2025 Sustainable Communities Grant Program – New Jersey - fundsforNGOs

The Atlantic City Electric and Sustainable Jersey is pleased to announce the Sustainable Communities Grant Program.

Donor Name: Sustainable Jersey

State: New Jersey

County: Atlantic County (NJ), Burlington County (NJ), Camden County (NJ), Cape May County (NJ), Cumberland County (NJ), Gloucester County (NJ), Ocean County (NJ), Salem County (NJ)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/30/2025

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

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Types of Grants

Environmental Stewardship Grants
- The Environmental Stewardship Grants are intended to help municipalities plan for, protect and improve public spaces such as local parks, natural areas, and recreation resources. In addition, grants can be used in combination with other funding sources to cover a portion of the expenses associated with developing and/or supporting their open space programs not otherwise covered by state or county programs. Five (5) $5,000 grants will be awarded.
Resiliency Grants
- These grants will support projects that enhance a municipality’s capacity to prevent and respond to catastrophic events and emergencies. Two (2) $5,000 grants will be awarded.

Eligible Activities/Expenses

Environmental Stewardship Grants:
- Eligible Activities:
  - Developing or updating open space plans
  - Improving applicant-owned open spaces such as meadows, woodlands, and riparian buffers or capital improvements for passive recreation such as installing trails, boardwalks, informational kiosks, and observation platforms
  - Acquisition of parcels of land to be used for open space or conservation easements.
- Eligible expenses:
  - Professional service fees
  - Costs associated with obtaining public input on plans such as hall rental, advertising, printing
  - Materials and equipment
  - Expenses that support the acquisition (by purchase or donation) of open space or conservation easements such as land cost, development rights, legal or consultant fees, surveying, environmental assessments, appraisals, etc.
Resiliency Grants:
- Eligible Activities:
  - Implementation of strategies to minimize the impact of severe weather events, natural disasters or other emergencies impacting the environment.
  - Emergency operations planning, training, and community outreach.
  - Purchase of supplies and equipment needed to respond to emergencies including energy storage and stationary or mobile solar.
- Eligible expenses:
  - Professional service fees
  - Costs associated with implementing public outreach and education efforts.
  - Materials and equipment.