Indiana Resilience Funding Hub

Connecting Hoosier communities to funding for climate, energy, and resilience

The Indiana Resilience Funding Hub (IRFH), jointly administered by ERI and the IU Center for Rural Engagement, helps Hoosier local governments, community-based organizations, nonprofits, and small businesses pursue funding opportunities for climate, energy, and resilience projects.

The Hub, made possible by the Rural Climate Partnership and the Energy Foundation, supports Indiana's rural communities with fewer than 50,000 residents that lack the capacity to compete for grant funding on their own. IRFH provides these communities with technical assistance and state-specific environmental expertise in the preparation and submission of competitive grant applications.

 

The Hub aims to:

  • guide smaller communities through an environmental needs assessment

  • provide data and solutions management

  • support proposal development

Lowering barriers to funding to boost community resilience

The Indiana Resilience Funding Hub is here to help rural communities overcome barriers to funding projects that can reduce energy costs and boost community resilience.

Projects prioritized by the Hub include:

  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • alternative transportation
  • electrification
  • climate mitigation and adaptation
  • rural economic and disaster resilience

Electric truck fills community need, brings fuel savings to Gentryville

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Transportation planning grant supports Holland, Ind.;s revitalization

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SS4A grant to address safety concerns in tri-county area traffic corridor

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An off-road walking and bicycle trail in Richmond, Indiana, a 2019 Resilience Cohort participant

Hub assists Hoosier communities applying for federal grants

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Initiative will help smaller communities pursue resilience funding

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Keeping the lights on in the wake of extreme weather

Between 2011 and 2021, the U.S. experienced 64% more major power outages than the previous decade. More than 80% of these outages can be attributed to weather-related events.

Equipped with solar panels and battery storage systems, community resilience hubs provide communities with a reliable place to power medical devices, refrigerate medications, make emergency calls, and access an air-conditioned or heated space when power outages strike.

Learn more about community resilience hubs

IRFH is actively seeking communities who want to stand up community resilience hubs and can help identify pathways to fund them.