Assistance Listing 66.045
Clean School BUS Program
Environmental Protection Agency · Environmental Protection Agency
The verdict for a small nonprofit
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 97% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead.
Based on 67 new awards in FY2024–25. The median award is $11,157,500. Expect about 120 days between posting and deadline.
- First-time winners
- 100%
- of new awards, last 3 FYs
- Nonprofit share
- 3%
- 0% higher ed · 54% gov't
- Under-$1M orgs
- n/a
- revenue join unavailable
- Median award
- $11M
- $7.5M – $15M middle half
- New awards, FY2025
- 2
- $22M committed to them
- Usually posts
- Apr
- one-time · 120-day window
Open right now under this program
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Who won in FY2025
Largest recipients by dollars. From USAspending.
| Recipient | Type | State | Awards | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Student, INC. | Business | OH | 6 | $141,106,392 |
| Highland CSB 1, LLC | Business | MA | 5 | $103,141,535 |
| RWC International LLC | Business | AZ | 2 | $25,050,000 |
| The Lion Electric CO USA INC | Business | DE | 1 | $38,146,757 |
| Dattco INC | Other | MA | 1 | $33,299,750 |
| Bird BUS Corp | Business | NY | 1 | $31,597,733 |
| New York City School BUS Umbrella Services INC | Nonprofit | NY | 1 | $29,500,000 |
| ZUM Services, INC | Business | CA | 1 | $26,579,482 |
| Board of Education City of Chicago | Government | IL | 1 | $20,285,017 |
| Dekalb County Board of Education | Government | GA | 1 | $20,139,250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65 | $910M | $12M | $6.3M – $20M |
| 2025 | 2 | $22M | $11M | $7.5M – $15M |
Past rounds
Every announcement under this listing that Grants.gov still lists. Use it to plan next year.
| Posted | Closed | Window | Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-08-22 | 120 d | EPA-OAR-OTAQ-23-06 · 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Grant Program |
Common questions
How hard is it to win a grant under 66.045?
Rarely funds nonprofits directly. 97% of awards go to governments and other applicants, so look for a subrecipient or partner role instead. Based on 67 new awards in FY2024–25. The median award is $11,157,500. Expect about 120 days between posting and deadline.
How much does Clean School BUS Program award?
In FY2025 the median new award was $11M; the middle half ran from $7.5M to $15M. 2 new awards were made, with $22M committed to them.
When does 66.045 usually post?
Over the last several years, new rounds most often posted in Apr with about 120 days to apply. The most recent round posted Apr 24, 2023.
Who runs this program?
Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Protection Agency). Assistance Listing 66.045 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 50% 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.