The Natural Resources Conservation Service, an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture, is announcing potential availability of agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources to promote public awareness of Farm Bill activities throughout Maryland.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
Proposals are requested that include:
Conservation Outreach
- Increase general and/or targeted engagement with conservation services, technical assistance, education, and resource concern solutions beyond current limits with a focus on ensuring efforts reach and are customized for marginalized groups. Engagement should include elements that can be measured by a successful call to action.
- Examples: marketing campaigns, (digital marketing, business to business marketing, social media marketing, influencer marketing, etc.), trainings, workshops, etc.
- Expand information and awareness of conservation services, technical assistance, education, and resource concern solutions beyond current limits with a focus on ensuring efforts reach and are customized for marginalized individuals and groups. Examples- Create outreach materials, host events, school, and university activities.
Funding Information
- The Federal funding agency expects to award approximately $500,000.
- The estimated funding floor for this opportunity is $25,000, and the estimated funding ceiling is $250,000 (for each project).
Project Period
Projects may be between 1 (one) and 5 (five) years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
