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Methodology Guide: Benefit-Cost Analysis

NOAA document explaining benefit-cost analysis.
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Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit

This guidance aims to improve projects' fundability.
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Climate Resilience Toolkit: Funding and Capacity resources

A compendium of funding opportunities, including federal, nonprofit, and philanthropic foundation-driven opportunities.
Climate Resilience in Multifamily Affordable Housing

Understanding Valuing and Financing climate resilience in affordable housing

Residents and lenders play a role in building climate resilience for multifamily, affordable housing.

There are a number of large federal programs that are often used to fund adaptation projects, such as FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grants, funding can also be available through state agencies, private foundations, and increasingly through private investment. Municipal bonds are often used, particularly when the resilience project is infrastructure-focused.

While funding is available for a wide variety of projects and processes, finding funding is facilitated when projects: 

  1. have clearly-defined outcomes that are expected to lead to increased resilience,
  2. include a robust community engagement plan,
  3. explicitly incorporate consideration of equity throughout the process, and
  4. prioritize nature-based solutions. 

Explore the Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit here. 

Unfortunately, there is not yet a single searchable resource to help find funding sources. However, for infrastructure-based projects, there is a searchable resource, the Local Infrastructure Hub, to help communities find funding resources related to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit also has many useful resources.

NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) may have resources available. For example, the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative awarded community grants in 2023 to support justice-focused, environmental, and climate projects that advance community-centered resilience priorities. Check with your regional CAP program to see if there are current funding opportunities available.