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95314201

Cooperative Agreement

Overview

Grant Description
DESCRIPTION: The agreement provides funding to National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Specifically, NWF will work with core partners (UMD CEEJH and UMD EFC) to design, operate, and lead a Mid-Atlantic Thriving Communities Hub (MATCH) to be an environmental justice thriving communities technical assistance center for EPA Region 3, serving the states of DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV, as well as the District of Columbia. NWF will work closely with multiple community-based partners as core partners selected due to their experience and expertise in environmental and energy justice work.

THIS ACTION PARTIALLY FUNDS THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000,000. Federal funds in the amount of $8,000,000 are contingent upon availability of additional funding.

ACTIVITIES: Using core partners and community-based hubs, this project will provide outreach to communities in need of technical assistance and increase capacity and knowledge related to environmental and energy justice concerns.

SUBRECIPIENT: Core partners National Wildlife Federation, University of Maryland Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) and University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center (EFC), will design, operate and lead a Mid-Atlantic Thriving Communities Hub (MATCH) to be an environmental justice thriving communities technical assistance center for EPA Region 3, serving the states of DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV and DC. NWF will work closely with multiple community-based partners as core partners selected due to their experience and expertise in environmental and energy justice work. Using a 'hub' approach, the core partners (1 subaward for UMD) will act as 'core hubs', and the community-based 'hubs' (10 subawards) will allow for service delivery to be more accessible to potential program participants, both geographically as well as culturally, due to their on-the-ground community presence.

OUTCOMES: The expected outcomes of this project include: gained knowledge and skills needed to understand and assess environmental and energy justice issues and to engage policymakers, government agencies, and industry; and an increase in financial, technical, and institutional knowledge, resources, and skills to assess, design, implement, maintain, and pay for environmental and energy justice related projects. The intended beneficiaries include communities that are underserved, overburdened, resource-constrained, and rural in all Region 3 areas: DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, and DC.
Funding Goals
2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.1 - ENSURE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE SAFETY 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.3 - REVITALIZE LAND AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.2 - EMBED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS INTO EPA’S PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND ACTIVITIES 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVA
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Virginia United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 06/30/28 to 02/21/25 and the total obligations have increased 100% from $4,000,000 to $8,000,000.
National Wildlife Federation was awarded Mid-Atlantic Thriving Communities Hub Environmental Justice (MATCH) Cooperative Agreement 95314201 worth $8,000,000 from EPA Region 3: Philadelphia in July 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Virginia United States. The grant has a duration of 1 year 7 months and was awarded through assistance program 66.309 Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Training and Special Purpose Activities Relating to Environmental Justice. The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (EJ TCTAC).

Status
(Complete)

Last Modified 3/5/25

Period of Performance
7/1/23
Start Date
2/21/25
End Date
100% Complete

Funding Split
$8.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$8.0M
Total Obligated
100.0% Federal Funding
0.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

Interactive chart of timeline of amendments to 95314201

Subgrant Awards

Disclosed subgrants for 95314201

Transaction History

Modifications to 95314201

Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
95314201
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
68HF03 REGION 3 (GRANTS OFFICE)
Funding Office
68S000 REGION 3 (FUNDING OFFICE)
Awardee UEI
GEJMTLKRLVF4
Awardee CAGE
32KF4
Performance District
VA-05
Senators
Mark Warner
Timothy Kaine

Budget Funding

Federal Account Budget Subfunction Object Class Total Percentage
Environmental Programs and Management, Environmental Protection Agency (068-0108) Pollution control and abatement Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) $4,000,000 100%
Modified: 3/5/25