State and Local Funds | American Rescue Plan Funds

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided one of the largest economic relief programs in U.S. history. The law included many updates to COVID relief programs affecting nonprofits.

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF)

Under the American Rescue Plan Act, Congress allocated $350 billion in in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) for state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to use in providing “assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or to aid impacted industries” (emphasis added).  The federal government showed tremendous trust that governments closest to the people and their problems are best positioned to decide the best ways to spend their allocations to meet local needs. SLFRF resources are allocated separately to states, to counties, to metropolitan cities, and "non-entitlement areas" (local governments typically serving populations of less than 50,000, including cities, towns, townships, and villages). 

Nonprofits have many questions about eligibility, types of programs, and processes for building and implementing programs. Those questions, and more, are answered in the Accessing State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds page.

Funding Opportunities

Indiana

• Application Open: ARPA Funds Grant Application, City of Warsaw (closes October 31)

Maryland

• Grant Programs, Baltimore County

Michigan

• Neighborhood Opportunity Fund ARPA Grant, City of Detroit (opens September 16, closes November 15)

New York

• Application Open: Grants to Nonprofits Operating in Qualified Census Tracts, Monroe County (closes September 13)

SLFRF Resources by State

Connecticut

• ARPA Nonprofit Toolkit: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds to Municipalities Can Help Nonprofits Serve Their Communities, CT Community Alliance of Nonprofits

Kentucky

• American Rescue Plan Act, Kentucky Nonprofit Network
• Nonprofits as Local Government Partners, Kentucky Nonprofit Network

Maryland

• A Model ARPA Grant Program, Maryland Nonprofits, Nov. 10, 2021

Massachusetts

• Testimony in support of using ARPA funding on the workforce crisis in the human services sector, The Campaign to Strengthen Human Services, Sept. 23, 2021

Minnesota

• What Nonprofits Need to Know About ARPA Funding, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• ARPA Funding to Minnesota, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• ARPA Funding Analysis and Opportunities for Nonprofit Organizations in Minnesota, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Oct. 2022.

Montana

• Collaborating with your County Commissioners on ARPA Funding, Montana Nonprofit Association, Feb. 22, 2022.

Nebraska

• Recommendations to Guide ARPA Funding Distributions by State and Local Governments, Nonprofit Association of the Midlands

New Mexico

• American Rescue Plan Act, New Mexico Thrives
• ARPA Funding Advocacy Template, New Mexico Thrives

Pennsylvania

• American Rescue Plan Act Advocacy, Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations

Vermont

• Nonprofit Resource Guide for Local ARPA Funds, Common Good Vermont
• American Rescue Plan Act, Vermont League of Cities & Towns
• Municipal ARPA Funding for Vermont's Creative Sector (45:50), Vermont Arts Council, Nov. 15, 2021.

Virginia

• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, NetworkPeninsula

Washington

• ARPA & Washington State, Nonprofit Association of Washington
• How Nonprofits Can Access ARPA Funding, Nonprofit Association of Washington
• Partnership Stories, Nonprofit Association of Washington

West Virginia

• American Rescue Plan Act Resources, West Virginia Nonprofit Association
• Recommendations to Guide ARPA Funding Distribution by State and Local Governments, West Virginia Nonprofit Association
• ARPA Topline Narrative, West Virginia Nonprofit Association

Additional SLFRF Resources

U.S. Department of the Treasury

• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule Frequently Asked Questions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, updated Mar. 29, 2024.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo Before the National Council of Nonprofits, delivered Jan. 30, 2024.
• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jan. 27, 2022.
• Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Overview of the Final Rule, U.S. Department of the Treasury Jan. 6, 2022.
• An Introduction to the Final Rule: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, webinar (51:34) and presentation slides, January 2022.

National Trackers

• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Pandemic Oversight
• ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Fund Allocations, National Conference of State Legislatures.
• Local Government ARPA Investment Tracker, Brookings Institute

Previous Opportunities

1. Small Business and Nonprofit Support Grant Program, City of Chicago, Illinois (closed September 6)
2. ARPA Grants, City of Greenbelt, Maryland (closed August 30)
3. ARPA Nonprofit Grant Program, Town of Trumbull, Connecticut (closed August 8)
4. Oklahoma County ARPA, Allied Arts, Oklahoma (closed August 2)
5. ARPA Grant, United Way of Walworth County, Wisconsin (closed June 14)
6. Nonprofit Grant Application, Hamilton County, Indiana (closed June 7)
7. Nonprofit Food Security Equipment Grant, Rockland County, New York (closed May 31)
8. ARPA Nonprofit Grant Program, City of Terre Haute, Indiana (closed May 30)
9. ARPA Grant Funding, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (closed May 30)
10. Nonprofit Funding, Okaloosa County, Florida (closed May 3)
11. Recovery Grants for Cultural Nonprofits, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts (closed April 26)
12. Nonprofit Grants, City of Scranton, Pennsylvania (closed April 12)
13. COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Program Grant, Loudoun County, Virginia (closed April 5)
14. Create Cambridge Grant Program, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts (closed April 1)
15. ARPA Funding Application for Nonprofits, Village of Grand Rapids, Ohio (closed March 29)
16. ARPA Arts & Cultural Nonprofit Grant Application, Durham Arts Council, North Carolina (closed March 15)
17. Strategic Plan to Reduce and Prevent Homelessness RFP, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia (closed March 8)
18. Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (closed March 1)
19. Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program, Solano County, California (closed February 26) 
20. Nonprofit Recovery Grant Program, City of York, Pennsylvania (closed February 26)
21. Cultural and Tourism Grant Fund, City of Brownsville, Texas (closed February 26)
22. ARPA Nonprofit Grants, City of St. Joseph, Missouri (closed February 9)
23. ARPA Durable Medical Equipment Services Grant Program, Loudoun County, Virginia (closed February 9)
24. Nonprofit Recovery Grants, Albany County, New York (closed January 19)
25. Application Open: ARPA Nonprofit Program & Technical Assistance Grant, City of Ocala, Florida (closed January 16)
26. Project Preservation of Affordable Housing Projects, Athens-Clarke County, Georgia (closed January 16)
27. ARPA Grant Program, United Way Of Walworth County, Wisconsin (closed January 15)
28. American Rescue Plan Act Grants, Charles County Charitable Trust, Maryland (closed January 9)
29. ARPA Funding Request Application, Town of North Branford, Connecticut
30. 2023 CSLFRF State Funding Opportunities, National Council of Nonprofits, Dec. 31, 2023.
31. 2022 CSLFRF State Funding Opportunities and Resources, National Council of Nonprofits, Dec. 31, 2022.