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2022 Land and Climate Catalyst Planning Grants

The Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute are pleased to announce the 2022 Land and Climate Grant Program.

Donor Name: Open Space Institute

States: Selected States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/08/2022

Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $15,000

Grant Duration: 1 year

Details:

The program aims to support and build the capacity of land trusts and other groups that conserve and steward land to integrate climate change into land protection and management decisions.

The program will support the development of climate-informed land conservation, stewardship, or communications plans that address one or more of the following issues: habitat resilience, carbon mitigation, or community adaptation to climate impacts such as stronger storms, flooding, drought, and fire, or extreme heat.

Projects should achieve one or more of the following deliverables:

  • Land protection plans: Incorporate climate science into new or existing strategic conservation plans that target land protection for climate adaptation or mitigation.
  • Management plans: Incorporate climate science into land stewardship or management plans to address adaptation and/or mitigation strategies.
  • Communications plans: Develop a comprehensive climate communication strategy that promotes the adaptation and mitigation goals of the organization and its conservation or stewardship plans.

Opportunity

Through the program, Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute will award $300,000 to support projects and/or provide technical support to qualified applicants in the 2022 grant round.

  • Planning grants: Applicants can apply for grants of between $5,000 – $15,000 through a common application process.
  • Land trust technical support: One-on-one technical support is available to assist land trusts in developing climate-informed strategic conservation or communications plans.

Grant Period

  • Projects must begin in 2022 and be completed within 12 months.

Eligible Use of Fund

The grants may be used to cover costs associated with the development of strategic conservation plans or land management plans as described above or to develop internal policies, procedures, and communications in support of this work. Eligible costs include, but are not limited to staff time, travel, indirect costs (up to 15%), and project consultants.

Eligibility Criteria

Land Trust Alliance grants and technical support

  • Land Trust Alliance member land trusts and Affiliate state land trust associations are eligible to apply for planning grants and technical support.
  • Applicants must have been a qualified organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for at least two years, or, in the case of Affiliate member state land trust associations, have an established fiduciary meeting this qualification.
  • Applicants must be current members in good standing of the Land Trust Alliance.
  • Preference is given to accredited land trusts and organizations with a board-approved plan to pursue accreditation.
  • Geographic Eligibility: Nation-wide, with the following exception: Due to extensive investments in climate planning through the Alliance’s Pacific Northwest Resilient Landscapes Initiative, projects based in OR, WA and ID are not eligible for this round of funding.

Open Space Institute

  • The following entities are eligible to apply for Open Space Institute grants:
    • 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations or organizations that otherwise fulfill a similar not-for-profit charitable purpose
    • State or federally recognized Tribes
  • Geographic Eligibility: OSI will consider applications from the following Eastern U.S. states: AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV.
  • OSI will award grants to support strategic conservation and land stewardship plans that address climate resilience with a preference for projects that integrate forest carbon and/or flood hazard mitigation.
  • Dedicated funds are available for projects located in the Delaware River Basin that address flooding or other climate impacts on water quality.

For more information, visit 2022 Land and Climate Catalyst Planning Grant.

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