Innovative Community Partnership

The Environmental Protection Agency awards Project Grants under the Innovative Community Partnership program (CFDA 66.651), with the most recent grant award issued on April 14, 2004—over two decades ago.

This program is no longer active. The funding record shows 17 total awards spanning 1998 through 2004, with award activity concentrated in 1999–2000 (nine awards across the two years) before tapering to one award per year from 2001 onward and ceasing entirely after 2004. No grant opportunities are currently open, and no new awards have been disbursed in the past 22 years.

When active, the program funded sustainable development and smart growth planning projects, including sustainable development challenge grants, smart growth demonstration plans, case studies of affordable sustainable housing with community infrastructure, regional sustainability indicator programs, and watershed and species protection partnerships. Recent awards included Envision Utah's implementation of a quality growth strategy ($379,300 federal obligation, July 2000), a sustainable development case study on affordable rowhouses with community park and garden ($249,262 federal obligation, October 2000), and the South Block Smart Growth Demonstration Plan ($35,000 federal obligation, October 2002).

All 17 awards were Project Grants. The Environmental Protection Agency was the sole funding agency, obligating $308 thousand in federal dollars across the entire portfolio. Combined federal and non-federal dollars obligated totaled $324 thousand, indicating minimal recipient cost-share. Award sizes ranged from under $6,000 to $379,300 federal obligation.

Do not pursue this program. Its funding line has been dormant for over two decades with no indication of reactivation in the source material.