A partnership between Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation offering grants to help local groups keep Ohio’s waters healthy and clean.
Donor Name: Western Reserve Land Conservancy
State: Ohio
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 12 Months
Details:
In 2015, Dominion Energy and Western Reserve Land Conservancy teamed up to create a grant program, one similar to a program Dominion Energy has been doing with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for more than 10 years. Understanding that many watershed groups work with a skeleton staff on very limited budgets, their hope is the Watershed Mini Grant Program helps fill a void and reduce some of the financial burdens these small watershed groups face. Grants are made available to eligible watershed groups for activities designed to promote and maintain the health of Ohio watersheds.
Protecting the watersheds is vital. Watershed groups provide an important service to the larger community by recognizing potential threats, devising plans, taking corrective actions and educating the public. Water quality can be affected by many things – human and non-human – but habitat degradation and nonpoint source pollution are two of the biggest continuing problems. The quality of water is affected by alterations to the land – mining, roadways, agriculture, urban development, deforestation, and the everyday activities of the people within the watershed.
As Ohio’s largest land trust, Western Reserve Land Conservancy believes it is their responsibility to support organizations whose mission and values are similar to theirs. They are excited to once again offer these grants, thanks to the tremendous support from Dominion Energy and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. Through this program we hope to foster long lasting relationships with working watershed groups across the state of Ohio.
Funding Information
- Marketing, Promotions and Outreach (maximum request amount $1,500)
- Healthy Watershed Projects (maximum request amount $2,500)
- Spotlight Project (maximum request amount $5,000)
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals will be accepted from working watershed groups only and must be located within the state of Ohio and within a county served by Dominion Energy or the Land Conservancy.
- To be eligible for the Spotlight Award, applicants must be located in a county served by both the Land Conservancy and Dominion Energy.
- Only projects and/or project components that are not yet completed are eligible to apply.
- Projects must be completed and grant funds expended no later than 12 months from the grant award date. Subsequent grant awards may be dependent on satisfactory reporting from previous grants.
- Be based in one of the following counties: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Guernsey, Hardin, Harrison, Holmes, Huron, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Mercer, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble, Ottawa, Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Sandusky, Shelby, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Van Wert, Washington, Wayne, and Wood.
- Be a qualified nonprofit, tax exempt organization with a Federal Tax ID Number OR be working with a qualified nonprofit or County Soil and Water Conservation District acting as a Fiscal Sponsor to administer grant funds.
For more information, visit Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
