Environment & Climate Grants in Illinois

Top environment & climate grants in Illinois right now

• Water Pollution Control Loan Program

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $146Mopen

  The Water Pollution Control Loan Program (WPCLP) provides low-interest loans and principal forgiveness (a grant component) for wastewater and stormwat...

• Driving a Cleaner Illinois – Volkswagen

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $18Mopen

  The Driving a Cleaner Illinois - Volkswagen (VW Round 9: Electric Trucks) program provides funding for the replacement of older, high-emitting diesel ...

• Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grants

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $15MDeadline: Aug 31, 2026open

  The Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant will utilize funds provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

• IIJA Water Infrastructure Programs (Emerging Contaminants and Lead Service Line Replacement)

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $15MDeadline: Aug 31, 2026open

  This program represents the State of Illinois' allocation of federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds for water infrastructure. It ...

• Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance

  Illinois Department of Natural ResourcesUp to $239Kopen

  The grant program is the FY 2024 National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program, administered by the Illinois Department of Natural...

• Lead Service Line Inventory Grant Program

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $50Kopen

  The Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Grant Program, funded by the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Lead grant, provides $6,570,000 to Local ...

• Unsewered Communities Planning Grant Program - Round 3

  Illinois Environmental Protection AgencyUp to $30Kopen

  IEPA is making $1 million available for the next round of Planning Grants to assist small and disadvantaged communities in developing a Project Plan t...

• Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBA)

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agencyopen

  The Illinois EPA Office of Site Evaluation uses federal Brownfield funds to conduct Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBAs) at the request of communiti...

• Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agencyopen

  The Illinois Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program offers no or low interest loans to local governments to clean up Brownfields (abandoned or under-u...

• Leaking Underground Storage Tank (UST) Fund

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agencyopen

  The Underground Storage Tank (UST) Fund is a state-administered program that helps tank owners and operators pay for cleaning up leaks from petroleum ...

• Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program

  Illinois Environmental Protection Agencyopen

  The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) coordinates and provides financial support for Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection programs...

What counts as a environment & climate grant in Illinois

We surface opportunities matching environment & climate-related keywords whose geography includes Illinois (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving Illinois-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in Illinois where program names vary by region.

Where Illinois environment & climate grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to Illinois-based organizations and thematically aligned with environment & climate.
• Illinois state portal — state-administered environment & climate programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in Illinois for environment & climate work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund environment & climate work in Illinois.