NOTICE: The Community Engineering Corps (CECorps) Program is now known as EWB-USA's U.S. Community Program
If you have been directed here while trying to reach communityengineeringcorps.org, it is because the program formerly known as Community Engineering Corps was fully integrated into Engineers Without Borders USA, in both name and brand, in 2025. This change was made because, as the program grew, it became clear that this integration would allow us to deepen our impact and provide more sustained, consistent support to the communities we partner with.
While the structure has evolved, our mission hasn't changed: pairing volunteer engineering expertise with the communities that need it most.
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) creates local impact through our U.S. Community Program. We build on partnerships to deliver pro-bono consulting services to under-resourced communities across the U.S., its Territories, and Tribal Entities to ensure that lack of engineering support doesn’t stand in the way of communities overcoming infrastructure inequities. Our vision is to build a future where everyone has access to critical infrastructure for thriving communities and opportunities.
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN Infrastructure Solutions
288 Projects All-Time
45 U.S. States and Territories Impacted
Around the United States, many communities don’t have the resources needed to address pressing infrastructure challenges that impact their day-to-day lives. Even when grant funding is available, many struggle to obtain it without engineering experts in their corner to guide them. That’s where EWB-USA's US Community Program comes in.
Through EWB-USA, we’re actively partnering with communities to co-create pathways to address their critical infrastructure challenges. Our work creates lasting impact— strengthening community infrastructure and empowering residents for generations to come.
Together, we are creating a world where communities lead, where resilience is built into every system, and where partnerships foster a future of hope, dignity, and strength.
Working to support communities
The path to turning on a faucet or building a road often starts with a vision. But it can be a long journey, full of potholes and crumbling concrete. Communities need an expert partner to help them navigate the process.
There may be funding, but it takes resources and expertise to access that money. Identifying a problem and developing a plan to solve it requires engineering resources many can’t keep on staff. How do you get $100,000 or more in engineering services when you can’t afford it?
Engineers Without Borders USA partners with communities to turn visions into plans. Our engineer-volunteers and industry experts collaborate with leaders and residents to bridge the gap between dreams and dollars.
Once they’ve unlocked funding, they can transform their communities, and the lives of the people who call them home.
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$ 62 Million OF FUNDING WON OR LEVERAGES FOR COMMUNITIES IN NEED
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270 + PRO-BONO ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS PROVIDED
Our work focuses primarily on the following project types:
Wastewater
Wastewater projects may evaluate sewer and treatment plants for centralized or decentralized systems, address compliance issues, or develop engineering reports.
Our Services
Advisory
Provide engineering expert advice and feedback on how to improve, repair and manage infrastructure systems in place.
Preliminary Engineering Reports
Develop a Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) that outlines alternatives solutions and costs of infrastructure improvement.
Pre-Design
Develop conceptual/preliminary engineering designs (appx 30% designs depending on the size of the project) to be utilized for funding opportunities.
Analysis and assessment
Review of existing infrastructure conditions or existing designs that could benefit from additional expertise, including feasibility studies.
cost estimate
Provide an engineering and/or construction cost estimate for infrastructure improvements.
training and knowledge transfer
Provide training and documents to increase engineering, operation, and maintenance knowledge.
ARE YOU A COMMUNITY
We accept applications form community-based organizations that have demostrated need in one or more of our six project types.
