Challenge Cost Share
Department Of The Interior, National Park Service
BEGINNING 8/20/2025 DO NOT USE THIS ASSISTANCE LISTING - EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO ARCHIVE/RETIRE IN 2026. This program does not award grants or cooperative agreements. The Challenge Cost Share Program is intended to support specific National Park Service mission-related projects that align with goals of local project partners. National Park Service staff will work with local project partners to achieve these mutually beneficial outcomes. This partnership challenge seeks to reward proposals that ha
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Helps non-profit community partners get matching funds for projects supported by park units. Partners propose projects that receive cash awards to match their contributions.
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What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Submit application through the National Park Trust portal
- Ensure project has endorsement from NPS superintendent or program manager
- Collaborate with project partners during application process
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.nps.gov/ccsp
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- October 21, 2024Application period opensJanuary 10, 2025Application period closes
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs related to community resiliency projects
- costs for conservation projects that protect or restore lands and waters
- costs for outdoor recreation projects that increase public access
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- NPS staff salaries
- NPS staff travel
- 📏Expense Caps
- maximum Challenge Cost Share program support is $25,000 per project
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 1:1
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- dollars
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- non-federal sources only
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- documentation of cash and in-kind contributions
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
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This program offers funding up to $409,399 (minimum $300,000).
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