Tribal Carbon Offset Assistance Program

https://ecology.wa.gov/About-us/Payments-contracts-grants/Grants-loans/Find-a-grant-or-loan/Tribal-Carbon-Offset-Assistance-Program

Funding:

Competitive program. There is $5,000,000 allocated to fund projects for the 2021-23 Biennium. Funding is based on need, no award limit.

Dates:

Closed.

Summary:

The Washington State Department of Ecology’s Tribal Carbon Offset Assistance Grant Program is a competitive grant program. Ecology announces the availability of up to $5 million in grants to support federally recognized tribes in the process of designing, assessing the feasibility of, and implementing carbon offset projects. These funds are intended to increase the number of offset projects developed on Tribal land within Washington state, in accordance with RCW 70A.65.170.

Qualifying Projects:

Proposals must pertain to designing, assessing the feasibility of, and implementing carbon projects that would occur on federally recognized tribal lands in Washington. There are no restrictions on the type, size, or structure of offset projects that may receive granting funding. Proposals may pertain to the designing, assessing the feasibility of, and implementing of carbon projects within Washington’s Cap-and-Invest program or other compliance or voluntary markets.

Requirements:

· All twenty-nine federally recognized tribes in Washington State and the federally recognized tribes with usual and accustomed territories in Washington are eligible to apply for this program.

· All projects must occur on federally recognized tribal lands in Washington State.

· Application must include at least one of the following: assessment of an offset project’s technical feasibility; investment requirements or development and operational costs; expected returns; administrative and legal hurdles; project risks and pitfalls; alleviation of costs associated with procuring financing for the development of new carbon projects; development or revision of carbon offset protocols to improve applicability to tribal lands in Washington state; convening intra or intertribal meetings to evaluate offset project feasibility.

More Information: https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/2202022.pdf

Application Site:

Grants & loans - Washington State Department of Ecology