This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to philanthropy northwest (PNW) as a regional grantmaker

The purpose of this award is to fund the subsequent award for the pass-through entity, PNW. The recipient, along with partners, will use the subsequent award to ensure the equitable distribution of environmental justice thriving communities resources to historically underserved communities to improve environmental and community health and wellbeing through a pass-through subgrant program. Most of this award will be in the distribution and tracking of the environmental justice thriving communities subgrants to eligible subrecipients. During the project period, PNW aims to distribute 200 subgrants of four different types: assessment grants, planning grants, project development grants, and noncompetitive fixed amount subawards for severely capacity-constrained organizations. PNW staff will implement a tracking and monitoring plan of the subgrantees that will include training, capacity building, and quarterly reporting to ensure compliance. Additionally, PNW will conduct a program evaluation and highlight successful subgrantee projects by sharing best practices, success stories, and lessons learned from the program. PNW's plan for EPA's environmental justice thriving communities grantmaking program is anchored in PNW's core goal to disburse program funds expeditiously and equitably through implementation of a simplified grantmaking process that: centers community voice and participatory grantmaking; leverages the knowledge and relationships of our partners; and addresses environmental justice issues for communities most in need.activities:the activities in the subsequent award phase include distribution and tracking of the environmental justice thriving communities subgrants to eligible subrecipients, program evaluation, and grant close-out. The subsequent award will cover the eight months of program management following the end of the initial award which includes personnel, grant management systems, and travel. Prior to distribution of subgrants philanthropy northwest will have established policies, including conflict of interest and cap amount award policies, have an approved quality management plan and quality assurance processes in place, and have financial and grant management systems in place. Subrecipient:the subawards to the affiliated tribes of northwest indians (atni) and native americans in philanthropy (NAP) will be used to support technical assistance to philanthropy northwest's program officers and grant administrators on culturally specific practices and protocols as they advise and assist with needs related to close-out activities. The remainder of subawards will be distributed to eligible subrecipients of the thriving communities subgrants which will cover a variety of projects that include but are not limited to: air quality, water quality, small cleanup projects, improving food access, stormwater issues, green infrastructure, lead contamination, pesticides, emergency preparedness and disaster resiliency, environmental job training, and environmental justice training for youth. Outcomes:the anticipated deliverables for the subsequent award only, include the distribution of over 200 environmental justice thriving communities subgrants over 3 years. In year 1 there will be around 16 tier 1 grants, 20 tier 2 grants, and 36 tier 3 grants awarded. In year 2 there will be 30 tier 1 grants and 34 tier 2 grants awarded plus 60 fixed amount awards to severely capacity constrained entities. The expected outcomes include equitable distribution of subgrants to disadvantaged communities. The majority of the outcomes will be dependent on the subgrants funded but will increase environmental and community health in disadvantaged communities. The intended beneficiaries include disadvantaged communities as defined by the U.S. EPA inflation reduction act (IRA) DISA