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Funding by Topic: Transportation

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

RAISE Transportation Discretionary Grants: FY 2025 National Infrastructure Investments
Grants for capital investments in unmet surface transportation infrastructure needs with an emphasis on rural areas and tribal lands.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jan 30, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Indian Highway Safety Lifesavers Conference Grant
Funding to cover registration and travel expenses for tribal employees of federally recognized tribes who work in traffic safety/enforcement and occupant protection to attend the Lifesavers Conference.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 10, 2025
Sponsors: Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Texas Blue Impact Grants
Funding to support projects that focus on community health and wellness, holistic care, health equity, and supporting the needs of underserved populations in all Texas communities.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Letter of Intent (Required): Feb 10, 2025
Application Deadline: Mar 28, 2025
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Match/Gap Funding Assistance for Surface Transportation Projects in Rural Alaska
Financial support to meet local match requirements, enabling infrastructure projects in rural areas of Alaska that often face challenges in securing funding for critical needs such as energy, healthcare, community wellness, climate resilience, broadband, housing, and sanitation.
Geographic coverage: Alaska
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: Denali Commission
Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program
Grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives that provide supportive services for very low-income veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Priority will be given to rural and tribal communities and U.S. territories.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
AARP Community Challenge
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2025 application cycle will focus on public spaces; housing; transportation; community resilience; digital connections; disaster preparedness; and physical activity, among others. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2025
Sponsor: AARP
Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (Purpose Area 6): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Funding, technical assistance, and training to help American Indian and Alaska Native communities develop, establish, and operate programs designed to improve the investigation, prosecution, and handling of cases of child abuse and neglect, and particularly child sexual abuse cases, in a manner which lessens trauma for child victims.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program
Grants to support transportation project development in rural and tribal communities that may lead to future applications to U.S. Department of Transportation credit and grant programs. Funding can support legal, technical, and financial advisors to help advance infrastructure projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 3, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Rural Business Development Grant Program: Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems
Funding to provide technical assistance and training for rural and tribal transportation system agencies nationwide for the purpose of improving passenger transportation services and/or facilities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 7, 2025
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA Rural Development
Alliant Energy Community Grants
Grants to build stronger communities in Iowa and Wisconsin with focus on hunger, housing, transportation, workforce, environmental stewardship, and community safety and engagement.
Geographic coverage: Iowa and Wisconsin
Application Deadline: May 15, 2025
Sponsor: Alliant Energy Foundation