Brownfield Cleanup Grants
Brownfield Cleanup Grants provide funding to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites, resulting in better community environmental health. Funds may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and/or hazardous substances, pollutants, and other contaminants.
The goal of the Brownfield program is to clean up, develop, and reuse property that may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Properties can be redeveloped for housing, industry, or public green spaces.
A critical part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfield program is to ensure that residents living in communities historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination are able to benefit from brownfield redevelopment.
In addition to the Cleanup Grants, there are 3 other funding opportunities under the Brownfield program.
Eligible applicants include:
- State, local, and tribal governments, with the exception of certain Alaskan tribes
- General purpose units of local government
- Land clearance authorities or other quasi-governmental entities
- Regional councils or redevelopment agencies
- Government entities created by state legislature
- Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaska Native Village Corporations, and the Metlakatla Indian Community
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and any organization operated for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose that is not for-profit, uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the organization's operations, and is not an institution of higher education
- Limited liability corporations or partnerships in which all general partners are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
- Qualified community development entities
Specific eligibility requirements are listed in the application instructions.
Award ceiling: $500,000
Expected number of awards: 28
Project period: Up to 4 years
Estimated total program funding:
$14,000,000
There is a required match of 20% of the total federal Cleanup Grant funds awarded.
Applicants may request up to $500,000 to clean up one brownfield site or to allocate up to $500,000 among multiple sites.
Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.
Applicant assistance:
- Grant application resources
- Pre-recorded webinar
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Applicant
webinar
November 12, 2026
2:00 p.m. Eastern
Call in: 646.828.7666
Meeting ID: 165 292 4178
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