Deadline: 31-Mar-23
American Water is now seeking applications for its Environmental Grant Program.
Established in 2005, the annual Environmental Grant Program offers funding for innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect the watersheds, surface water and groundwater supplies in their local communities.
Examples
- Watershed Cleanup
- Reforestation Efforts
- Biodiversity Projects (habitat restoration, wildlife protection)
- Streamside Buffer Restoration Projects
- Wellhead Protection Initiatives
- Hazardous Waste Collection Efforts
- Surface or Groundwater Protection Education (i.e., designing and providing workshops for citizens and local officials)
Funding Information
- Maximum grant amount: $10,000.
Eligible States
- California
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Eligibility Criteria
Project activities and outcomes should address a watershed or source water protection* need in the local community within American Water service areas. Source water protection projects are activities that result in the protection or improvement of the community’s public drinking water supplies. Watershed protection projects should focus on activities that improve, restore or protect one or more watersheds.
- be completed between May 1, 2023 and November 30, 2023
- be a new or innovative program for the community, or serve as a significant expansion to an existing program
- be carried out by a formal or informal partnership between two or more organizations
- provide evidence of sustainability (continue existence after the American Water grant monies are utilized)
- be located within an American Water service area.
Selection Criteria
- Clarity of project goals and projected impact.
- Innovation and strength of project design.
- Nature and strength of collaboration with other community and/or municipal organizations.
- Likelihood of project’s sustainability after the American Water funding ends.
- Evidence of community engagement.
- Plan for assessing the project’s impact and capacity to measure project outcomes.
- Assessment of budget as reasonable and cost-efficient.
For more information, visit American Water.