The EPA Brownfields Grant Proposal Guidelines require applicants to provide letters of commitment from community-based organizations involved in the applicant's project. Examples of community-based organizations include (but are not limited to): nongovernmental civic and nonprofit organizations such as service clubs, veterans organizations, local universities and community colleges or other education institutions, fraternal orders, youth organizations, watershed protection groups, and faith-based organizations.
Examples of organizations that do not qualify as community based organizations include the mayor’s office or other elected officials or for-profit engineering, law or consulting firms that will compete for contracts to provide the applicant with professional services to carry out its grant.
Please keep in mind that EPA is most interested in the role each organization will play with regard to the proposed project and will not favorably evaluate proposals based on the sheer number of letters submitted. Also, please note that any financial transactions between the applicant and its supporting community based organizations must comply with EPA regulations governing procurement contracts and subgrants.
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