Deadline- December 7, 2012
Countries/Region- U.S
The Chesapeake Bay Trust provides funding to promotes public awareness and participation in the restoration under protection grant program.
Since 1985, the Trust has awarded over $40 million in grants to schools, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies throughout Maryland.
The Trust is supported by purchases of the Treasure the Chesapeake license plates, the Chesapeake Bay Fund tax check-off option on the Maryland State income tax form, donations from individuals, and partnerships with government agencies and corporations. The Trust greatly appreciates the support that makes our programs possible.
The Restoration Grant Program seeks to increase public awareness and public involvement in a wide array of activities that work to restore and protect the Bay and its rivers. The Grant Program was established to provide accessible funds to organizations and agencies for demonstration-scale, community-based, on-the-ground restoration projects.
All projects should have three goals:
- Accomplish on-the-ground restoration projects that will result in improvements in watershed health, either through habitat enhancement or water quality improvement;
- Provide demonstration-scale restoration projects that can be used to showcase potential of a restoration technique; and
- Engage the public in restoration activities and promote awareness of bay restoration, both short-term (during the project period), through volunteer or stewardship activities directly related to the project; and long-term (post-project period), through stewardship activities and/or interpretive signage.
Criteria-
- The Trust supports restoration efforts that are described in the context of a watershed or subwatershed approach and that engage and connect to the local community. The advantage of a watershed approach is that relevance, cost-effectiveness, and prioritization of a specific project or project site can be compared to that of others. Therefore, applicants proposing projects that are specifically identified in or based on a local watershed plan, Watershed Restoration Action Strategy (WRAS), or other scientifically-based watershed planning process are permitted to request up to $50,000 for a given project.
- For projects that are not based on a watershed plan, the maximum request is $25,000. For assistance in determining whether applicants watershed has a plan, please visit the Trust’s inventory of watershed plans at their website.
Eligibility-
- 501(c)3 Private Nonprofit Organizations
- Faith-based organizations
- Community Associations
- Service, Youth, and Civic Groups
- Municipal, County, Regional, State, Federal Public Agencies
- Soil/Water Conservation Districts & Resource Conservation and Development Councils
- Forestry Boards & Tributary Teams
- Public and Independent Higher Educational Institutions
Tenure-
Projects should be completed within approximately one year upon receipt of the grant award.
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