Northwest TCTAC Works Alongside Communities to Secure $90M of Funding
The Northwest TCTAC provides no-nonsense, nonpartisan support to Tribes, towns, and community organizations.
The Northwest Environmental Justice Center Team at their quarterly meeting, October 2024.
“It has been such a huge help to have the technical assistance we’ve received. It has strengthened our revenue plan and hopefully, we’ll learn soon that we received a large government grant, the likes of which we’ve never applied. Navigating these government grant waters felt so much more doable with the thoughtful and spot-on support!”
Since launching the Northwest Environmental Center, we have collaborated with community leaders to support more than 200 Technical Assistance requests in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Our original proposal aimed to support 50 funding applications to apply for $50M over five years. In under 2 years, we have met and exceeded that goal. We’ve worked alongside communities to submit 83 applications and successfully secure $89M of funding. This includes successful applications to EPA’s Community Change grants that address key infrastructure for environmental health and economic development of rural and underserved communities.
Funding Successes
We supported community-based organizations, Tribes, and local governments to secure federal, state, and private funding in Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Nine of the eleven successful awards were in rural communities.
Alaska
$20M – Riverbank restoration for flood protection in an Alaskan Village. Assisted with risk assessment RFP for grant compliance.
Idaho
$16.5M – Town center revitalization, including water upgrades and green infrastructure. Connected applicant with experts, answered land acquisition/NEPA questions, and reviewed application.
“I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the support you gave and the knowledge you shared with me during the Department of Health HEAL grant writing process. Your advice helped us improve not only that proposal but also the implementation process and our other grant proposals. We are being considered for highly competitive funds that we otherwise wouldn’t have been well prepared for. Please know that your support has a longstanding and rippling impact because what you shared with me has grown to our team and I continue to share it with other partners as well.”
Oregon
$19.9M – Tribal resilience center. Provided funding strategy and full application review.
$16.3M – Rural resilience hub. Helped develop design-build RFP for grant compliance.
$15M – Community projects near power transmission lines. Connected organization with technical experts.
$500K – Environmental leadership & resilience hubs in rural/Tribal areas. Supported proposal strategy and review.
$500K – Transforming a rural schoolyard for health & climate resilience. Led community outreach and partnership-building.
$100K – EV infrastructure upgrades. Reviewed application.
$40K – Tribal climate task force priorities. Designed workshops & proposal deliverables.
Washington
$660K – Environmental stewardship & leadership for a culturally specific organization. Grant navigation, storytelling support, and financial management setup for their largest grant.
$270K – Environmental leadership program launch. Developed and reviewed proposal strategy.
Inspired by the public health hub and spoke model, the TCTAC team is made up of organizers, trainers, and technical assistance providers in each state that have connections with diverse communities, extensive organizing experience, and offer responsive facilitation.The work would not be possible without them.
