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WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2025

Award ceiling
$25,000 – $10,000,000
Closes
Oct 7, 2024
Last verified
2026-09-21

Awards $25,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), 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), public housing authorities/indian housing authorities, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, closing Oct 7, 2024.

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City or township governmentsCounty governmentsFor profit organizations other than small businessesNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesSmall businessesSpecial district governmentsState governmentsAKASAZCACOGUHIIDKSMPMTNDNENMNVOKORPRSDTXUTVIWAWYEnvironment & Water

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WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects for Fiscal Year 2025 awards $25,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, native american tribal governments (federally…

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)
$10,000,000
Award floor
$25,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Oct 7, 2024
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Jul 24, 2024
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · 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) · Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
AK · AS · AZ · CA · CO · GU · HI · ID · KS · MP · MT · ND · NE · NM · NV · OK · OR · PR · SD · TX · UT · VI · WA · WY
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
Drought contingency planning · Drought resiliency projects · Domestic water supply projects · Planning, design, and construction of domestic water supply projects
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
$10,000,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses
+2more, Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
state
AK, AS, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, KS, MP
+14more, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SD, TX, UT, VI, WA, WY
Source field: states
industry
Environment & Water
Source field: industries
demographic
Disadvantaged communities, Households without reliable access to domestic water supplies
Source field: demographics
use
Domestic water supply projects, Drought contingency planning, Drought resiliency projects, Planning, design, and construction of domestic water supply projects
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Applicants eligible to receive financial assistance under this NOFO include: Drought Resiliency Projects: Tasks A-C Category A: States, Tribes, irrigation districts, and water districts; state, regional, or local authorities whose…

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When does it close?

Oct 7, 2024ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Drought contingency planningDrought resiliency projectsDomestic water supply projectsPlanning, design, and construction of domestic water supply projects

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

81 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 81 of 206 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$300,000
  • Median$1,000,000
  • 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

6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$25,000 – $10,000,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Oct 7, 2024.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
Which locations are eligible?
AK, AS, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, KS, MP, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SD, TX, UT, VI, WA, WY.
What can the funding be used for?
Drought contingency planning, Drought resiliency projects, Domestic water supply projects, Planning, design, and construction of domestic water supply projects, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.

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Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-21
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-21

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