Deadline: February 28, 2025
Award Amount: Maximum $250,000 for CWPP update and $10,000,000 for CWPP project
Match: 10% for CWPP updates and 25% for CWPP projects
Eligible Entities: State forestry agencies, local or Tribal Governments, Higher Education Entities, and Nonprofits.
Description: The purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning for and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: The development and revising of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), and the implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than ten years old. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities that are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.