* Funds with an asterisk are not currently accepting applications. This may be because the program has been terminated, is temporarily paused, or has exhausted its funding. You can still explore these pages to prepare for future funding rounds or see how previous rounds supported communities in the Carolinas.
Funding for economic and community development in the Appalachian region.
The Appalachian Regional Commission uses these funds to invest in the Region’s economic and community development through grants.
ARC awards program grants to state and local agencies and governmental entities, local governing boards, and nonprofit organizations. Tribes and institutions of higher education are also eligible. ARC does not award grants to individuals or for-profit entities. Most ARC grants require a match. Match rates are based on the economic status designations of counties served by the proposed project.
Applicants can access application checklists, forms, and other necessary documents here.
Funding to plant and maintain trees and create green spaces in urban communities and neighborhoods in greatest need
Grants that create projects to plant and maintain trees, expand tree canopy, increase access to nature and mitigate extreme heat, while developing and employing a new skilled workforce.
State, local, and Tribal governments as well as nonprofits and incorporated HOAs
100% of benefits will go to communities in greatest need
Apply through the NC Forest Service or SC Forestry Commission. Click “Learn More” for details and other sources of urban forestry funding.
HeroX is a platform for listing innovation challenges. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to the challenges.
Prize competition for energy innovation. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to one of the hundreds of challenges listed online.
Teams of individuals, community-based organizations, local governments and Tribal governments can apply. Eligibility may vary by challenge.
Explore available challenges, gather needed resources and alliances, and apply to solve the challenge. Click “Learn More” to find out how.
Funding to create building, training, and assessment centers for energy efficiency workers.
The Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTAC) Program provided grants to institutions of higher education to establish building, training, and assessment centers. These BTACs will educate and train students and building performance professionals to deploy modern energy efficiency building technologies in small businesses and K-12 schools.
BTACs will fund institutions of higher education, like community colleges and universities.
This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators. Click “Learn More” to see how this program benefited the Carolinas.
Funding for states to develop a program to train home energy efficiency contractors.
Funding for states to develop and implement a state program that provides training and education to home energy efficiency contractors.
States are eligible.
Section 50402 of the budget reconciliation bill signed on July 4, 2025 rescinded unobligated funds under this IRA provision. This page will remain updated if we hear that NC or SC had already received funding and will be continuing with their training programs.
This EPA competition selected 11 grantmakers to make subgrants to community-based environmental justice projects.
RTI International received a grant to make subgrants in NC and SC for a variety of environmental justice projects.
Nonprofits, Federally- and state-recognized Tribal governments and intertribal consortia, local governments, and Native American organizations who are proposing environmental justice projects.
This program was terminated by the EPA in April of 2025, and applications are no longer being accepted or reviewed. Click “Learn More” to see how we are fighting back to get this funding restored.
To support coastal resilience, coastal communities, and conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats and resources.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was scheduled to spend $2.6 million through direct federal spending, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance. Eligible uses include conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, including fisheries, to enable coastal communities to prepare for changing climate conditions.
State, local, and tribal governments, Tribes, and tribal and Native organizations, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators. Click “Learn More” to see how this program benefited the Carolinas.
Funding for economic and community development in the Appalachian region.
The Appalachian Regional Commission uses these funds to invest in the Region’s economic and community development through grants.
ARC awards program grants to state and local agencies and governmental entities, local governing boards, and nonprofit organizations. Tribes and institutions of higher education are also eligible. ARC does not award grants to individuals or for-profit entities. Most ARC grants require a match. Match rates are based on the economic status designations of counties served by the proposed project.
Applicants can access application checklists, forms, and other necessary documents here.
Funding to plant and maintain trees and create green spaces in urban communities and neighborhoods in greatest need
Grants that create projects to plant and maintain trees, expand tree canopy, increase access to nature and mitigate extreme heat, while developing and employing a new skilled workforce.
State, local, and Tribal governments as well as nonprofits and incorporated HOAs
100% of benefits will go to communities in greatest need
Apply through the NC Forest Service or SC Forestry Commission. Click “Learn More” for details and other sources of urban forestry funding.
HeroX is a platform for listing innovation challenges. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to the challenges.
Prize competition for energy innovation. Teams compete for prizes by proposing solutions to one of the hundreds of challenges listed online.
Teams of individuals, community-based organizations, local governments and Tribal governments can apply. Eligibility may vary by challenge.
Explore available challenges, gather needed resources and alliances, and apply to solve the challenge. Click “Learn More” to find out how.
Funding to create building, training, and assessment centers for energy efficiency workers.
The Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTAC) Program provided grants to institutions of higher education to establish building, training, and assessment centers. These BTACs will educate and train students and building performance professionals to deploy modern energy efficiency building technologies in small businesses and K-12 schools.
BTACs will fund institutions of higher education, like community colleges and universities.
This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators. Click “Learn More” to see how this program benefited the Carolinas.
Funding for states to develop a program to train home energy efficiency contractors.
Funding for states to develop and implement a state program that provides training and education to home energy efficiency contractors.
States are eligible.
Section 50402 of the budget reconciliation bill signed on July 4, 2025 rescinded unobligated funds under this IRA provision. This page will remain updated if we hear that NC or SC had already received funding and will be continuing with their training programs.
This EPA competition selected 11 grantmakers to make subgrants to community-based environmental justice projects.
RTI International received a grant to make subgrants in NC and SC for a variety of environmental justice projects.
Nonprofits, Federally- and state-recognized Tribal governments and intertribal consortia, local governments, and Native American organizations who are proposing environmental justice projects.
This program was terminated by the EPA in April of 2025, and applications are no longer being accepted or reviewed. Click “Learn More” to see how we are fighting back to get this funding restored.
To support coastal resilience, coastal communities, and conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats and resources.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was scheduled to spend $2.6 million through direct federal spending, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance. Eligible uses include conservation, restoration, and protection of coastal and marine habitats, including fisheries, to enable coastal communities to prepare for changing climate conditions.
State, local, and tribal governments, Tribes, and tribal and Native organizations, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education.
This funding is no longer available. If you want more incentives like this, tell your Federal, North Carolina, and South Carolina legislators. Click “Learn More” to see how this program benefited the Carolinas.
