2025 Environmental Grant Program – Connecticut - fundsforNGOs

The Rockfall Foundation’s 2025 Annual Environmental Grants Program, available to non-profit organizations, municipalities, and schools.

Donor Name: Rockfall Foundation

State: Connecticut

Town: Selected Towns

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 11/07/2024

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

The Environmental Grants are for projects and programs that support the environment through conservation, preservation, restoration, or education in the Lower Connecticut River Valley, including Middlesex County and Lyme and Old Lyme.

Types of Programs

Types of programs, projects and initiatives that are funded include:

environmental education
responsible environmental planning
preservation of the Connecticut River Watershed
innovative solutions to waste stream management and pollution
open space acquisition
environmental justice
or anything consistent with the priorities.

Funding Priorities

Preservation – work to protect ecosystems, species, and other irreplaceable elements of the region’s natural heritage.
Conservation – work to minimize the use of finite natural resources and the negative impacts on ecosystems and communities.
Restoration – work to re-establish the healthy functions of an ecosystem or parts of ecosystems.
Education – work to foster a stronger awareness and understanding of environmental and sustainability issues.

Funding Information

Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000.

Grant Period

Projects should be for a period no greater than 12 months and begin no later than July 1, 2025 (may include a planning phase).

The Foundation Funds

Programs, projects, or capacity building initiatives within one or more of the Foundation’s priority areas are eligible for funding. Annual grants support both ongoing programs and start-up initiatives. The Foundation’s grants often provide critical seed money and support for groups that do not have large budgets or staff. Ideally, these grants can be leveraged to attract additional funders.
Funding for materials, transportation, program/presenter fees, intern stipends and similar items are eligible. Items such as food, regular operating expenses (e.g. insurance, rent, and other overhead), indirect labor, salaries and benefits are not generally funded, but may be considered for organizations under financial hardship. Funding must be applied to the items/activities described in the application form. Substitutions are not permitted unless prior approval has been obtained.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible projects are those that support the environment through preservation, conservation, restoration or education.
Organizations certified as 501(c)(3) nonprofits, towns, and schools are eligible to apply. Prospective applicants who do not meet this eligibility requirement may partner with an eligible entity as a co-applicant in order to comply. A letter of agreement of this partnership from the host entity must be included with the application, stating that they agree to be equally responsible for compliance with all grant requirements.
Organizations or projects must be based in one of the focus towns: Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Middlefield, Middletown, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, or Westbrook. Proposals that focus on the Connecticut River corridor or Long Island Sound will be considered as long as there is a demonstrated impact in at least one of the focus towns.

Applications are rated on the following criteria: