Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R5 GL2020 TFC
The FY2020 Trash-Free Great Lakes Grant Program - Trash Removal in Great Lakes Communities is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding opportunity focused on removing trash and debris from locations directly connected to the Great Lakes. The program is designed to support on-the-ground cleanup work in places where people recreate and where trash can easily move into nearshore waters, including beaches and other recreation areas, shorelines, coastal wetlands, harbors, river mouths, and riparian corridors that are immediately adjacent to the Great Lakes. The overall intent is practical and results-driven: fund projects that physically remove trash from high-priority Great Lakes settings and help communities reduce the impacts of litter and debris on environmental quality, habitat, and public use areas.
This opportunity was offered as a discretionary program and uses either a grant or a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, meaning projects may be funded through a standard grant relationship or through a more collaborative cooperative agreement structure with the EPA depending on the project scope and oversight needs. The activity category is environmental, and the listing is associated with CFDA number 66.469, which generally aligns with Great Lakes-focused EPA assistance programs.
EPA anticipated making about 10 awards under this announcement, with an award ceiling of $300,000 per project. The program structure allows for a range of project sizes: proposals could be relatively small and localized, such as a single community organizing and carrying out a cleanup of a beach or shoreline segment, or larger in reach, such as one lead organization coordinating trash removal efforts across multiple communities under one umbrella award. That flexibility suggests the EPA was open to both direct, community-scale projects and regional coordination models that can aggregate multiple cleanups, streamline logistics, and potentially increase overall trash removal results through shared planning and implementation.
Eligibility was not limited to the most common government-only applicant pool; instead, it was listed as "Others" with additional clarifications provided in the full announcement under the section addressing eligibility. In practice, that typically indicates that a broader set of entities may be able to apply (often including certain nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, local or tribal partners, or other qualified entities), but applicants would need to confirm the exact eligible applicant types and any restrictions by reviewing the eligibility section in the full notice.
Key administrative details include the funding opportunity title and number, which applicants would use for tracking and submission: FY2020 Trash-Free Great Lakes Grant Program - Trash Removal in Great Lakes Communities (Funding Opportunity Number: EPA R5 GL2020 TFC). The opportunity was posted with a creation date of December 16, 2019, and had an original closing date of February 14, 2020, with the announcement directing applicants to consult Section IV for exact due dates and submission instructions. The EPA is the issuing agency, reflecting a federal commitment to reducing trash impacts in Great Lakes coastal and nearshore environments through targeted cleanup investments.Apply for EPA R5 GL2020 TFC
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2020 Trash-Free Great Lakes Grant Program - Trash Removal in Great Lakes Communities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.469.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 16, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 14, 2020 Please see Section IV of the announcement for due dates and additional submission information.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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