Grants

Details: Wednesday, June 04, 2025 04:20 PM

DCEO grants can be found on their website.

Illinois EPA’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Program

The Illinois EPA’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Program funding cycle has surpassed the amount of available for the current fiscal year.

However, it is important to note that applicants that qualify as "Low-Income" per the program guidelines will continue to be prioritized for rebate issuance. The program will be open until June 30, 2025.

You can learn more about this funding update to the Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebate Program here.

Energy Transition Community Grant Program

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

Grant Description: Energy Transition Community Grant Program will award grants to promote economic development in eligible communities. Grants must be used to plan for or address the economic and social impact on the community or region of plant retirement or transition.

Business Attraction Prime Sites

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
Grant Description: The intent of this program is to assist companies with large-scale capital investment projects that commit to significant job creation for Illinois residents as they relocate or expand operations within Illinois. Business Attraction Prime Sites grants can encompass a wide range of economic development projects and may include infrastructure and capital equipment purchases that will result in job creation in the state of Illinois.

SBIR/STTR Match Program

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
Grant Description: The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are competitive federal grant programs that provide funding opportunities for small businesses to perform research and development (R&D) on technology of interest to federal agencies. Both projects provide funding to explore the potential of high-tech products and encourage commercialization of those products. This program would provide a state match to companies that have received awards through the SBIR and STTR grant programs.

Illinois Energy Transition Navigators Program

Application Deadline: July 14, 2025

Grant Description: The Energy Transition Navigators Program will provide outreach and recruitment for the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) workforce and contractor programs.

Connect Illinois Round 4 – Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)

Application Deadline: July 16, 2025

Grant Description: BEAD-funded Connect Illinois Round 4 deploys broadband service to unserved and underserved locations. In accordance with the BEAD Program, this program prioritizes projects that provide fiber connectivity directly to the end-user while considering projects that use other technologies to ensure universal coverage.

Clean Energy Career Pathway Program

Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025

Grant Description: Provides funding directly to eligible recipients to support the planning and implementation of a Clean Energy Career Pathway. Programs will include coursework, field experiences and work-based learning designed to prepare students for entrance into careers focusing on electric vehicles. This funding opportunity seeks qualified, eligible public or private educational institutions at the secondary and post-secondary level that will work with the Local Workforce Innovation Areas and employers to recruit students into clean energy fields and create pathways encompassing technical and employability skills with dual credit options.

Equitable Energy Future Grant Program

Application Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025

Grant Description: The funding is intended to address barriers to project, community and business development in justice-impacted communities caused by a lack of available capital.

Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program

Application Deadline: Dec. 31, 2025

Grant Description: Supports pre-development and development of community solar projects that promote community ownership and energy sovereignty.

Illinois Returning Residents Clean Jobs Program (CEJA)

Application Deadline: Rolling
Grant Description: Delivers clean jobs training in Illinois Department of Corrections facilities to individuals within 36 months of their release to prepare them to work in clean energy and related sector jobs upon release. The program will provide classroom instruction and hands-on learning opportunities, utilizing a standard Clean Jobs Curriculum Framework, connect program graduates with potential employers in the clean energy industry, and address participant needs

Federal Grant Support Program

Application Deadline: General announcement open with no specific due dates for applications
Grant Description: DCEO will make $15 million available to Illinois-based businesses and organizations seeking competitive federal grants. This match program will encourage more applicants to apply for federal grant opportunities, provide critical assistance to meet the minimum match eligibility requirements, and increase the competitiveness of applications.

Illinois Reproductive Health Facilities Capital Grant Program
Grant Description: This opportunity will support reproductive health care providers in Illinois that are experiencing increased demand for their services. Projects could include improvements and repairs, new construction, security upgrades, and equipment to increase capacity and enhance safety. This includes the purchase of vehicles for mobile care units. Facilities must provide or plan to provide abortion care as defined in the Illinois Reproductive Health Act.
Deadline: Rolling through 2024, or until funds are depleted

Details: Wednesday, June 04, 2025 02:36 PM

Estimated Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Grant Description: Funding will create opportunities for individuals to directly and fully contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life, including employment, and will support the development of national and state policies that reinforce and promote the self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life.
Funding: Over $1.8 million total with a floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $375,000
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

FY 2024 and FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants
FY 2025 (FR-6800-N-25)
Application Deadline: Aug. 29, 2025
Grant Description: Promotes a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. Provides funding for efforts by nonprofit organizations, state governments, local governments, instrumentalities of state and local governments, and more to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness. Has a goal of promoting access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.
Funding: $3.5 billion total with an award floor of $2,500 and award ceiling of $15 million; there is an expected number of 8,500 awards.
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Projects of National Significance: Empowering Individuals
FY 2025 (HHS-2025-ACL-AOD-DNSD-0061) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Grant Description: Funding will create opportunities for individuals to directly and fully contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life, including employment, and will support the development of national and state policies that reinforce and promote the self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion in all facets of community life.
Funding: $1,875,000 total with a floor of $300,000 and award ceiling of $375,000
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
FY 2025 (20240912-CLI)
Application Deadline: Sept. 17, 2025
Grant Description: This program strengthens the institutional base of the humanities by funding operational assessments and strategic planning efforts to sustain and protect historical, cultural, educational, intellectual, and physical assets from the risks of climate change. Projects will result in a climate action, resilience, or adaptation plan including detailed assessments, measurable actions, and expected outcomes.
Funding: Estimated $2,500,000
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Contraceptive Development Research Center

FY 2025 (RFA-HD-26-004)

Estimated Application Deadline: Nov. 12, 2025

Grant Description: Supports the creation of a Contraceptive Development Research Center to advance innovative, multidisciplinary research on new or improved contraceptive methods for both men and women. Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity, the Center will also support translational studies to bridge pre-clinical and clinical phases, increasing the potential for clinical success. Additionally, the Center will serve as a national resource to train and mentor early-stage investigators pursuing careers in contraceptive research.

Funding: Currently not listed

Eligibility: Public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, city or township governments, small businesses, nonprofits, private institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Native American tribal governments and more.

Statewide Consumer Network Program
FY 2025 (SM-25-005) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: Not set yet, estimated grant post date is Dec. 14, 2024
Grant Description: The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacity of statewide mental health peer-led organizations to partner with state efforts to improve mental health support system and related services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or serious emotional disturbance (SED) as agents of transformation.
Funding: Estimated $1.1 million
Eligibility: Click on grant link to view full list.

Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations
FY 2025 (SP-25-002) Note: This is a forecasted opportunity.
Estimated Application Deadline: Not set yet, estimated grant post date is Jan. 15, 2025
Grant Description: The purpose of this program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services.
Funding: Estimated $13.4 million
Eligibility: Limited to domestic public or private, nonprofit entities, including community-based organizations, federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, local governments, and institutions of higher education.