Implementation Grants-Grant Awards of $20,000 to $500,000. Approximately 70% of the available funds from this year's announcement will be dedicated to implementation activities in this category. These awards must result in quantifiable pollutant reductions or habitat improvements (protection, enhancement, or restoration) that directly lead to measurable improvements in the health of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Implementation projects will involve either the physical restoration or protection of important coastal habitats, or watershed restoration projects designed to help attain water quality standards emphasizing management goals for nutrients, bacterial indicators and other pollutants identified in the LISS CCMP.
Habitat Restoration Projects that restore or enhance coastal habitats. Specific priority habitat types include coastal and island forests, tidal wetlands, freshwater wetlands, riverine migratory corridors, coastal grasslands, and coastal beaches and dunes. Follow the link to Long Island Sound Study Habitat Restoration Initiative (HRI) to access the complete list of priority habitat types and sites of interest for project work under the Sound Futures Fund. Preference will also be given to projects proposed on sites within an identified LISS Stewardship Initiative Area. Follow the link to the Stewardship Initiative for more information on the 33 Inaugural Stewardship Areas.
a. • Applicants are required to review the information provided on the LISS habitat restoration website. Please follow the link to Special Instructions for Habitat Restoration Proposals. The instructions provide additional guidance about developing a habitat restoration proposal for the Sound Futures Fund. The issues addressed in the special instructions are also addressed in the form of questions in the Sound Futures Fund application. Review of the special instructions will assist you in preparation of your proposal.
b. Applicants are also required to contact one of the technical advisors in the category of habitat restoration to discuss their project prior to submitting an application. Follow the link to Technical Assistance for the contact information.
c. For projects proposing on-the-ground restoration, preference will be given to those for which applicable permit applications have been submitted or approved. Restoration projects that do not have basic permitting submitted or approved will not be funded.
d. Permission for the proposed activity must be documented in a letter from the landowner(s).
e. Habitat creation (e.g., destroying one habitat type in favor of another) projects will not be funded nor will projects to modify a habitat that is currently healthy and functioning. Preference will be given to projects proposed on sites within an identified LISS Stewardship Initiative Area.
There is a lot of (new!) info in the RFP compared to previous years.
Link to NFWF Futures Fund page- http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=60&ContentID=14906
Link to RFP- http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&CONTENTID=14951&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
If you are unsure as to whether something falls within the LISS coastal boundary- and there is some flexibility here- http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104595113914023728068.00043f4905e1935f8db3d&t=h&z=9 . If a project area is just outside but touches the boundary in some cases it is still eligible (Our line follows roads on the NY side, so we are a little flexible- for example parts of the Bronx River fall just beyond the line as it follows the Bronx River Parkway, we recognize it's not logical to have a middle segment of the river not eligible which is how it appears on the map .
If anyone has questions, just give me a call, I'm still reading the RFP myself to digest and be sure to understand all the new portions. He
December 02, 2009 President's Environmental Youth Awards
If you have students working on projects designed to improve the environment of their school or community, consider applying for one of these awards.
Deadline: December 31, 2009. To access application materials on line click here.
November 24, 2009 Bronx River Watershed Initiative
The Bronx River Watershed Initiative (BRWI) has $2.7 million available for stormwater retrofit projects, including Low Impact Development initiatives, to address the root causes of pollution from stormwater outfalls to improve water quality and river ecology along the Bronx River. The funds come from a $7 million settlement generated by the New York State Attorney General’s Office and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation resulting from violations associated with discharges of raw sewage into the Bronx River from storm sewers.
Applications are due February 15, 2010.
For application information and public workshop schedule, visit the NFWF website.
November 04, 2009 The United Way of New York City grant
United Way of New York City (UWNYC) remains committed to our goal of strengthening New York City nonprofits through board development initiatives and grantmaking activity. We recognized, through our strategic planning process, that organizational strategies and practices, such as the range of supports that nonprofits can access and utilize to build their organizational capacity, are not as widely available or implemented as they might be. Therefore in the 2009-2010 fiscal year (ending June 30, 2010), UWNYC will provide a limited number of grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 to local community-based health and human services organizations that have annual budgets under $5 million. These one-time grants will be made on a competitive basis according to the criteria stated here.
Community Grant applications will only be accepted from October 12, 2009 to December 11, 2009.
November 04, 2009 Building Healthy Communities Grant Program - Home Depot
Deadline: December 15, 2009
The Home Depot's Building Healthy Communities Grant Program awards grants of up to $2,500 to nonprofit 501(c) (3) organizations, public schools, and tax-exempt public service agencies in the United States that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are made in the form of Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials.
