The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership is seeking applications for its Climate Impact Grants Program.
Donor Name: Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Climate Impact Grants provide up to $25,000 for community-led projects that address the impacts of extreme heat and/or flooding in the Great Bay Watershed. Projects must emphasize local action and strong community engagement to build climate resilience where it’s needed most.
Climate Impact Grant Projects must:
- Address or consider flooding and/or extreme heat in the Great Bay Watershed. This includes tidal, riverine, or stormwater (i.e., rainwater that has hit the ground) related flooding, as well as urban heat impacts or rising temperatures affecting people or ecosystems.
- Include a strong community engagement component. Projects must actively involve or benefit local communities—raising awareness, building capacity, or encouraging participation.
- Promote well-being of people and the environment.
- Focus on public benefits and/or improvements to public spaces.
Eligible Criteria
- Applicants must be one of the following:
- A fiscal agent, which is either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or a government, institution, or coalition which can serve as a fiscal agent.
- An adult individual (18 years+) or group partnering with a fiscal agent as described above.
- Project proposals must take place within the Great Bay Watershed. Some eligible communities are entirely within the watershed, while others are only partially included. A project may occur anywhere in the Great Bay Watershed town if benefits or activities also occur within the watershed boundary. Projects must be located within at least one of the following New Hampshire communities: Barrington, Brentwood, Brookfield, Candia, Chester, Danville, Deerfield, Dover, Durham, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Farmington, Fremont, Greenland, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Lee, Madbury, Middleton, Milton, New Castle, New Durham, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Northwood, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rochester, Rollinsford, Sandown, Somersworth, Strafford, Stratham, and Wakefield.
For more information, visit Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership.
