Grants

OTO Opportunities

None at this time.

State Grant Opportunities

MoDOT Transportation Cost-Share Program

The program provides financial assistance to public and private applicants for state highway and bridge projects satisfying a transportation need. MoDOT matches partners investments up to fifty percent (50%) of the project cost. Set-aside funds for economic development may fund up to one hundred percent (100%) of the total project cost. MoDOT works in cooperation with the Department of Economic Development and project sponsors to determine when targeted investments can be made to create jobs and may provide up the one hundred percent (100%) of the cost. Retail development projects do not qualify as economic development projects that create jobs.

Information on the Cost Share Program and Applications can be found here:

Cost Participation and Cost Share | Missouri Department of Transportation (modot.org)

Eligible Projects: State highway and bridge projects.

Application Deadlines (Multiple Times Per Year) -

• Application Deadline - SW District Review Deadline - Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Final Application Deadline - Monday, April 6, 2026

Missouri State Parks - Bus Grant Program

The Bus Grant Program assists schools and nonprofit organizations with the transportation expense of field trips and outdoor learning opportunities to Missouri state parks and historic sites. Bus grants have been made available to Missouri schools and youth-focused nonprofit organizations throughout the state. The Bus Grant Program grant round is currently open and accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year.

Information on the application can be found here:

Missouri State Parks Bus Grant Program | Missouri State Parks

Eligible Entities: Public school districts, private schools, charter schools and youth-focused nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 status are eligible to submit applications. Assistance is available only to schools and organizations located within Missouri.

• Application Deadline - Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Missouri State Parks - Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP)

The Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) is a grant program funded through the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The ORLP Grant was created in 2014 as a complement to the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program. The national competitive ORLP program provides matching grants to cities for park projects in underserved communities. These investments enable urban communities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and form connections between people and outdoors.

For the years of 2025 through 2029, the National Park Service (NPS) has issued a five-year recurring Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the ORLP Grant. These five years of ORLP grants will be based on funds made available by Congress in the current and future fiscal years. Unused funds from prior years, if available and subject to congressional action, may provide additional funds to the overall available amount. Each year, the total anticipated number of recommended projects nationwide is 25-40 projects. NPS will be accepting application for the ORLP grant twice a year. Please be advised that the NPS anticipates a minimum of a three-month review process before a project is recommended for funding. To remain eligible for funding, selected projects must submit a full ORLP application to the NPS for final review within one year of the project award announcement. Upon NPS’ final review and approval of the full application, the project will be awarded funds. Eligible applicants include state agencies and local governments such as cities; counties; and special-purpose districts, such as park districts. The state agency or local government must be located within a community that is determined to be underserved and that had a population of 25,000 or more in the 2020 census.

Information on the applications can be found here:

Grant Opportunities | Missouri State Parks

Grant Application Size: Minimum application - $300,000 and Maximum $15 million

• Application Deadline - Saturday, March 15, 2026

Federal Grant Opportunities

There are no open Discretionary Grant Programs.

Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant should be announced soon.