Grants are for community improvement projects that include activities such as construction or refurbishment of affordable or transitional housing; building, rebuilding, painting, refurbishing, and/or improving energy efficiency and sustainability; and landscaping, planting of native trees, community facility improvements, and the development and/or improvement of green spaces. Grants must support work completed by community volunteers in the U.S.
November 04, 2009 Health Impact Project Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities
Deadline: Open/ Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; proposals may be submitted at any time.
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, encourages the use of health impact assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects and programs with respect to their impact on health, in order that they may avoid adverse health consequences and costs and improve health. Proposals must demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal and federal decision-making.
Eligible applicant organizations include: state, tribal or local agencies; tax-exempt educational institutions; or publicly supported charitable organizations that are exempt from federal income tax as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of the Code.
Total Award: Up to 15 demonstration projects will be awarded in this round of funding. Grants will range from $25,000 to $150,000 and must be completed within 24 months.
October 20, 2009 Safe Routes to School Mini-grants
Complete information on the mini-grant is available here.
Call for Applications
Applications are now being accepted for Safe Routes to School mini-grants. The goal of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs is to enable and encourage children to safely walk and bicycle to school. SRTS programs are implemented nationwide by parents, schools, community leaders, and local, state, and tribal governments.
The aim of the mini-grants is to use student creativity and leadership skills to increase safe walking and bicycling to school. Successful applications will include one or a combination of the following: student-led activities, concern for the environment, and/or promotion of physical activity. Activities funded by the mini-grants must be part of a new or existing Safe Routes to School program.
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
• Faculty, staff, or parent volunteers at elementary or middle schools;
• Adult-supervised elementary or middle school groups or clubs;
• Adult-supervised high school groups/clubs that wish to partner with a nearby elementary or middle school;
• Local governments;
• Tribal governments; and/or
• Community-based or private non-profit organizations engaged in improving safety for and increasing the number of children who safely walk or ride a bicycle to school.
Eligible Activities
The schools at which mini-grant activities will occur must be elementary or middle schools. These schools must be either starting new SRTS activities or events, or currently conducting SRTS activities and want to expand them.
The National Center is providing mini-grants for creative ideas that are youth-focused and that may explore related issues such as: How do students encourage their peers and the adults in their lives to walk and bicycle safely to school? How do students and others make the connection between safe routes to school and environmental or physical activity issues?
Example eligible activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Students encouraging peers/parents to find opportunities to walk or bicycle, starting with the trip to school.
• Students connecting the choice to walk or bicycle with helping the environment.
• Students connecting the choice to walk or bicycle with better health.
• Students developing messages for parents/other drivers to drive safely, especially in school zones and neighborhoods.
From carbon calculators to social marketing campaigns, from audits of school environments to communicating with local politicians and/or government officials, submit a proposal for a project that can make a difference at your school or community.
Activities funded by the mini-grants must have the potential to have long-term impacts.
Although it is not required, applicants may want to collect student travel data as part of their application in order to have more information about current rates of walking and bicycling to school. This information may help applicants decide on appropriate activities. For more information about data collection, and for student travel tally forms, please see www.saferoutesinfo.org/data.
July 01, 2009 Foster's Community Grants - Foster's Group
Deadline: October 31, 2009
Foster's Community Grants support high-quality, sustainable community projects in North America and Australia. Focus areas include: wellness (both physical and mental health), culture, and environment. Projects are assessed on the quality of the community benefit they propose to deliver within a local community.
Award amounts may vary. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations and charities.
July 01, 2009 GreenWorks! Grants - Project Learning Tree
Deadline: October 31, 2009
GreenWorks! Grants administered by the Project Learning Tree support projects that allow students and local community members to learn-by-doing environmental projects. The focus is to create projects that allow for schools and youth to make a positive impact on their communities.
Selected applicants will receive between $250 and $5,000 to conduct community environmental projects. These projects must be planned and implemented by youth, integrate student learning and community service, and include at least one community partner.
For more specific grant information and to apply, go to: http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_22_21.html
July 01, 2009 2010 Youth Garden Grants Program - National Gardening Association and The Home Depot
Deadline: November 2, 2009
The National Gardening Association and The Home Depot provide Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. Particular attention will be given to proposals that emphasize educational focus or curricular/program integration, nutrition or plant-to-food connections, environmental education, and social aspects including leadership, team building, community support, and service-learning.
An estimated 100 grants will be administered. Five will receive gift cards for $1,000 and 95 will receive a $500 gift card. Eligible applicants include schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the US. Projects must involve at least 15 children between 3 and 18 years old.
For more specific grant information and to apply, go to: http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp
July 01, 2009 Do Something Grants (Formerly Plum Grants) - Do Something
Deadline: Rolling
Do Something offers the Do Something Grants to create a sustainable community action project, program, or organization. $500 will be given out each week during 2009 to selected applicants. Eligibility requirements include applications from individuals or groups that are 25 years or younger, U.S. or Canadian citizens, and are individuals or groups that have not received a Do Something Grant in the previous 12 months.
