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Land Trust Capacity, Excellence and Stewardship Grants (including Aileen Hughes Grant and Janice Hollmann Grant) is sponsored by Maryland Environmental Trust. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.
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Grants for Maryland Land Trusts Accessibility Information Grants for Maryland Land Trusts The Keep Maryland Beautiful Grant Program presents the Land Trust Assistance Grants. These grants are intended to increase land trust capacity, support programing and innovation and foster stronger, better connected land trusts that will protect all natural resources and enhance the lives of Maryland citizens and generations to come.
These grants are available to local land trust in Maryland and include: Aileen Hughes Grant of up to $5,000 This grant recognizes an individual representing a Maryland land trust for outstanding leadership, partnership and innovation in a conservation project or organization development.
Land Trust Assistance Grant of up to $10,000 This grant is awarded to Maryland land trusts to increase capacity, support community programing and innovation and foster stronger, better connected land trusts. The Aileen Hughes Grant of up to $5,000 is awarded annually to an individual representing a Maryland land trust who demonstrated outstanding leadership in land conservation.
Funding is awarded to a land trust, on behalf of an individual and their good work (not to the individual). The grant honors the late Aileen Hughes, a true leader in the conservation movement. Aileen was a supporter of women's and civil rights, as well as the protection of our State's natural and cultural resources.
Aileen was the President for many years of the American Chestnut Land Trust. The Aileen Hughes Grant recognizes an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership, partnership and/or innovation in a conservation project or organizational development. Since 2006, Maryland Environmental Trust has recognized 18 land trust leaders and awarded $41,000 in funding to support local land trust programming.
Past recipients of the Aileen Hughes Award are listed Land Trust Assistance Grant The Land Trust Assistance Grant (formerly the Janice Hollmann Grant) of up to $10,000 are awarded to land trusts within Maryland. Janice Hollmann exemplified citizen leadership of local land trusts in Maryland. She co-founded the Severn River Land Trust and the Arundel Conservation Trust, and served on the Severn River Commission.
She was Izaak Walton League’s Conservationist of the Year in 1989 and the Capital newspaper’s Person of the Year for 1990. Janice died of cancer in April 1990. Thanks to the long standing partnership and support of Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Environmental Trust has awarded 177 grants totaling over $545,000 to 45 Maryland land trusts.
In turn, local land trusts have provided a funding match of more than $775,000 to foster stronger, better connected land trusts that protect natural resources and enhance the lives of Maryland citizens and generations to come.
The purpose of the Land Trust Assistance Grant program is to build sustainable land trusts by increasing organizational capacity, developing community programs and services, implementing Standards and Practices and increasing public support for the diverse spectrum of conservation, stewardship and related land trust activities in the State of Maryland. We're available on the following channels.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Local land trusts in Maryland; individuals representing Maryland land trusts are eligible for the Aileen Hughes Grant. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $10,000 (Land Trust Assistance Grant); Up to $5,000 (Aileen Hughes Grant). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Land Trust Capacity, Excellence and Stewardship Grants (including Aileen Hughes Grant and Janice Hollmann Grant) is funded by Maryland Environmental Trust. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Maryland. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants (Community Stewardship, Land Trust Assistance, Tree Planting on Agricultural Lands) is sponsored by Maryland Environmental Trust (administered by Chesapeake Bay Trust). This program supports environmental education and stewardship projects, litter removal, and protection of natural resources in urban and rural areas. It includes specific grants for Community Stewardship, Capacity Building for Land Trusts, and Tree Planting on Agricultural Lands.
Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants (including Clean Up & Green Up Maryland Grant, Margaret Rosch Jones Grant, Bill James Environmental Grant, Community Stewardship grant, Capacity Building for Land Trusts grant, Tree Planting on Agricultural Lands grant) is sponsored by Maryland Environmental Trust (Maryland DNR). These grants help volunteer-based, nonprofit groups, communities, and land trusts in Maryland to support environmental education and stewardship projects, litter removal, and to protect natural resources in urban and rural areas.
Land Trust Capacity, Excellence and Stewardship Grants (Aileen Hughes Grant and Janice Hollmann Grant) is sponsored by Maryland Environmental Trust (Maryland Department of Natural Resources). These grants are intended to increase land trust capacity, support programming and innovation, and foster stronger, better-connected land trusts that protect natural resources and enhance the lives of Maryland citizens.
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