The 2022 Healing the Planet Grant Program, funded by The GIANT Company, is a competitive grant for tax-exempt organizations that aims to improve the health and quality of waterways which will help protect water resources and improve the overall health of communities.
Donor Name: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
State: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
County: Selected Counties
City: Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, and Winchester
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/28/2022
Grants Size: $10,000
Details:
The Healing the Planet Grant Program, funded by the GIANT Company, aims to support water conservation efforts across The GIANT Company’s operating area in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.
Eligible projects must be shovel ready with any required permits already secured. Eligible projects include: stream health and water quality monitoring activities, marine debris removal, storm water/MS4 education initiatives, lake/pond ecology, watershed education activities, watershed landscape measures, rain gardens, streambank restoration, erosion control, AMD remediation, rain barrels, pollution abatement and source water protection.
Eligible expenses, include but are not limited to: direct project costs, water sampling equipment, marine debris removal equipment, storm water marking items, pollution abatement technology, invasive removal equipment, signage, education expenses associated with water conservation, stream cleanup waste/tire disposal, work gloves, safety vests and trash bags. A maximum of 10% staff time can be included.
Funding Information
Applications will be accepted for $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000. Interested applicants that have smaller projects that do not meet the minimum grant of $2,500 are encouraged to expand the scope of their project or partner with another organization. Applications for less than $2,500 will not be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be any tax-exempt organization including nonprofit organizations, conservation districts, schools, churches, local and county governments, etc. EIN must be provided.
- Eligible projects must be located in areas where The GIANT Company operates stores within Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia or West Virginia. Applicants can reside outside of the target locations but the project MUST be in the below locations. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
- Maryland: Alleghany, Carroll, Cecil and Washington counties.
- Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union and York counties.
- Virginia: Clarke, Culpeper, Frederick and Warren counties. Also the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro and Winchester.
- West Virginia: Berkeley, Jefferson and Mineral counties.
- Eligible projects must be shovel ready with any required permits already secured. Eligible projects include: stream health and water quality monitoring activities, marine debris removal, storm water/MS4 education initiatives, lake/pond ecology, watershed education activities, watershed landscape measures, rain gardens, streambank restoration, erosion control, AMD remediation, rain barrels, pollution abatement and source water protection.
- Eligible expenses, include but are not limited to: direct project costs, water sampling equipment, marine debris removal equipment, storm water marking items, pollution abatement technology, invasive removal equipment, signage, education expenses associated with water conservation, stream cleanup waste/tire disposal, work gloves, safety vests and trash bags. A maximum of 10% staff time can be included.
- Non-eligible projects include, but are not limited to: flood mitigation efforts, projects requiring heavy equipment, stream permits or water recreation activities (kayaking, fishing, waterway access, etc.).
- Non-eligible expenses include, but are not limited to: indirect or direct overhead costs, general office supplies, scholarships, financial awards, fundraising events, permitting costs or conferences and seminars.
- Non-eligible project expenses include, but are not limited to: kayaks, canoes, boats, fishing equipment and materials to build access for water recreational purposes, such as lumber or concrete for docks.
For more information, visit Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.
