The Laura Jane Musser Fund awards grants to assist public or not-for-profit entities to initiate or implement projects that enhance the ecological integrity of publicly owned open spaces, while encouraging compatible human activities.
Donor Name: Laura Jane Musser Fund
State: Selected States
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $35,000
Details:
The Fund’s goal is to promote public use of open space that improves a community’s quality of life and public health, while also ensuring the protection of healthy, viable and sustainable ecosystems by protecting or restoring habitat for a diversity of plant and animal species.
They encourage the use of a community- based approach with broad and active local stakeholder participation in both planning and implementation stages of projects concerning the environmental preservation and sustainable use of public open spaces. It has been our experience that projects designed through this process have a greater chance of acceptance and lasting success.
Projects must demonstrate:
- A Clear stakeholder involvement and contribution plan
- A Plan for the long term financial and environmental sustainability of the proposed program
Funding Information
- Planning (up to $8,000) Planning grant applications must demonstrate commitment to a broad-based, active community process for the design and use of local publicly-owned open spaces.
- Implementation (Up to $35,000) Implementation grant applications must demonstrate clear evidence of local community active participation and support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit 501(c) (3) organizations (organizations with fiscal sponsors are not eligible)
- Local units of Government
Geographic Limitation
- Only programs in Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wyoming, and limited counties in New York and Texas may apply.
- Eligible counties in New York include: Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster. Eligible counties in Texas are located in the Rio Grande River Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties), Deep East Texas (Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties), and the Brazos Valley (Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and Washington counties).
For more information, visit Laura Jane Musser Fund.
