Funding

There are many programs and opportunities listed below, ranging from $10,000 to $5 million, that can help fund green infrastructure projects. Sorting by project type, funding type or eligible activities will narrow your search and make it easier to see and digest what’s available.

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Commission for Environmental Cooperation

North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Grants of up to $53,000.

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, environmental groups, community-based associations, academic institutions, tribal nations, and indigenous peoples and communities acting in cooperation with a local government.

Eligible activities include: Project types can include, but are not limited to, building capacity, pilot projects, transfer of innovative technologies, conducting outreach or education, sharing best practices, training environmental leaders, engaging youth on environmental activities, reducing risks to the environment, and many other types of non-regulatory efforts.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Application deadline is September 22, 2017.

Website:
http://www.cec.org/our-work/napeca

Contact: Karen Schmidt, NAPECA Coordinator

Email: kschmidt@cec.org

Phone: (514) 350-4355

Hyde and Watson Foundation

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Approximately $10,000

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organization acting with or without a local government. The current geographic areas of grant support are primarily the five boroughs of New York City, and Essex, Morris, and Union Counties in New Jersey.

Eligible activities include: Capital projects such as hard costs related to the construction or purchase of new facilities, building renovations and improvements, purchase of capital equipment and furnishings, and other one-time capital needs.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Paper applications are accepted. Spring grant applications are accepted November 15 - February 15. Fall grant applications are accepted June 15 - September 15.

Website:
http://fdnweb.org/hydeandwatson/

Contact: Mrs. Brunilda Moriarty, President

Email: info@hydeandwatson.org

Phone: 908-753-3700

Address: 31-F Mountain Boulevard
Warren, NJ 07059

PSEG

Neighborhood Partners Program

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Up to $10,000.

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organization acting in cooperation with a local government. , organization or program resides or benefits in the places where PSEG does business.

Eligible activities include: The PSEG foundation target areas for investments in the areas of sustainable neighborhoods, safety, and STEM education.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
The online application is open between March 1 - September 30.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program

Project Type: Design or Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: $20,000 to $50,000 grants with an average award size of $30,000

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Any non-federal or state public or private entity. Preference is shown to organizations directly connected to the local community who can monitor and sustain these projects for 5 years or more.

Eligible activities include: On-the-ground wetland, riparian, in-stream and/or coastal habitat restoration; Meaningful education and training activities, either through community outreach, participation and/or integration with K-12 environmental curriculum; Measurable ecological, educational and community benefits; and Partnerships: Five Star projects should engage a diverse group of community partners to achieve ecological and educational outcomes.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Last application deadline was January 31, 2018.

Website:
http://www.nfwf.org/fivestar/Pages/home.aspx

Contact: Carrie Clingan, Program Director, Community Stewardship and Youth

Email: carrie.clingan@nfwf.org

Phone: 202-857-0166

Address: 1133 Fifteenth St., N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005

William Penn Foundation

Watershed Protection Grant

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Varies based on scope, large grants up to $1,000,000

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organizations. Most of the grants are to large theme related organizations.

Eligible activities include: Projects that protect and restore the Delaware River watershed's natural environment to ensure there is an adequate supply of clean water for generations to come.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Foundation has a two-stage online application process which includes an initial inquiry and an invited full proposal. Three funding cycles a year, 2018 is as follows: inquiries due June 22, 2018, proposals due August 3, 2018, and scheduled board review November 2, 2018.

Website:
http://www.williampennfoundation.org/what-we-fund-watershed-protection

Contact: Andrew Johnson, Program Director

Email: ajohnson@williampennfoundation.org

Phone: 215-988-1830

Address: Two Logan Square
11th Floor, 100 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2757

New Jersey Tree Foundation

Urban Airshed Reforestation Program

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Technical Assistance

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Camden and surrounding South Jersey cities.

Eligible activities include: Tree planting.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Online application form.

Website:
http://njtrees.org/about/camdens-urban-airshed-reforestation-program/

Contact: Meredith Brown, Program Coordinator

Email: mbrown@njtreefoundation.org

Phone: 856-287-4488

Address: P.O. Box 1221
Camden, NJ 08105

New Jersey Tree Foundation

Renaissance Trees Program

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Technical Assistance

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: City of Newark and surrounding North Jersey cities.

