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WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2024

Award ceiling
up to $5,000,000
Closes
Nov 13, 2024
Last verified
2026-09-14

Awards up to $5,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), special district governments, state governments, closing Nov 13, 2024.

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WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2024 awards up to $5,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$5,000,000
Award floor
$0
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Nov 13, 2024
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Nov 14, 2023
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
water savings · renewable energy · sustainability benefits · mitigate conflict risk in areas at high risk of future water conflict
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$5,000,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
Environment & Water
Source field: industries
demographic
Nonprofit conservation organizations, States, Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts
Source field: demographics
use
mitigate conflict risk in areas at high risk of future water conflict, renewable energy, sustainability benefits, water savings
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Eligible ApplicantsApplicants eligible to receive an award under this funding opportunity are described below.Category A  Applicants States, Tribes, irrigation districts, or water districts;State, regional, or local authorities, the…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Nov 13, 2024ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
water savingsrenewable energysustainability benefitsmitigate conflict risk in areas at high risk of future water conflict

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes

What comparable notices state

82 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 82 of 209 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$300,000
  • Median$861,905
  • 75th percentile$3,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

5 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $5,000,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Nov 13, 2024.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
water savings, renewable energy, sustainability benefits, mitigate conflict risk in areas at high risk of future water conflict, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-14
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-14

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.