This Request for Proposals is for the Volunteer Stream Cleanup Program (VSCP) grants (formerly known as the Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Program; VRSCCP) offered under the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) volunteer water quality program.
Donor Name: Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps)
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 to $5,000
Grant Duration: 3 months
Details:
MiCorps VSCP provides small grants to local units of government to help implement trash cleanup of rivers, streams, and creeks to improve the waters in Michigan. Local units of government may partner with nonprofit organizations or other volunteer groups to carry out the cleanups.
Funding Information
Grant request amounts may range from $500 to $5,000.
Grant period will begin after contract execution (likely in June 2023) and run until September 30, 2023.
Fundable Activity
Volunteer stream cleanup activities are the removal of non-natural trash from the water, along the banks, and generally within fifty feet of the water’s edge.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, applicants must meet all the following:
- Local units of government are eligible to receive grant funding. A local unit of government is defined as any of the following: a county, city, village, or township or an agency thereof; a county drain commissioner’s office; a conservation district established under Part 93, Soil Conservation Districts, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA), 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.9301 to 324.9313; a watershed council established under Part 311 of the NREPA, MCL 324.31101 to 324.31119; a local health department as defined in Section 1105 of the Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1105; a community college or junior college established pursuant to Section 7 of Article VIII of the State Constitution of 1963; or a four-year institution of higher education, public or private, located in this state; or an authority or other public body created by or pursuant to state law [MCL 257.811(i)(4), revised January 1, 2007]. Local units of government may partner with nonprofit or other volunteer organizations to carry out the cleanups.
- Supply proof of a successful financial audit of the applicant organization conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards for a period ending within the two years immediately preceding the RFP due date, as demonstrated by an Independent Auditor’s Report signed by a Certified Public Accountant from a Comprehensive Annual Report. Note: The audit date (on or after March 7, 2021) is based on the audit period and not the date of the audit or the audit letter.
- Must not have had a grant revoked or terminated or demonstrated an inability to manage a grant or meet the obligations in a project contract within the 24-month period immediately preceding the application.
- Entities that do not meet the requirements above may partner with an eligible local unit of government (defined above) that will serve as the primary applicant and fiduciary agent for the grant.
For more information, visit MiCorps.
