Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreements
Environmental Protection Agency
Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreements (DITCAs) enable EPA to award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes and eligible intertribal consortia to help carry out the Agency's function to directly implement Federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an authorized or delegated tribal program, notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act. DITCAs are an increasingly important avenue for EPA and the tribes to real
Jargon-free version
Helps federally recognized tribes manage their own environmental programs. Provides support for implementing federal environmental laws.
Quick Facts
Preview our US grants database — free Excel sample
Real Excel sample. Just your email.
You'll also get our weekly grants digest. Unsubscribe anytime.
Free Excel sample of the US Grants Database, contextually offered on the Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreements program page.
What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Financial assistance and collaborative partnership for Tribal Governments and Intertribal Consortia to manage and implement environmental protection programs on reservation lands, with substantial EPA involvement.
Who Is Eligible?
Region: Indian reservations, Indian Country
Demographics: indigenous, tribal governments
Other Criteria: Tribal Governments, Intertribal Consortia
Chat with Grant experts
Browse our directory of vetted grant professionals who can help with your application.
Browse Partner Directory🏆 Detailed Application Guide
📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Review eligibility requirements for intertribal consortia.
- Prepare documentation of partnership and authorization from member Tribes.
- Submit application to EPA for funding.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.epa.gov/tribal
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- rolling
📄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
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support are required for partnerships when applying for certain EPA funding opportunities.
Still searching one grant at a time?
See this grant and hundreds more like this in the database instantly.
💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- lead service line replacement
- identification activities
- planning activities
- design activities
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 25% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Allowed with other government funding
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of partnership and authorization from all members
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
How Do I Apply?
Know a grant consultant who should be listed here? Refer them.
More Programs Like This
Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program
Environmental Protection Agency
To assist states, territories, tribes, or intertribal consortia (leaking underground storage tank prevention only for tr...
Regional Wetland Program Development Grants
Environmental Protection Agency
Due Apr 24
To assist state, territory, tribal, and/or local government agencies in building programs which protect, manage, and res...
Compliance Assistance Support for Services to the Regulated Community and Other Assistance Providers
Environmental Protection Agency
Since 1996, in partnership with industry associations, universities and other government agencies, EPA has supported the...
FAQFrequently Asked Questions
Visit the program page for detailed eligibility requirements.
This program offers funding up to $1,835,063 (minimum $1,417,083).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
Choose your tier
One-time purchase, instant .xlsx download. USD.
Promo codes can be entered at checkout.
Basic
5 columns per program
Quick reference, simple lookups, sales prospecting
- Program title and CFDA number
- Issuing organization + URL
- Short program description
- 2,812 active US federal assistance listings
- .xlsx workbook (README + All Grants tabs)
Pro
24 columns per program
Grant consultants, nonprofit grant writers, proposal teams
- Everything in Basic, plus 23 more columns
- Funding range (min / max) and application deadline
- Eligibility: business sizes, industries, geographic restrictions
- Primary program contact (email, phone)
- Audience + activity tags for filtering (Nonprofits, Universities, etc.)
- Application intake type, submission method, matching required
- "For Nonprofits" tab — 1,500+ programs in one curated view
- Aggregation tabs: By Organization, By Theme, By Audience, Deadlines
Intelligence
49 columns per program
Data teams, AI builders, large grant operations, due-diligence research
- Everything in Pro, plus 25 more deep-extracted columns
- Long-form description + ideal-applicant summary + success tips
- Application steps, required documents, NOFO URLs, key dates
- Eligible / ineligible expenses, expense caps, payment model
- Matching ratios, eligible sources, stacking rules
- Reporting frequency, requirements, single-audit thresholds
- Plain-English 1-2 sentence rewrite of every program
- Contact Directory tab — outreach-ready contact list
A detailed invoice will be emailed to you after purchase. Use it for company reimbursement.