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Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (Community Grants) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This program supports projects focused on improving solid waste management and recycling infrastructure, including food waste prevention. The program has tracks for Tribal Community Grants and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants for states, territories, tribes, and nonprofits.
Eligible projects include food waste collection infrastructure, processing equipment like biodigesters, composting facilities, and public education campaigns. Priority goes to projects serving disadvantaged communities and those with strong environmental justice components.
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The current listing shows $100,000 - $1.5 million per award (for Tribal and Intertribal Consortia, community grants are also available). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (Community Grants) is funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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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 articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the WIFIA application and credit-processing fees for communities of 25,000 or fewer — saving nearly $200,000 per loan — against roughly $11 billion in flexible financing that covers up to 80 percent of project costs. Here is why WIFIA has been underused by small systems, how the loan actually works, and how a rural utility should build a WIFIA strategy in 2026.
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