1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
This listing may be outdated. Verify details at the official source before applying.
Find similar grantsFirefighting Support Grant Program is sponsored by Tennessee American Water. This program provides financial assistance to uniformed, professional, and volunteer fire departments serving communities in Tennessee American Water's designated service territories.
Get alerted about grants like this
Get emailed when new opportunities from “Tennessee American Water” or related funders appear. Free, weekly, unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Firefighter Grant Program For a better amwater. com online experience, please consider using one of the following browsers. Applications are now closed for the 2024 Firefighting Support Program.
The 2026 Firefighting Support Grant Program is now open. Applications are being accepted until Monday, August 31, 2026. Deadline to apply is Friday, August 16, 2024 Tennessee American Water is proud to partner with our local firefighters and emergency responders.
Thank you for your hard work, dedication and invaluable service to provide fire protection. To show our appreciation, Tennessee American Water created the Firefighting Support grant program to benefit local fire departments.
The Firefighting Support Grants provide financial assistance to uniformed, professional and volunteer fire departments serving communities in the company’s designated service territories, including sale-for-resale areas (Ft. Oglethorpe, GA; Catoosa County GA; Signal Mountain, TN), and fire departments adjacent or supporting fire departments within Tennessee American Water service territories.
Grant applications should indicate a need for funds to cover costs associated with the following: Water handling equipment, or Training and related activities/materials that will be used to support community fire protection (Reimbursement for specific fire training classes, including the cost of training manuals and student workbooks, is eligible.)
Only uniformed, professional and volunteer fire departments serving Tennessee American Water’s designated service areas, including sale-for-resale communities, are eligible to receive funding. No grants will be made to individuals. The maximum grant amount is $1,000.
Fire departments/districts are eligible for one grant per calendar year. Grant funds are limited, so regional or countywide applications are encouraged to maximize the number of fire organizations that would benefit from the grants. Direct any questions to TAW.
Inquiries@amwater. com You are leaving a California American Water regulated operations page and proceeding to a page with information about our parent company, American Water and its affiliates.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Uniformed, professional and volunteer fire departments serving Tennessee American Water’s designated service areas, including sale-for-resale communities. Regional or countywide applications are encouraged. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows maximum $1,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Firefighting Support Grant Program are due August 31, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Firefighting Support Grant Program is funded by Tennessee American Water. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Tennessee. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
On June 29, 2026, EPA announced it will waive the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the credit processing fee — averaging roughly $156,000 per loan — for communities of 25,000 or fewer residents in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Combined, that removes nearly $200,000 in upfront cost from the single most affordable federal water-infrastructure financing program, which carries roughly $11 billion in available capacity and can cover up to 80% of eligible project costs at Treasury-rate pricing. For small towns, rural utilities, and the nonprofits and districts that serve them, this is a rare instance of the federal government lowering the barrier to a program that has historically been out of reach for exactly the communities that need it most. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how to move on a letter of interest before the window closes.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the ~$156,000 credit-processing fee for water systems serving 25,000 or fewer people — a near-$200,000 discount on access to an $11 billion pool of low-cost federal financing. The waiver removes the single barrier that kept small and rural utilities out of WIFIA for a decade. Here is how WIFIA actually works, who qualifies, why the letter of interest is the real gate, and how a town of 8,000 should think about a program built for billion-dollar projects.
Read articleWhile applicants chase fixed federal deadlines, USDA Rural Development keeps roughly $4.1 billion moving through programs with no deadline at all — Community Facilities, Water & Waste Disposal, and Business & Industry loans that accept applications year-round. But 2026 brought a quiet shake-up: REAP grants paused, RBDG's competitive window closed. Here is the map of what's open, what's frozen, and how rural organizations should work a rolling pipeline.
Read article