This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators. Click here to see how this program benefited the Carolinas.
On March 25, 2025, Democratic Senators released a list of 400 grants that the EPA intends to terminate, in violation of contracts the agency previously signed with the recipients. Grants awarded under this program are among them. The Senators called on EPA to reverse these actions. Read more here.
On June 25, 2025, public interest attorneys filed a class action suit to restore all previously-granted funding from this and several other IRA environmental justice programs.
What does this funding get me?
The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program is part of the EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Eighty-eight eligible groups have been selected to receive a total of $84.1 million in funding.
Awardees will receive up to $1,000,000 in grant funding for a variety of projects, including monitoring air quality (indoor/outdoor), solar panel installation, community education, green jobs and infrastructure, small-scale cleanups, food access, emergency preparedness and planning, land reuse, water quality, better access to transportation and the support of healthy homes through asbestos, lead and radon testing, remediation and mitigation.
Am I eligible?
Eligible entities included:
- A state in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
- A Tribe in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
- A local government in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization
- US Territories, Freely Associated States, and tribal governments in remote areas
How can I access the money?
This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators.
What is the timeline?
At this time, no final decisions have been made regarding the timeline for future EJG2G funding opportunities.
For up-to-date information about Environmental Justice funding opportunities, events, and webinars, subscribe to EPA’s Environmental Justice listserv by sending a blank email to: join-epa-ej@lists.epa.gov.
What other incentives could I use to help me accomplish my goals?
You may be able to access more funding from the Environmental Justice Grants, Funding and Technical Assistance Page
Check the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) for additional incentives that may be offered by your state, local government, or utility, as well as important federal, state, and local policies. For questions regarding DSIRE, contact Justin Lindemann (NC Clean Energy Technology Center) at jplindem@ncsu.edu.
Check out our (non-exhaustive) list of non-federal funding from other sources that may fit your energy and cost-saving goals.
What are examples of projects that have been selected for awards?
The EPA has already awarded the funds to 88 groups, one of which is the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and another of which is the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
North Carolina: The Department of Health and Human Services will be running a program in Sampson County, NC to provide water treatment for private wells and educate residents on what pollutants may be in their water, as well as the importance of clean water for their health.
South Carolina: The Department of Health and Environmental Control will be working to communicate and then apply the principles of Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction.
Where can I get more information?
- Environmental Justice Government-to-Government homepage
- Learn more about the 2023 selectees
- NC Newsline – DEQ sampling drinking water wells near Sampson County landfills for PFAS
- In addition to the resources listed above, a variety of organizations offer technical assistance that may help you access these funds. They are listed on our Get Help page.
- For specific questions on this program or for more assistance, contact Sally Robertson at info@energyfundsforall.org.