The Atlantic City Electric and Sustainable Jersey are pleased to announce the fourth year of the Sustainable Communities Grant Program.
Donor Name: Sustainable Jersey
State: New Jersey
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/29/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Atlantic City Electric values the environment and is always working toward delivering a cleaner and brighter future for communities. That is why it is contributing $50,000 to support municipal environmental stewardship and resiliency projects in its service territory. Grants to support environmental stewardship and resiliency will be awarded.
Environmental Stewardship Grants: These grants are intended to help municipalities plan for, protect and improve public spaces such as local parks, natural areas, and recreation resources. In addition, grants can be used in combination with other funding sources to cover a portion of the expenses associated with developing and/or supporting their open space programs not otherwise covered by state or county programs.
Resiliency Grants: These grants will support projects that enhance a municipality’s capacity to prevent and respond to catastrophic events and emergencies.
Funding Information
- Atlantic City Electric has provided $275,000
- Environmental Stewardship Grants
- Eight (8) $5,000 grants
- Resiliency Grants
- Two (2) $5,000 grant
- The grants will have a 12-month performance period.
Eligible Activities
- Environmental Stewardship Grants
- Developing or updating open space plans
- Improving applicant-owned open spaces such as meadows, woodlands, and riparian buffers or capital improvements for passive recreation such as installing recreation trails, boardwalks, informational kiosks, and observation platforms
- Acquisition of parcels of land to be used for open space or conservation easements.
- Resiliency Grants
- Implementation of strategies to minimize the impact of severe weather events, natural disaster or other emergencies impacting the environment
- Emergency operations planning, training, and community outreach
- Purchase of supplies and equipment needed to respond to emergencies including energy storage and stationary or mobile solar.
Eligible Expenses
- Environmental Stewardship Grants
- Professional service fees
- Costs associated with obtaining public input on plans such as hall rental, advertising, printing
- Materials and equipment
- Expenses that support the acquisition (by purchase or donation) of open space or conservation easements such as land cost, development rights, legal or consultant fees, surveying, environmental assessments, appraisals, etc.
- Resiliency Grants
Eligibility Criteria
- Municipalities not meeting the following eligibility rules are not eligible to apply for a grant.
- Sustainable Jersey staff will verify the information provided. Applicants that do not meet the eligibility requirements will not be considered for an award.
- To be eligible to apply for a grant in this cycle, the following requirements must be met:
- It is a New Jersey municipality located in Atlantic City Electric service territory
- The applicant must either be registered or certified with the Sustainable Jersey program.
For more information, visit Sustainable Jersey.
