Deadline: 26-Jul-2020
The Lancaster County Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Clean Water Fund 2020.
This fund will enable local partners to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of those projects using technology, cultural sensitivity, and science-based practices that will get streams to clean and clear in a generation.
Clean water is a priority for partners across all of Lancaster County, especially since over half of their streams and much of groundwater are unhealthy. A collaborative group of partners are ready to work across the landscape on restoration projects in priority places that make sense and make a difference in water quality.
Grant Categories
This Fund offers two grants opportunities:
- The Community Conservation Fund
- Intended to stimulate smaller, implementable projects that are lead by locally based conservation organizations, municipalities and community groups.
- Water Quality Impact Fund
- Intended to support implementation of large scale, high priority restoration projects that create a measurable impact on water quality.
The Community Conservation Fund and Water Quality Impact Fund exist to fund high-priority, high-impact nutrient and sediment reduction projects. Grant advisers anticipate that direct costs associated with the implementation practices will account for a significant majority of the funding award.
Funding Information
- The Community Conservation Fund
- Grants of $2,500 – $5,000
- Water Quality Impact Fund
- Grants of $10,000-50,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Funding for engineering, design, and permitting are also eligible under the 2020 funding opportunity.
- Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how their project will prioritize collaboration with new Lancaster County partners in an effort to collectively protect water, create habitats, and encourage outdoor exploration.
Evaluation Criteria
- Contributes to Lancaster County’s collaborative, collective effort for clean water
- Demonstrates measurable nutrient and sediment reductions in priority areas in alignment with Lancaster’s CAP (Project is done in headwaters areas, contiguous projects, includes buffer installation on any land that has a stream, etc.)
- Addresses the “big ideas” of county planning and land use, as designated in Places 2040
- Predicted sustainability of the project through economic and climate changes.
For more information, visit https://www.lancfound.org/grant/the-clean-water-fund/