Montana Conservation Garden Project | USDA NRCS MT 18 01

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS MT 18 01

The Montana Conservation Garden Project is a competitive, discretionary grant opportunity offered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through its Montana State Office. The program is designed to build partnerships with organizations that share NRCS conservation goals and want to put those goals into practice through on-the-ground projects. The core focus is supporting the development of community gardens, pollinator gardens, and/or seasonal high tunnels, with the broader purpose of strengthening local conservation outcomes and advancing NRCS priorities within Montana communities.

Funding is intended strictly for projects located in Montana, and awards are made for projects with a one-year period of performance. For federal fiscal year 2018, NRCS anticipated awarding a total of about $100,000 under this announcement, spread across multiple projects. Individual awards are capped at $13,500, and the opportunity projected approximately 30 awards, which signals an emphasis on smaller, community-based efforts rather than a few large projects. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity areas connected to the program include agriculture, community development, environment, food and nutrition, and natural resources. The program is listed under CFDA number 10.902.

Eligible applicants cover a broad mix of public and nonprofit entities that commonly lead community and conservation initiatives. This includes state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and special district governments, as well as independent school districts. Higher education institutions are eligible too, including both public/state-controlled and private institutions. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments may apply, and nonprofit organizations are eligible if they hold 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (excluding institutions of higher education within that nonprofit category). In practical terms, the eligibility list is structured to encourage proposals from local governments, schools, universities, tribes, and community nonprofits that can organize partners and deliver tangible garden or season-extension infrastructure with a conservation angle.

Administratively, the opportunity was published under Funding Opportunity Number USDA NRCS MT 18 01. The announcement was created on July 10, 2018, with an original application deadline of August 10, 2018. Overall, the grant is positioned as a partnership-driven program that funds relatively modest, implementable projects that can demonstrate conservation-related benefits through community gardening, pollinator habitat support, and seasonal growing structures such as high tunnels.

• The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture, community development, environment, food and nutrition, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Montana Conservation Garden Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 10, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 10, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $13,500.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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