Grants
Upcoming grant & award deadlines from PA Environment Digest: http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=45853&SubjectID=
| Grant Program | Funder | Area of Interest | Eligible Region | Eligible Applicants | Award Amount | Date Due |
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Environmental Grant Program
Established in 2005, our annual Environmental Grant Program offers funding for innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore, and/or protect the watersheds, surface water, and groundwater supplies in our local communities. View More |
Funder:
American Water |
Area of Interest:
Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Education and Outreach, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
American Water service areas |
Eligible Applicants:
Nonprofits, Municipalities, Schools, and Other |
Award Amount:
Up to $10,000 |
3/29/2019 |
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Resilient Communitities
Wells Fargo and NFWF have partnered to create the Resilient Communities program. Through improvements to natural features and enhanced community capacity, the program will help communities prepare for future impacts associated with sea level rise, sustain appropriate water quantity and quality and enhance forest conservation. By taking advantage of natural features like wetlands, resilient shorelines, urban tree canopies, natural forests and healthy upstream watersheds, communities can accrue quality of life benefits today, enhance fish and wildlife resources and help prepare for foreseeable resilience challenges. View More |
Funder:
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
Area of Interest:
Education and Outreach, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
United States |
Eligible Applicants:
Non-profit 501(c) organizations, local governments, Indian tribes |
Award Amount:
$100,000 to $500,000 |
2/19/2019 (Pre-proposals) |
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Pennsylvania Sojourn Grants
The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) has announced the opening of the 2018 Pennsylvania River Sojourns Grant cycle. Grants are available on a competitive basis for single and multi-day paddling events on Pennsylvania Rivers. Sojourns must incorporate significant educational programming, and be open to all participants (i.e., private trips are not eligible). View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers |
Area of Interest:
Recreation |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Non-profit 501(c) Organizations |
Award Amount:
$500-$900/day |
2/26/2019 |
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Environmental Education (EE) Grant
The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program in Region 3 is to support locally-focused environmental education projects that increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental and conservation issues and provide the skills that participants in its funded projects need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions toward the environment. View More |
Funder:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Area of Interest:
Education and Outreach |
Eligible Region:
United States |
Eligible Applicants:
Local education agency, college or university, state education or environmental agency, nonprofit organization, or a noncommercial educational broadcasting entity |
Award Amount:
$50,000-$100,000 |
Announcement to be made in the fall of 2019 |
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Montco 2040 Implementation Grant Program
The Montco 2040 Implementation Grant Program is intended to assist municipalities in making targeted physical improvements that achieve real progress toward the goals of the plan. The program focuses on supporting local projects that specifically further the goals of the county comprehensive plan and the plan’s themes of Connected Communities, Sustainable Places, and Vibrant Economy. View More |
Funder:
Montgomery County, PA |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Education and Outreach, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Montgomery County, PA |
Eligible Applicants:
Municipalities |
Award Amount:
$10,000 to $200,000 |
Rolling |
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Dirt Gravel, and Low Volume Road Maintenance Program
Section 9106 of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code annually provides for the allocation of $35,000,000 from the Motor Vehicle License Fund for the Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program. Of that amount, $7,000,000 is allocated directly to the Bureau of Forestry for maintaining the dirt and gravel roads in their jurisdictions. The SCC is responsible for allocating the remaining $28,000,000 to the 64 County Conservation Districts who participate in the Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program, including up to $8,000,000 for the maintenance of low-volume roads. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Pennsylvania |
Eligible Applicants:
Any state or local public entity that owns and maintains public roads is eligible to apply for Program Funding. |
Award Amount:
Ranges by county |
Rolling |
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TreeVitalize Watersheds Grant Program
Since 2005, TreeVitalize Watersheds, led by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) in the five-county southeastern PA region, has focused on tree planting along stream corridors, adjacent upland areas, headwaters, and “naturalized” stormwater basins. View More |
Funder:
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society |
Area of Interest:
Agriculture, Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties |
Eligible Applicants:
Non-profit 501(c) Organizations, Municipalities, Schools, Scouting Groups, and Community Organizations |
11/9/2018 | |
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NOAA Coastal Resilience Grants
The NOAA Coastal Resilience Grants program, jointly administered by NOAA’s National Ocean Service and NOAA Fisheries, implements projects that build resilient U.S. coastal communities and ecosystems. This program is intended to build resilience through projects that conserve and restore sustainable ecosystem processes and functions and reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities and infrastructure from the impacts of extreme weather events, climate hazards, and changing ocean conditions. View More |
Funder:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Area of Interest:
Stormwater |
Eligible Region:
U.S. Coastal Areas (Coastal shoreline counties are directly adjacent to the open ocean, major estuaries, or the Great Lakes.) |
Eligible Applicants:
Institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, U.S. territories and states, Native American tribes, and local governments including counties, municipalities, and cities |
Award Amount:
$75,000-$2,000,000 |
3/7/2018 |
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Environmental Literacy Program
Working at national, regional, and local levels, NOAA funded projects educate and inspire people to use Earth systems science to improve ecosystem stewardship and increase resilience to environmental hazards. View More |
Funder:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Area of Interest:
Education and Outreach |
Eligible Region:
United States |
Eligible Applicants:
Institutions of higher education; K-12 public & independent schools and school systems, other nonprofits, including informal education institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums; state and local government agencies; and Indian tribal governments i |
Award Amount:
$250,000 to $500,000 |
4/6/2018 for for applicants who received authorization to submit a full application |
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Delaware River Watershed Protection Fund
Launched in 2014, the Delaware River Watershed Fund seeks to ensure abundant, clean water through support of land protection and improved land use planning, as part of the broader Delaware River Watershed Initiative, a coordinated effort involving 65 organizations working together to protect and restore clean water in the Delaware River watershed. OSI is now accepting Applications for Transaction Grants and Catalyst Grants on a rolling basis. OSI will send a Request for Proposals for the next round of Capital grants in mid-April 2019 that will also be posted on this website. View More |
Funder:
Open Space Institute |
Area of Interest:
Watershed Land Protection |
Eligible Region:
Delaware River Watershed Initiative Cluster Focus Areas |
Eligible Applicants:
Delaware River Watershed Initiative Cluster Partners |
Award Amount:
No minimum or maximum grant size; typically between $75,000-$450,000 |
Rolling |
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