Assistance Listing 12.600
Community Investment
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation · Department of Defense
The verdict for a small nonprofit
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 93% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead.
Based on 55 new awards in FY2023–25. The median award is $8,030,235. Expect about 67 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- 86%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 7%
- 12% higher ed · 79% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- n/a
- revenue join unavailable
- Median award
- $8.0M
- $2.7M – $49M middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 9
- $259M committed to them
- Usually posts
- May
- irregular · 67-day window
Open right now under this program
1 opportunity · from Grants.gov, checked every 10 minutes
| Deadline | Opportunity | Expected awards |
|---|---|---|
| Forecastdeadline TBA | DRAFT Community Noise Mitigation ProgramOLDCC-23-F-0003 | — |
Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii State Department of Education | Government | HI | 3 | $119,252,304 |
| Geary County Unified School District #475 | Government | KS | 3 | $38,533,601 |
| School Dist #201 Island County | Government | WA | 2 | $136,976,834 |
| Altus Public Schools | Government | OK | 2 | $52,353,343 |
| Albuquerque Public School District | Government | NM | 2 | $42,764,207 |
| Plaquemines Parish Government | Government | LA | 2 | $19,518,600 |
| Anchorage, Municipality of (INC) | Government | AK | 2 | $16,158,588 |
| Guam Waterworks Authority | Government | GU | 2 | $2,656,974 |
| Hillsborough County School District | Government | FL | 1 | $86,374,326 |
| San Diego Unified School District | Government | CA | 1 | $78,188,734 |
New awards by fiscal year
Awards first made in each fiscal year; dollars are the total committed to that year's new awards over their life.
| FY | New awards | Committed | Median | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $144M | $5.0M | $3.1M – $6.0M |
| 2022 | 29 | $252M | $4.7M | $2.0M – $5.3M |
| 2023 | 37 | $312M | $5.0M | $1.5M – $7.0M |
| 2024 | 9 | $331M | $37M | $5.8M – $66M |
| 2025 | 9 | $259M | $8.0M | $2.7M – $49M |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-14 | forecast | — | OLDCC-23-F-0003 · DRAFT Community Noise Mitigation Program |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-06-26 | 63 d | OLDCC-23-F-0002 · Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-06-23 | 91 d | OLDCC-23-F-0001 · Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program |
| 2022-05-20 | 2022-07-19 | 60 d | OLDCC-22-F-0001 · Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program |
| 2022-05-09 | 2022-07-18 | 70 d | OLDCC-22-F-0002 · Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program |
| 2021-05-18 | 2021-07-12 | 55 d | OLDCC-21-F-0002 · Defense Community Infrastructure Program |
| 2021-04-16 | 2021-06-15 | 60 d | OLDCC-21-F-0001 · Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program |
| 2020-06-11 | 2020-07-12 | 31 d | OEA-20-F-0004 · Defense Manufacturing Communities Support Program |
| 2020-05-26 | 2020-06-26 | 31 d | OEA-20-F-0003 · Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 12.600?
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 93% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead. Based on 55 new awards in FY2023–25. The median award is $8,030,235. Expect about 67 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Community Investment award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $8.0M; the middle half ran from $2.7M to $49M. 9 new awards were made, with $259M committed to them.
When does 12.600 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in May with about 67 days to apply. The most recent round posted Apr 24, 2023.
Who runs this program?
Department of Defense (Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation). Assistance Listing 12.600 on SAM.gov describes the authorizing statute and standard terms.
Sources: USAspending FY2021–25 award archive (2026-10-06); Grants.gov Search2 (fetched 2026-10-28); IRS EO BMF (fetched 2026-10-28). Award counts are new awards by fiscal year of first action. Shares are computed from award counts, not dollars; the under-$1M share covers the 33% of nonprofit awards that matched an IRS revenue record. Recipient type comes from the award record's business-type codes. Always confirm details in the official announcement.