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FIRM QUALIFICATIONS Grant Funded Projects Unlocking funds to deliver your best tomorrow. A well-defined funding strategy is essential to the success and sustainability of any project. It provides a clear roadmap for decision-making, resource allocation, and goal setting, ensuring that all efforts are aligned. GRANT FUNDING At the beginning of every year, we gather the team and talk about each client and every potential project to develop a draft funding strategy. What worked in past years, are there new funding opportunities, are there new guidelines, how can we SERVICES make each application more competitive? These are just a few • Proactively identify your of the questions asked. best opportunities Success related to our strategy was realized in 2024, when • Leverage our relationships approximately 50% of the total funding requested was awarded to obtain the right funding to the municipalities we work with, for a total of $37 million resources in grant funding through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation alone. Many of the projects included co- • Plan early, assemble the pieces funding through other State and Federal agencies including and move confidently through the USDA-Rural Development and NYSDEC Water Quality the process Improvements Program. • Eliminate uncertainty and Recognizing that “not every shoe fits” is critical to developing confusion a funding strategy that truly aligns with each project we work on. To adhere to this, the team at CPL has recognized the • Save substantial time and capital importance of not just being aware of the various funding programs, but of becoming experts and being connected to • Realize your community’s each program that is available. These agencies and programs best tomorrow include: • New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation o Engineering Planning Grant o Water Infrastructure Improvement Act o Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants o Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund o Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund o Green Innovation Grant Program o Green Resiliency Grants Approximately $37M in • United States Rural Development o Rural Utilities Service Water and Environmental Programs grants were awarded to • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation o Water Quality Improvement Project our communities in 2024 • NYS Office of Homes and Community Renewal o Community Development Block Grant 14 Page 84 of 301