Community Project Funding and Appropriations (FY27-Future Page)

Our office’s Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding and Appropriations requests process has officially opened.

Resources for our office’s Community Project Funding and Appropriations process can be found below, including a form to sign up for updates from our office.

Resources:

Sign up here to receive updates on the Community Project Funding and Appropriations process for the current year, when those updates are available
Click here to see projects selected for the FY26 Community Project Funding process; Click here to see projects selected for the FY24 Community Project Funding process.
Click here for our office’s Community Project Funding PowerPoint presentation from previous years (guidance is subject to change for FY27)
Click here for a video recording of our office’s FY27 Community Project Funding webinar.

Community Project Funding Requests

Each year, the Community Project Funding process allows members of Congress to accept applications for local projects in need of funding assistance, review those projects, and then submit projects to the House Appropriations Committee for possible inclusion in the federal government budget. In FY27, the House Appropriations Committee is permitting 20 project submissions per office.

The Community Project Funding process is highly competitive, open only to select entities as determined each year by the House Appropriations Committees, requires projects to meet eligibility requirements outlined by the House Appropriations Committee, and is primarily for projects in need of funding for capital expenses. Please note that there is no guarantee that Community Project Funding requests submitted to our office will be selected for consideration by the House Appropriations Committee, nor does consideration by the House Appropriations Committee guarantee they will be funded.

Our office’s deadline for Community Project Funding Applications for FY27 is 5 PM on March 13th, 2026. Once our office’s submission deadline for FY27 CPF requests closes, our office will then take time to review each project to determine which projects will be selected to move forward in the process, after which we will announce which projects have been selected. For those projects that are selected to move forward in the process, we may follow up to request additional information that will be needed to officially submit the project for consideration to the House Appropriations Committee for them to review and determines if a project will be included in the federal government budget.

Please be aware that the disbursal of Community Project Funding to approved projects is dependent upon Congressional passage of the Appropriations bills and the president’s signing of the Appropriations bills. After that has happened, each federal agency has its own timeline for disbursing Community Project Funding, which can take several months. It is safe to assume that it could take between 12-18 months between the time a project is submitted to our office, until funding is disbursed from the federal agencies – however, that is just a rough timeline. Average grant sizes range from $850,000 – $1,000,000. We encourage you to look at grants awarded in past cycles, which you can find linked at the top of this page.

NOTE: Like the past two years, the Appropriations Committee’s Majority has chosen to severely restrict applications from nonprofits. In particular, applications for the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development bill’s Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) account is limited to only government entities. Please closely review the guidance to determine if your application is eligible for the account you are applying for. If you are a nonprofit interested in the EDI account with an otherwise eligible application, we encourage you to proceed with an application. If our office is able to move forward with your application, we will assist with securing a sponsoring government entity to oversee the funds.

You can access our office’s CPF Application Form here: https://forms.gle/tLWdw78qKm71Z4Pe8

Below you can find guidance that breaks down the different accounts under which our office can secure funding. We encourage you to read through the different sets of guidance to determine what your entity may be eligible for. In past cycles, the most commonly applied for accounts were the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development bill’s Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) accounts, the infrastructure accounts under that bill, and the Commerce, Justice, and Science bill’s COPS and Byrne Justice accounts.

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities; Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations; Rural Development, Rural Housing Service, Community Facility Grants; Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, ReConnect Grants; Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Water and Waste Grants; Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: Byrne Justice Assistance; COPS Technology and Equipment; NIST Scientific and Technical Research

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: Army Corps of Engineers Construction, Operations and Maintenance

HOMELAND SECURITY
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation; FEMA Emergency Operations Center

INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants (Clean water, Wastewater, and Drinking water)

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: construction associated with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, Defense-Wide Agencies, Defense Logistics Agency, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve

TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES (6 CATEGORIES)
Community Development Fund – Economic Development Initiative Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, non-profits were not eligible applicants for Community Project Funding, and eligible projects included those related to: land or site acquisition, demolition or rehabilitation; blight removal; and construction and capital improvements of public facilities, except for “buildings used for the general conduct of government.”

Transit Infrastructure Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: transit capital projects or project-specific planning/design for transit capital projects

Highway Infrastructure Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: highway infrastructure

Airport Improvement Program Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: enhancing airport safety, capacity, and security, and environmental concerns

Port Infrastructure Development Program Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: port infrastructure

Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Projects
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: rail capital projects or systems planning for rail capital projects

LABOR-HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RELATED AGENCIES
- - FY27 Guidance: During FY27, eligible projects included those related to: health facilities construction and equipment

Program & Language Appropriations Requests

Separate from the Community Project Funding request process is the Program & Language Appropriations request process. These are specific to existing federal

The deadline to submit program and language appropriations requests to Rep. Landsman’s office is Friday, March 6th 2026 at 5:00 PM EST.

PROGRAM REQUESTS
- - Application Form
  - A request to fund a specific program or activity in the bill at a specified level.
  - Example: Provide $70,000,000 in the Transportation Security Administration’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account for the Checkpoint Property Screening System.
LANGUAGE REQUESTS
- - Application Form
  - A request to include specific bill or report language that does not direct funding to a particular entity but encourages, urges, or directs some type of action.
  - Example: Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies.—The Committee directs the Secretary to expand eligibility for grants under SAMHSA Prevention Programs of Regional and National Significance and corresponding services provided by the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies to private, non-profit, regional organizations, including faith-based organizations.