Today we are releasing a new iteration of our EPA data with new methods and data sources for detecting terminated grants. Previously, we had relied on NGGS data alone, but many EPA grants were not in the NGGS system. We now have a much more comprehensive, event-based system that includes self-submissions via our web form, NGGS data, USAspending data, DOGE data, and manual additions from verified sources.
A grant that meets any of these four conditions is marked as “❌ Terminated”:
- It was self-reported by the PI with a termination letter.
- It was reported terminated by DOGE and has had it’s project end date moved earlier in either NGGS or USAspending (a date “cutoff”).
- It was part of a program that has been terminated (as reported by a verified source) and has had either a date cutoff or a deobligation of funds with no further obligations.
- It is on the NCIF/CCIA list of terminated grants or on the Our Environment and Public Works Senate Commimttee list of terminated grants.
In the data table and the CSV file, you’ll find an event_history_public column with a bulleted list of all the relevant “events” as well as a termination_indicator column indicating how we come to the decision that a grant has been terminated.
For the website’s data table, there are tabs that filter grants by the impacted EPA programs, including:
- Environmental Justice Programs (66.306, 66.309, 6.312, 66.604, 66.614, 66.615, 66.616) - These grants focused on supporting and empowering communities that work on solutions to local environmental and public health issues.
- STAR: Science to Achieve Results (66.509) - Grants under this program fund competitive, peer-reviewed research on environmental and public health issues.
- Solar for All (66.959): The goal of this program was to make solar energy accessible and affordable for low-income and disadvantaged communities.
- CCIA: Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (66.960) - Part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction fund, this program provided clean energy funds and technical assistance to underserved and disdavantaged neighborhoods
- NCIF: National Clean Investment Fund (66.957) - Part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction fund, this program created national clean financing institutions to provide loans, loan guarantees, and other financial products to help accelerate the transition to clean energy.
Importantly, we have not yet included reinstated grants in our data. We know there have been reinstated EPA grants, but correctly determining their current status is tricky since grants can go through multiple rounds of termination and reinstatement. We are working on implementing this and will post an update once reinstatements are accounted for.
As always, if you notice any issues or mistakes in our data, please let us know at info@grant-witness.us.