Deadline: 16-Jul-21
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is excited to announce a recently formed partnership with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment on the Community Stormwater Solutions Grant Program.
Goals
- The goals of this Request for Applications (RFA) are to protect and enhance, directly or indirectly, the District’s water bodies or watersheds.
- Another goal is to create new community partners and strengthen existing relationships with community-based organizations and small businesses.
- This program will support community-oriented and inspired projects that are designed to increase knowledge and lead to behavior change as it relates to watershed and stormwater-related issues.
- Program provides funding for innovative, community-oriented and –inspired projects, aimed at improving water quality in the District of Columbia, reducing litter, and raising awareness about what we can do to restore their rivers, streams, and parks.
Funding Information
- Tier 1: up to $30k
- Tier 2: $30k – $50k
This Program is designed to support efforts that raise awareness and lead to behavior change around watershed- and stormwater-related issues, through education, installation and maintenance of runoff-reducing green infrastructure, art installations.
The Program provides funding for innovative, community-oriented and –inspired projects aimed at improving water quality in the District, reducing litter, and raising awareness about what residents can do to restore their rivers, streams, and parks.
Additionally, the Program supports community partners through capacity-building initiatives.
The Trust is committed to the advancement of diversity and inclusion in its award-making and environmental work.
As a result, the Trust strongly encourages applications directly from underrepresented groups, and for projects that increase awareness and participation of communities that are traditionally underrepresented, such as communities of color.
Project Areas
All projects must demonstrate the ability to conduct the work and follow the latest COVID-19 safety precautions to ensure safety of the people involved in the project as the project’s primary priority.
- Project Area 1: Engage communities, increase knowledge, or bring about behavior change on issues impacting water quality, including stormwater management, trash, pollution prevention, and watershed restoration.
- Project Area 2: Engage children and families in equitable and inclusive Out of School Time (OST) programming and walkable, outdoor trips
- Project Area 3: Install green infrastructure
- Project Area 4: Maintain existing green infrastructure
- Project Area 5: Provide pathways to green jobs focused on stormwater solutions
- Project Area 6: Restore natural habitat
- Project Area 7: Clean up an area affected by high volumes of litter and address causes of litter.
Cross-cutting Project Areas: The following project areas may be used in combination with any of the above.
- Project Area A: Arts, culture, placemaking, and creativity
- Project Area B: Environmental justice
- Project Area C: Human health
Eligibility Criteria
DOEE and the Trust welcomes requests from the following organizations physically located in the District of Columbia:
- Nonprofit organizations, including those with IRS 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) determinations;
- Faith-based organizations;
- Government agencies;
- Universities/educational institutions; and
- Private Enterprises.
For more information, visit https://cbtrust.org/grants/district-of-columbia-community-stormwater-solutions/