This funding opportunity, the Community Engagement Mini Grant Program provided by the Chesapeake Bay Trust, is designed to engage a diverse array of organizations in activities that both benefit your communities and raise public awareness of and engagement in natural resources issues.
Funding: Requests up to $5,000
Deadline: The program is currently open! Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis until funds for this fiscal year (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020) are exhausted.
Project examples (include but are not limited too): Community clean-ups, tree plantings, installation of pollinator habitat/native gardens/community gardens, and educational workshops, and so much more!
Our goals are:
- To provide funding to groups that have traditionally been under-engaged with environmental issues, but who have a project idea that benefits both their communities and natural resources (such as local parks, rural or urban forests, streams, rivers, and other natural spaces)
- To engage residents in small-scale community-based restoration and protection projects
- To provide applicants who may not be experienced in applying for grants an introduction to the grant life cycle
To apply, visit the Trust’s website – https://cbtrust.org/community-engagement/
* Need assistance with your application or project development from an experienced, previous CBT grantee? Click here to view current mentor organizations that are willing to help you with project development, review your grant proposal, and/or assist with the Trust’s online grant system. *
