American Water is pleased to offer assistance to community partners to help make a positive impact on the environment, and they encourage you to apply.
Donor Name: American Water
State: Selected States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Environmental Grant Program offers funding for innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect the watersheds, surface water and groundwater supplies in their local communities.
Funding Information
Maximum grant amount: $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for Environmental Grant funding, a proposed project must be:
- Located within an American Water service area
- Completed between May and November of the grant funding year
- Be a new or innovative community initiative, or serve as significant expansion to an existing program.
Last year, American Water and it state subsidiaries funded 49 projects that were awarded grants totaling $188,000.
Eligible States California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Grant Selection Criteria
- Clarity of project goals and projected impact.
- Innovation and strength of project design.
- Nature and strength of collaboration with other community and/or municipal organizations.
- Likelihood of project’s sustainability after the American Water funding ends.
- Evidence of community engagement.
- Plan for assessing the project’s impact and capacity to measure project outcomes. Assessment of budget as reasonable and cost-efficient.
For more information, visit Environmental Grant Program.
