The Outreach and Restoration Grant Program is a partnership between the Chesapeake Bay Trust and BGE an Exelon Company, Charles County, the City of Baltimore Department of Public Works, the City of Gaithersburg, the City of Rockville, the City of Salisbury, Harford County, Howard County, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration, Queen Anne’s County, and Tradepoint Atlantic.
Donor Name: Chesapeake Bay Trust
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/03/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $125,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
This grant program encourages outreach, community engagement activities, and on-the-ground restoration projects that increase knowledge, change behavior, and accelerate stewardship of natural resources that involve residents in restoring local green spaces, waterways, and natural resources.
The Outreach and Restoration Grant Program aims to engage a diverse range of organizations, both with community-related missions and environmental-focused missions, to implement community-led stewardship efforts that will increase public understanding of environmental challenges and solutions; address community environmental health disparities, implement demonstration-scale, community-inspired, on-the-ground restoration projects; and expand the base of public support necessary to advance the restoration and protection of Maryland’s bays, tributaries, and other natural resources.
All projects should meet one or both of the following goals:
- Engage members of a specific audience in community sustainability and environmental health issues through knowledge building or behavior change efforts.
- Accomplish on-the-ground restoration that will result in improvements to the health of a Maryland natural resource, either through water quality improvement or habitat enhancement.
Funding Information
This grant program welcomes applications for projects in the state of Maryland. Applicants can request funds from one of the following tracks.
- Track 1: Outreach/Knowledge Building Projects (up to $50,000)
- Track 2: Behavior Change Projects (up to $75,000)
- Track 3: Restoration Projects (up to $100,000)
- Track 4: Outreach and Restoration Projects (up to $125,000)
Project Timeline
Projects must be completed within one to two years upon receipt of the award. Project timelines that exceed 18 months must be justified in the project narrative component of the application. Requests to extend the project completion period will be reviewed and considered on a case-by-case basis.
Eligible Project Locations
This grant program funds projects throughout the entire state of Maryland. Funding for this program comes from several different partners, each of whom are looking for projects within their specific locations and areas of focus. Funding partners are seeking projects in Charles County, the City of Baltimore, the City of Gaithersburg, the City of Rockville, the City of Salisbury, Harford County, Howard County, Queen Anne’s County, southeast and southwest Baltimore County.
Eligibility Criteria
The Trust and our funding partners welcome requests from the following applicants:
- 501(c)3 Private Nonprofit Organizations
- Faith-based Organizations
- Community and Homeowners Associations
- Service, Youth, and Civic Groups
- Federal, State, Regional, County, and Municipal Public Agencies
- Soil/Water Conservation Districts & Resource Conservation and Development Councils
- Forestry Boards
- Public and Independent Higher Educational Institutions
For more information, visit Outreach and Restoration Grant.
