Community Project Funding
The Office of Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) will accept requests for Community Project Funding (CPF) for the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations process to direct funding to nonprofit organizations or public entities, such as state and local governments.
Community Project Funding
For FY 2024, the House Appropriations Committee has announced that it will accept limited requests for CPF. Only public entities, such as state and local governments, and certain 501(c)3 nonprofits are eligible for CPF. For-profit entities are not eligible. Each Member of Congress is limited to submitting a maximum of 15 total requests for FY 2024. Final award decisions will be made by the House Appropriations Committee. Unfortunately, that means that many eligible and deserving projects will not receive CPF in the FY 2024 appropriations cycle.
The CPF program contains several accountability measures to ensure a responsible and transparent process. Each Member of Congress must post on their website the 15 CPF requests they submit to the Appropriations Committee. Therefore, all information submitted by a requesting organization should be considered public information. The House Appropriations Committee will also establish an online, searchable public database of all CPF requests received by the Committee.
Only eligible CPF requests that meet all the guidelines established by the Appropriations Committee will be accepted and considered. Please see here for the House Committee on Appropriations’ general guidance for CPF. This includes, but is not limited to, the following requirements:
- You must be able to demonstrate that the request has community support. This requirement is integral for a successful CPF request. Examples of community support include, but are not limited to, support letters from local elected officials, news articles, a state-intended use plan, a community development plan or a municipal resolution of support.
- The project or requesting entity must have no financial ties to the Member of Congress or their family.
- Funding must be for FY 2024 only.
- If the project would normally require a funding match or cost share by a non-federal entity, then the requesting entity will need to demonstrate that it can provide this match if it makes a CPF request. The Appropriations Committee will conform to statutory match and cost-sharing requirements.
- The recipient of the CPF must be a governmental entity or a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Requests made by for-profit entities are not permitted and will not be submitted for consideration.
Please note that the House Appropriations Committee will only accept CPF requests for the eligible appropriations accounts listed below, some of which are different from the Senate and from prior years. The House will be unable to submit CPF requests in the Defense; Financial Services & General Government; Labor, Health and Human Services; Legislative Branch; and State and Foreign Operations Subcommittees. If you submit a CPF request for any accounts other than those listed below, your request will not be considered. The forms below are not for programmatic appropriations requests. They are only intended for CPF requests. Please see the specific guidance below for CPF requests from each of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittees.
Eligible Accounts
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Department of Agriculture, Rural Development – Community Facilities Grants
- Department of Agriculture, Rural Development – ReConnect Program
- Department of Agriculture, Rural Development – Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants
- Department of Agriculture, Rural Development – Water and Waste Disposal Grants
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation Services – Conservation Operations
- Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Scientific and Technical Research
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Zone Management
- Department of Justice, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
- Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology & Equipment
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Security and Mission Services
- Energy and Water - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Army Corps of Engineers, Investigations
- Army Corps of Engineers, Construction
- Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River and Tributaries
- Army Corps of Engineers, Operation and Maintenance
- Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
- Homeland Security - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Pre-Disaster Mitigation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Operations Center
- Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here. Guidance for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Construction and Unspecified Minor Construction – Active Components:
- Army
- Navy and Marine Corps
- Air Force and Space Force
- Defense-Wide Agencies (Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), etc.)
- Construction and Unspecified Minor Construction – Reserve Components:
- Army National Guard
- Air National Guard
- Army Reserve
- Navy Reserve
- Air Force Reserve
- Construction and Unspecified Minor Construction – Active Components:
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies - Form for this Subcommittee can be found here.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund – Economic Development Initiative
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Transportation, Airport Improvement Program
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Transportation, Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Projects
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Transportation, Port Infrastructure Development Program
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Transportation, Transit Infrastructure Projects
- (Guidance for this account can be found here.)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund – Economic Development Initiative
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