Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Firewood Bank Program
Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service
To provide financial assistance for the operation of firewood banks and to support feedstock acquisition.
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Helps non-profits and local governments provide firewood for heating homes. Grants support operating firewood banks and buying firewood.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Competitive grants and technical assistance (up to $95 million total program funding announced) to expand and create markets for wood products and wood energy, support sustainable forest management, reduce wildfire risks, and generate jobs. Funding supports innovative wood uses (like mass timber), wood-based construction, wood energy systems, and modernizing wood processing facilities. Technical assistance is available for facility/equipment improvements, operations, market opportunities, and long-term planning. This program supports projects, such as Firewood Banks, that meet critical heating needs in vulnerable communities.
Who Is Eligible?
Business Size: small, medium, large
Industries: forest products, wood energy, wood products manufacturing, sawmills
Region: United States
Demographics: tribes, tribal communities
Other Criteria: Private businesses, non-profit organizations, tribes, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, public utility, fire, conservation, and school districts, Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration and Grants.gov accounts are required, Projects must support long-term, sustainable management of National Forest System lands and other forest lands, Projects should advance innovative wood uses, expand wood-based construction, grow U.S. wood energy markets, or increase forest product processing capacity, For Community Wood Grant focus: assisting sawmills in economically challenged areas to retool or add advanced technology, For Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Grant focus: facilities that purchase and process byproducts of ecosystem restoration projects, especially in areas of unnaturally severe high fire or insect/disease infestation with high ecological restoration priority
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Visit Grants.gov to access the application form.
- Register for a System for Award Management (SAM) account if not already registered.
- Complete the application form as per the guidelines.
- Submit the application before the deadline.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.grants.gov/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- April 22, 2026Application 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
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs associated with establishing, reopening, retrofitting, expanding, or improving wood-processing facilities
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- $2.5 million minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- private sector match
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Cumulative government assistance is allowed.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds is required.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
This program is available to small, medium, large businesses in forest products, wood energy, wood products manufacturing industries located in United States.
This program offers funding up to $1,460,000 (minimum $459,879.83).
The application deadline is April 22, 2026.
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