visit sanzarifoundation.com for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/eEGxaDiE

Grant Opportunity Alert: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) eMobility Grant Program provides funding for electric, shared-use transportation solutions that improve the mobility of residents in low-to-moderate-income communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution. Successful eMobility projects are based on transportation needs identified by the communities they serve, with an emphasis on safety, reliability, convenience, and affordability, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Previous awards include $104,000 to go towards electric shuttles to fill transportation gaps in Woodbridge, as well as $7.5 million for developing an all-electric car share service in the state. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Visit https://lnkd.in/eZi5tWpP for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/eEGxaDiE

Grant Opportunity Alert: The Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Grant Program funds planning and construction projects that strengthen surface transportation systems to be more resilient to natural hazards. This includes climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters. Eligible transportation systems include highways, public transit, ports, and intercity passenger rail infrastructure. Grants are divided into four categories: ✅ Planning grants fund resilience or evacuation planning, developing data tools, and other design elements necessary to create a "Resilience Improvement Plan." ✅ Resilience Improvement grants fortify existing surface transportation assets to withstand natural disasters. ✅ Community Resilience and Evacuation Route grants strengthen a community's evacuation routes, making them more effective during natural disasters. ✅ At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure grants strengthen, stabilize, harden, elevate, relocate, or otherwise enhance the resilience of highway and non-rail infrastructure. For fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the US DOT awarded $829.6 million in PROTECT grant funds to 80 projects. For fiscal years 2024-2026, they will award up to $876 million to support even more multi-year projects. There is a 20% match required for non-planning grants. Applications are due February 24th, 2025. Visit https://lnkd.in/eJiPjBf4 for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/eEGxaDiE

Grant Opportunity Alert: The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Local Arts Program (LAP) offers multiyear funding to county arts agencies (CAAs) for the primary purpose of providing regrant funds for local community-based arts organizations and for projects that provide opportunities for local audiences and participants. While grant funds may also be used to support local arts programs, activities, and professional development from the CAAs, the Arts Council places priority on the accessibility, reach, and impact of the county’s regrant program. The application will be available on SAGE from January 7th, 2025 through February 13, 2025. Visit https://lnkd.in/eYVTgKxg for more information. Need help deciding if this opportunity works for your organization? Could you use technical assistance with your application? Get in touch with us at hello@theaubreygroup.org. PS — Find more grant opportunities at https://lnkd.in/e6vbXz3s