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Find similar grantsMargaret Rosch Jones Grant is sponsored by Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The Margaret Rosch Jones Grant supports nonprofit groups or communities for ongoing projects that have demonstrated success in solving environmental issues.
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Environmental Education, Community Initiatives and Cleanup Grants Accessibility Information Environmental Education and Community Initiatives The Keep Maryland Beautiful Grant Program presents the Environmental Education and Community Initiatives. These grants are available to nonprofits, schools and municipalities who initiate environmental education projects, community engagement and neighborhood greening activities.
The suite of grants includes: Community Stewardship Grant of up to $5,000 These grants are awarded to schools, nonprofits and other community organizations whose missions are centered upon directly engaging community members (especially children and young adults) in environmental education and stewardship.
These grants also support organizations that demonstrate active engagement as defenders of the environment by developing innovative solutions to local environmental problems. Community Stewardship Grant Open spaces, engaged citizens, and healthy environments in our communities increase the quality of life for all.
Recognizing this, Maryland Environmental Trust, Forever Maryland and the Maryland Department of Transportation annually award Keep Maryland Beautiful Community Stewardship Grants to schools, nonprofits, and other community organizations that are working to eliminate local environmental problems, encourage stewardship of the environment, and educate community members.
The Community Stewardship Grants honor the legacy of Bill James , who drafted the legislation that founded Maryland Environmental Trust, and Margaret Rosch Jones , former executive director of the Keep Maryland Beautiful Program.
Community Stewardship Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded to schools, nonprofits and other community organizations whose missions are centered upon directly engaging community members (especially children and young adults) in environmental education and stewardship.
These grants also support organizations that are demonstrating active engagement as defenders of the environment by developing innovative solutions to local environmental problems. Proposed projects should activate citizens and encourage stewardship through education and outreach while elevating awareness of local environmental problems and working to reduce them.
The objectives of the grants are: To inspire and empower young people to become caretakers of their local environment and community through hands-on, project-based learning To support and encourage the ongoing work of organizations that have been active in educating fellow community members about environmental issues such as litter prevention, local stewardship and beautification, or other local and statewide environmental issues To help community organizations identify and eliminate the root causes of local environmental issues, rather than just their consequences To encourage thoughtful consideration of local land use and development that preserves natural capital To preserve natural areas and create a sense of place in communities The legacy of William S.
James is one of the drivers of the inauguration of the Community Stewardship Grants. He drafted legislation to create the Maryland Environmental Trust, incorporating the activities of the Governor's Committee to Keep Maryland Beautiful. Born in Aberdeen, MD, in 1914, James studied law at the University of Maryland and practiced in Bel Air for 38 years.
As President of the Maryland Senate, Bill James was the principal architect of many of Maryland's most important environmental laws, including the tidal wetlands law, Program Open Space, and agricultural land preservation. James was a man of vision who will not be forgotten for his contributions to the betterment of Maryland's environment.
The legacy of Margaret Rosch Jones was one of the influences in the establishment of Community Stewardship Grant. She was the executive director and moving spirit of the Keep Maryland Beautiful Program for many years. The Trust hopes to remind citizens of her devotion, energy, and ingenuity by presenting an award in her name to a group whose voluntary activities personified these attributes that Margaret Jones brought to her work.
Born in 1906, Margaret Jones was dedicated to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay. One of her “pet projects” was a statewide contest with prizes for winners of gasoline station inspections. Margaret Jones had a genius IQ, wrote poetry in her spare time and was a self-taught Latin scholar.
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Greenspace Equity Program Appraisal Funding Grants (FY2028) is sponsored by Maryland Department of Natural Resources. This grant program provides funding for independent appraisals for acquisitions that may qualify for a Fiscal Year 2028 Greenspace Equity Program Grant. The goal is to preserve, create, and improve public greenspaces in overburdened and underserved communities.
Greenspace Equity Program Appraisal Funding Grants is a Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) competitive grant providing funds to qualified land trusts and local governments to obtain independent appraisals in advance of submitting an acquisition application for the FY 2028 Greenspace Equity Program Grant round. Established through Chapter 487 of 2023, the Greenspace Equity Program enhances public health and livability in overburdened and underserved communities by preserving, creating, and improving public greenspace. Applicants may request funding for up to two independent appraisals, with individual grants up to $100,000. Eligible applicants are qualified land trusts and local governments with proposed acquisitions in communities designated as overburdened or underserved by MDEnviroScreen. The FY 2027 application deadline is May 13, 2026.
EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA SBIR Phase I Solicitation invites small businesses to submit proposals for projects addressing critical environmental challenges. Awards are for six months to demonstrate proof of concept. Key focus areas include Clean and Safe Water, Air Quality and Climate, Homeland Security, Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials, and Safer Chemicals.
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Community Change Grants Program funds projects that provide meaningful improvements to the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. While broadly focused on environmental and climate justice, projects can include aspects that relate to community health and well-being through addressing environmental health risks. The program aims to fund community-driven pollution and climate resiliency solutions and strengthen communities' decision-making power. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.