The Community Engagement and Restoration Mini Grant Program is designed to support activities that enhance communities, engage residents, and improve natural resources.
Donor Name: Chesapeake Bay Trust
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: up to $145,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Through this funding opportunity, the Trust seeks to engage new applicants and organizations from diverse communities in small-scale projects that enhance communities, engage residents, and, ultimately, improve natural resources.
Among the Trust’s core values are diversity and inclusion: They feel that a broad range of communities can benefit from healthy natural resources, even if their primary focus is on other issues. Human health, the economy, jobs, community livability, education and their children are all connected with a healthy environment.
As a result, the Trust is investing in grants primarily to new applicants who have yet to frequently engage with the Trust. Their goals are to:
- Provide funding to groups that have traditionally been under-engaged with environmental issues, but who have a project idea that benefits both their communities and natural resources, such as native wildlife (birds, pollinators, and other species), greenery in local parks, rural or urban forests, streams, rivers, and other natural spaces;
- Engage residents in community-based protection and restoration; and
- Introduce the grant lifecycle to applicants who may not be experienced in applying for grants and managing the awards.
Funding Information
- The Trust anticipates funds available in FY23 of up to $145,000
- Projects must be completed within 12 months upon receipt of the award.
Eligibility Criteria
- In an effort to provide funding to diverse groups that have traditionally been under-engaged with environmental issues or are new to applying for and managing grants, only applicants who have received three awards or fewer from the Trust in the past are eligible to apply.
- Applications are particularly encouraged from organizations who have never received a grant from the Trust. Applicants that have received four or more awards from the Trust but last applied eight or more years ago prior to the application submission date will be eligible to be considered through the Community Engagement and Restoration Mini Grant Program. Sponsorships and Chesapeake Conservation Corps awards are not counted towards the eligibility cap.
- The Trust welcomes requests from the following organizations:
- 501(c)3 Private Nonprofits;
- Faith-based;
- Community and Homeowners Associations;
- Service, Youth, and Civic Groups; and/or
- Municipal, County, Regional, State, Federal Public Agencies.
For more information, visit CBT.