For more specific grant information and to apply, go to: http://www.dosomething.org/grants/general/apply
April 22, 2009 Funding to Pilot Test Guide for Pedestrian Safety and Walkability
The Highway Safety Research Center has funding available for up to ten communities or neighborhoods to pilot test the use of "A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities", a newly developed guidebook that details ways to improve pedestrian safety and the walkability of local neighborhoods. View the RFP for more information.
April 22, 2009 Greenway Grants from the Conservation Fund
The Conservation Fund, in partnership with Eastman Kodak and the National Geographic Society, provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities across the United States. The annual grants program is designed to help establish a national network of greenways. More information
January 28, 2009 Grants for Health and Human Services - Sempra Energy
Deadline: Rolling
Sempra Energy is accepting applications for its Health and Human Services grants to support projects that improve lifelong fitness, healthy lifestyles, and human wellness.
Award amounts vary. Eligible applicants are public and private organizations.
January 28, 2009 Learn and Serve America School-Based Programs
Learn and Serve America School-Based Programs - Corporation for National and Community Service Deadline: April 14, 2009
The Corporation for National and Community Service has made $5.7 million available for organizations implementing school-based service-learning projects. The Corporation supports programs designed to involve school-age youth in service learning projects that also support student develop and address community issues such as education, public safety, the environment, or other needs. Specifically, programs that use service-learning to address science, technology, engineering and math objectives in middle schools with disadvantaged youth, or that use service-learning to increase student's motivation to learn or that address community needs, are of interest to the Corporation.
Eight to ten programs will be awarded approximately $300,000 to $450,000 annually for up to three years. Grantmaking Entities, State Education Agencies and Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for this grant opportunity.
January 28, 2009 Education, Community, and Health Grants
Education, Community, and Health Grants - RGK Foundation Deadline: Rolling
RGK Foundation awards grants in the areas of education, community, and health. The Foundation's primary interests within education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education, teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Within community, the Foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. The Foundation's current interests in the area of health include programs that promote the health and well-being of children, programs that promote access to health services, and Foundation-initiated programs focusing on Lou Gehrig's disease.
Grants are made to nonprofit organizations certified as tax exempt under Sections 501(c)3 or 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and are classified as "not a private foundation" under Section 509(a). Hospitals, educational institutions, and governmental institutions meeting these requirements are eligible to apply. While the Foundation occasionally awards grants for over $25,000, the average grant is under $25,000.
January 28, 2009 Special Projects Fund - New York State Health Foundation
Deadlines: January 29, March 5, & June 4, 2009
Note: One page letter of intent is requested for review prior to submitting full proposal.
$6 million for one-time, non-renewable grants to $200,000 (under special circumstances to $1 million) with preference to projects that: help low-income & elderly consumers understand & navigate the health care system; improve access to health care in service areas with acute shortages; improve quality in measurable ways; support & strengthen safety net providers to reach more people; scale up existing successful programs or services to reach more people; & provide culturally appropriate programs for underserved populations.
January 28, 2009 Make It Matter Award Program - Reader's Digest
Deadline: Rolling (Nominations)
Reader's Digest is accepting nominations for its Make It Matter award program to reward people making extraordinary contributions to their communities.
Grants of $1,500 will be awarded to individuals or charities recognized in the Make it Matter column in Reader's Digest magazine.
Classroom educators, check out this innovative way to receive needed classroom materials at www.donorschoose.com. You can post a specific need to this website. Propsective donors view postings and decide which to fund directly. Click here for more information.
December 02, 2008 Grants For School and Youth Gardens
Grants for School and Youth Gardens, Applications due starting January 23
The National Gardening Association works with sponsoring companies and organizations to provide in-kind grants to projects that actively engage kids in the garden and improve the quality of life in their communities. To be eligible for these awards, your school or organization must plan to garden with at least 15 kids between the ages of 3 and 18. (Awards are also available for non-youth organizations.) For more details and an application, visit www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
December 02, 2008 Partnership For Parks Capacity Funds
Partnerships for Parks’ Capacity Fund provides grants to groups working in parks across the five boroughs of New York City, supporting projects that help build a community group’s capacity to care for its local park. Grants range from $250 to $5,000 and support new groups seeking funds for start-up costs, as well as established organizations taking on new projects. For more information, call Kate Louis at 212.227.3626 or download applications from www.partnershipsforparks.org/resources/grants.html
Deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1,
Bronx River Alliance - One Bronx River Parkway - Bronx - NY 10462 - 718.430.4665 - 718.430.4658 - www.bronxriver.org
The Alliance works in close partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and with over one hundred other partners to reclaim the Bronx River. Bronx River Alliance Partners
