FY2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program
The EDA Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program makes approximately $1.45 billion available to support economic recovery activities in areas that received major disaster declarations because of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. President Trump and Secretary Lutnick are committed to unleashing the potential of the American economy, affording all Americans the opportunity to pursue their version of the American dream. EDA’s FY 2025 Disaster Supplemental Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to support communities recovering from major disasters and set them on a path to exceed pre-disaster conditions and transform their local economies in new and vibrant ways.
What Is EDA’s FY25 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program?
The EDA FY 2025 Disaster Supplemental NOFO is available on grants.gov and eda.gov. EDA funding can support both construction and non-construction projects.
EDA’s Disaster NOFO provides funding through three funding pathways:
- Readiness Path – Capacity building and strategic planning projects that set the stage for future investment. Accepting applications.
- Implementation Path – Standalone construction and non-construction projects that help communities recover from natural disasters and advance recovery and growth. Accepting applications.
- Industry Transformation Path – Coalition-led, multi-project portfolios that transform regional economies through targeted industry development. EDA is no longer accepting applications for Path 3 - Industry Transformation.
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Applications for Readiness and Implementation grants will be accepted on an ongoing (rolling) basis. EDA is no longer accepting applications for the Industry Transformation Path. EDA anticipates strong demand for this program and encourages applicants to submit proposals as soon as they are viable and ready, and to work with their local Economic Development Representatives (EDR) to prepare a competitive proposal.
Eligible applicants district organizations of an Economic Development District (EDD), Indian tribes, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, public or private nonprofits working with local governments, economic development organizations, and public-private partnerships for public infrastructure. Individuals and for-profit entities are not eligible for funding under this NOFO. Typically, EDA will fund up to 80% of project costs (up to 100% for Tribal and severely distressed applicants).
Read the Notice of Funding Opportunity on grants.gov (also available as a webpage)
NOFO Fact Sheets
NOFO Background Resources
- NOFO Frequently Asked Questions
- EDA Investment Priorities
- Searchable FEMA Database of Major Declared Disasters – Under “Declaration Date,” input the appropriate year(s) for the Start and End, ensuring the incident occurred in calendar years 2023 or 2024. Areas with an incident period that began in 2024 are eligible even if the major disaster declaration did not occur until 2025. Also, select “Major Disaster Declaration” disaster in the drop-down under “Declaration Type.”
- FEMA Disaster Declarations Summary Table (csv) - Please check the Incident Type, Incident Begin Date, and Incident End Date dates to locate eligible disasters occurring in 2023 and 2024.
- Economic Resilience definitions and guidance for CEDS planning
- EDA Disaster Recovery and Economic Recovery and Resilience resources
Recorded Informational Webinars
- Notice of Funding Opportunity Overview (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Readiness Path (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Implementation Path (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Industry Transformation Path (Slide presentation - PDF)
- How to Apply in EDGE (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Industry Transformation Path - The Overarching Narrative (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Industry Transformation Path - Coalition & Governance (Slide presentation - PDF)
- Industry Transformation Path - EDGE Submission Guidance (Slide presentation - PDF)
Application Templates
- (Optional) Non-Construction Budget Narrative Template (XLSX)
- (Optional) Construction Budget Narrative Template (DOCX)
- Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) Template (DOCX)
- Environmental Narrative and Application Certification Template (DOCX)
Contacts
- If you have specific questions about the grant process, please contact the Economic Development Representative for the state where the project will be located as listed on EDA’s contact page.
- If you have specific questions about EDGE functionality, contact the EDGE helpdesk at [email protected].