Eligible activities include: Tree planting.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Online application form.

Website:
http://njtrees.org/about/newark-renaissance-trees-program/

Contact: Elena López, Program Director

Email: elopez@njtreefoundation.org

Phone: 609-439-1755

Address: P.O. Box 172
Newark, NJ 07101

F. M. Kirby Foundation

General

Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Environment and animal grants made in 2017 ranged from $10,000 to $115,00

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organizations.

Eligible activities include: Provide broad funding for organizations in NJ in areas of "Environment". Past grants have been for community greening projects, water quality, forestry, watersheds and specific environmental cleanup projects.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Unsolicited requests should be in the form of a letter of inquiry. Solicitations will be accepted throughout the year and grants issued at convenient intervals thereafter. Solicitations received after October 31st will be held for consideration the following year.

Website:
http://fmkirbyfoundation.org

Contact: William H. Byrnes, Vice President - Grants

Phone: 973-538-4800

Address: 17 DeHart Street
PO Box 151
Morristown, NJ 07963-0151

The Scherman Foundation

Core Fund - Environment

Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction
Funding Type: Private Grant

Funding Amount: Grants average $35,000 over two-years.

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organizations.

Eligible activities include: Energy and climate, marine preservation, clean drinking water, and urban sustainability (targeted primarily in the New York City region). General operating and project grants considered.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
The Foundation will accept new LOIs on a rolling basis throughout the year via the online application system. Select applicants will then be invited to submit a full proposal online (see below for proposal description) to be considered at one of the Foundation's quarterly (March, June, September, and November) Board of Directors meetings.

Website:
http://scherman.org/programs/environment/core-fund/

Contact: Mike Pratt

Email: mpratt@scherman.org

Phone: 212-832-3086

Address: 16 East 52nd Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10022

Sustainable Jersey

Sustainable Jersey Grants Program

Project Type: Planning, Design, Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000.

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: New Jersey municipalities participating in the Sustainable Jersey program.

Eligible activities include: Eligible activities include: projects addressing issues from renewable energy and green building design, waste reduction, a sustainable master plan, water conservation, natural resources management, energy management, and transportation issues.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
January 23, 2018, $150,000 was awarded to targeted municipalities.

Website:
http://www.sustainablejersey.com/grants-resources/sustainable-jersey-grants-program/

Contact: Kaitlyn Vollmer, Small Grants Coordinator

Email: vollmerk@tcnj.edu

Phone: 609-771-3189

Address: Sustainability Institute at the College of New Jersey, Forcina Hall, 3rd Floor
2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Environment Program

Project Type: Design, Construction, Planning
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: The foundation generally awards multi-year grants that range from $100,000 to $1 million.

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: Nonprofit organizations.

Eligible activities include: The mission of the Environment Program is to enable communities to protect and manage wildlife habitat and create efficient built environments. Goals and Strategies include: Land Conservation, Wildlife & Energy Development, Strengthening the Conservation Field, and Environmental Stewardship in the Tri-State Area.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Letters of inquiry may be submitted at any time

Website:
http://www.ddcf.org/what-we-fund/environment/

Contact: Rachel Goldstein Program Assistant for the Environment

Email: env@ddcf.org

Phone: (212) 974-7000

Address: DDCF 650 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10019

New Jersey American Water

Environmental Grant Program

Project Type: Construction
Funding Type: Private

Funding Amount: Grants up to $10,000

Eligible Applicant and Activities
Eligible applicants include: New Jersey American Water's service area

Eligible activities include: To support diverse types of environmental sustainability activities such as watershed cleanups, reforestation efforts, rain garden projects, streamside buffer restoration projects and hazardous waste collection efforts.

Funding Cycle and Application Deadlines
Last application deadline was March 26, 2018.

Website:
https://amwater.com/njaw/news-community/environmental-grant-program

Address: New Jersey American Water
P.O. Box 102
Bound Brook, NJ 08805

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