How much funding is available in total?

$7,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

What can the funding be used for?

local match, gap funding, transportation improvement projects, as classified by the source.

Is matching funding required?

Yes. This programme requires matching funds. funds made available may be used to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of projects

FederalClosedFixed dateDenali Commission

SOI - Rural Transportation Match and Gap Funding Assistance Program

Award ceiling: $50,000 – $1,000,000
Closes: Aug 28, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-24

Awards $50,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, 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, closing Aug 28, 2026.

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City or township governmentsCounty governmentsIndependent school districtsNative 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 educationAK Transportation

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SOI - Rural Transportation Match and Gap Funding Assistance Program awards $50,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $7,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $1,000,000
Award floor: $50,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Aug 28, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Aug 5, 2026
Status: Closed
Eligible entities: City or township governments · County governments · Independent school districts · 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
Geography: AK
Matching funds: Yes
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: local match · gap funding · transportation improvement 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

$7,500,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$1,000,000

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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

Source field: entity types

state

Source field: states

industry

Transportation

Source field: industries

use

gap funding, local match, transportation improvement projects

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Entities which do not have an active or pending award with the Denali Commission transportation program will be given priority consideration.

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

When does it close?

Aug 28, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

3 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

local matchgap fundingtransportation improvement 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?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: Yes
funds made available may be used to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of projects

What comparable notices state

8 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 8 open records stored under Transportation state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $50,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $7,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Aug 28, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, 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.
Which locations are eligible?: AK.
What can the funding be used for?: local match, gap funding, transportation improvement projects, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: Yes. This programme requires matching funds. funds made available may be used to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of projects

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Retrieved2026-09-24

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First seen2026-09-18

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