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CDS funds are for public and not-for-profit entities. Senator Murray’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) and programmatic request portals are now open.  There are distinct portals for CDS and programmatic requests – If you are unfamiliar with CDS funds, here is a list of projects Senator Murray advanced in FY24. Please see the following information from Daniel Pailthorp, Thurston County and Olympic Peninsula Director, Office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray:CDS funds are for public and not-for-profit entities.  Senator Murray's office requires that applicants submit at least two letters of support from third parties within the community (or communities) that would...

Request for Applications  DEADLINE: Phase One applications due by 12:00 p.m. April 20, 2023 The Clean Energy Fund Grid Modernization program has supported electrical utilities across the state in the challenges of integrating renewable energy technologies and building a more sustainable and resilient power grid. Now in its fifth iteration, this program has expanded eligibility to include: •    federally recognized tribes •    community organizations •    local governments •    public and private electrical utilities This RFA will prioritize benefits to communities with high environmental or energy burden, tribes, smaller utilities and partnerships. To encourage...

For those seeking federal capital funding for new multifamily/rental housing projects   The Department of Commerce is happy to announce a new solicitation for projects seeking capital funding to develop affordable housing in Washington State. Applications will be considered for Multifamily/Rental housing projects seeking capital financing from the federal HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) programs.   Applications are due to the Department of Commerce by NOON on March 22, 2023.   Please download and carefully review the 2023 HOME & NHTF Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”), available here,...

White papers are due Jan. 3, 2023.  WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) released a Broad Agency Announcement that it is seeking white papers from prospective Partnership Intermediaries in furtherance of DOE’s goal to establish a Partnership Intermediary Pilot. Through this Pilot, DOE is seeking to broaden the Department’s engagement with new organizations, increase cooperative or joint activities between DOE and small business firms, institutions of higher education, educational institutions, and non-traditional contractors and rapidly develop, scale, commercialize, and deploy technologies relevant to DOE’s mission. A partnership intermediary (PI) is...