Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Urban and Community Forestry Program offers annual grants for tree planting or tree management projects on public land.
Donor Name: Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA)
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Grants are open to all Delaware municipalities, homeowner associations, and certified 501(c)(3) non-profits, including schools and churches. Grants require a 50-50 match in either cash (non-federal funds) or in-kind services, which can include volunteer or staff time, equipment rental, or supplies.
Applications are evaluated after the deadline by a committee of the Delaware Community Forestry Council. Eligible projects must be performed on public lands within the community. Priority will be given to first-time applicants, Tree Friendly Communities, and projects with a focus on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Objectives
- Increase urban tree canopy in Delaware by promoting quality tree planting and management projects.
- To diversify, enhance, and promote the proper stewardship of Delaware’s urban forest resources.
- To encourage sustainable urban and community forestry programs throughout Delaware.
- Promote green infrastructure that will improve storm water management.
- To improve air quality through urban forest management practices.
- Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, in tree canopy improvement efforts
- Grant funds can help communities develop an effective urban and community forestry program through the following types of projects:
- Tree planting (urban forest buffers, street trees and open space plantings) or
- Tree management (professionally developed tree inventories)
Funding Information
Grant requests must be a minimum of $500 not to exceed $5,000.
Grant Rules Application and Location
- Eligible projects must be performed on public lands within the community. Public lands are lands owned by state, county, or local governments along with lands classified as public open space within Homeowners Associations (HOA’s), Maintenance Corporations (MC’s), etc. Public lands include parks, green-ways, recreation areas, and public rights-of-way or easements.
- Please refer to community development plans to note if a tree planting project falls within a right-of way. If so, please contact the proper authority to receive approval before submitting this application. Failure to do so may result in application not being ranked and disqualified.
- Applicants must have an Employer Identification Number (EIN) – no payment will be made to individuals.
- Applications should be received from the municipal representative, such city arborist, parks and recreation director, etc. Applications will NOT be accepted if submitted by property management companies or contractors on behalf of the municipality.
- All applicants are required to set up a site visit with Urban and Community Forestry Program (U&CF) staff, council, or partners before submitting the application. This allows the applicant to present their project to U&CF program staff and get answers to any questions the applicant may have about the application process.
For more information, visit DDA.
