Deadline: 12-Dec-2024
The Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program is a partnership between the Prince George’s County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.
This grant program funds on-the-ground restoration activities that improve communities, improve water quality, support the County’s Climate Action Plan, and engage Prince George’s County residents in the restoration and protection of the local rivers and streams of Prince George’s County.
This grant program is focused on the environment, the local economy, and job creation.
Goals
- This program seeks projects that improve aesthetics of communities and treat the stormwater runoff that comes from various types of properties, thus reducing the negative impact of this runoff on the County’s local streams, rivers, and other natural resources in areas where community residents live and recreate. Projects must accomplish on-the ground restoration to result in improvements in water quality and watershed health (e.g., reducing pollutants carried by stormwater, reducing carbon emissions, increasing tree canopy, greening areas for beautification and increased community use/enjoyment, and better habitat for wildlife).
- As part of an effort to more fully engage underrepresented groups in its grant-making, the Trust strongly encourages projects that increase awareness and participation of multicultural communities to improve watershed health and local ecological ownership. The strongest proposals will show committed collaborators that provide funding, technical assistance, and/or other in-kind services to support the successful implementation of the project.
Project Tracks
- Applicants can request funds in the following project tracks:
- Track 1: Water Quality Implementation (generally $50,000 to $150,000)
- Track 2: Tree Canopy: Outreach, Education, Maintenance, and Preservation (generally $50,000 to $300,000)
- Track 3: Community Awareness and Engagement (generally $10,000 to $60,000)
- Track 4: Illegal Dumping Data Analysis and Forensics (generally $10,000 to $50,000)
- Track 5: Additional Project Support Fund (generally $500 to $5,000)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Project Locations
- Projects must be implemented in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
- Prince George’s County and the Trust welcome applicants from the following organizations:
- Nonprofit organizations
- Prince George’s County municipalities and/or public agencies
- Watershed organizations
- Public and independent higher educational institutions
- Community associations
- Faith-based organizations
- Applicants that are not based in Prince George’s County must have a Prince George’s-based partner, the role of whom should be clearly articulated in the proposal and in a Letter of Commitment from that partner.
- This program advertises to and aims to support new groups that wish to use grant funding to support their efforts where they align with the engagement and clean water goals of the County.
Ineligibility Criteria
- This program cannot support the following projects:
- Stream restoration or outfall stabilization
- Outfall repair and retrofit
- Stormwater pond retrofits (requests for native plantings on upstream areas of the pond are eligible)
For more information, visit Chesapeake Bay Trust.