Project Grant CLSS00000086748

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $1,834,060 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA #66.039). The grant will support efforts to reduce diesel emissions and exposure in Puerto Rico by replacing older, heavy-duty diesel trucks with newer models that emit lower levels of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons. Drayage truck owners...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1.3 million Project Grant to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority through its Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA #10.760). The funding will support water infrastructure improvements in San Juan, Puerto Rico delivered by Autoridad De Acueductos Y Alcantarillados De PR, doing business as Cuentas De Gobierno, from April 2022 through April 2024. As the parent agency of the sub-awardee, Puerto...

The Centro De Diagnostico Y Tratamiento De San Sebastian, Inc. was awarded a $113,958.00 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) (CFDA 10.868). The grant, which was awarded on August 14, 2023, will be used to fund the installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements at the organization's facilities in Puerto Rico. The REAP program provides grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $8,642,160 project grant to IFD Incorporated under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307). The grant will support IFD Incorporated's Instituto de Formacion Democratica in hiring a recovery coordinator and support staff to develop a framework for a Regional Center of Excellence in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This framework will help address the lack of internal nonprofit capacity on the island to...

This EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Cooperative Agreement award provides $612,441 in funding to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to enhance the agency's efforts to meet the goals of the SWIFR grant program. The key activities to be performed include: Amending Puerto Rico's solid waste recycling law and developing updated regulations through a public review process. DNER will train agency staff and 78 municipal recycling coordinators...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $136,000 Project Grant under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760) to Comunidad Rivera, Inc., a non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant, awarded on December 12, 2023, will support water infrastructure improvements in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico through December 2025. Previously, in April 2020, Comunidad Rivera, Inc. received a $252,300 Project Grant from the USDA Rural...

The Cooperative Ahorro Y Credito D, a division of Cooperativa De Ahorro Y Credito De Rincon, was awarded a $1,826,265 Project Grant from the United States Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The grant was awarded under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP) on June 15, 2021 for completion by June 30, 2023. The CDFI RRP aims to support Community Development Financial Institutions' ability to address economic...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $263,724 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to Cooperativa De Duenos De Laboratorios Clinicos Privados De PR (DBA: Cooplab) on September 26, 2025. This 2-year Project Grant is intended to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industry, and related employment to improve the economy in rural...

This $28,350,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) formula grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will provide funding to the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) to capitalize the territory's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). The primary purpose of this grant is to support activities related to the identification, planning, design, and replacement of lead service lines in Puerto Rico's public water systems. Specific activities include...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to Cooperativa De Ahorro Y Credito De Juana Diaz through the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA 21.024). The grant will support Cooperativa De Ahorro Y Credito De Juana Diaz's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic by providing financial and other services to its clients through December 2023....