NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant is a grant from Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) that funds environmental restoration and education projects in northern Indiana. Eligible projects must be located within NIPSCO's service area and must demonstrate a clear environmental benefit to local communities. Awards range from $500 to $5,000.

Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations as well as municipalities and non-governmental organizations without 501(c)(3) status that are engaged in qualifying environmental work. The application deadline is April 3, 2026.

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Grants are available in the amount of $500 to $5,000. Eligible organizations must be a 501(c)3 or other non-profit as determined by the Internal Revenue Service with an environmental restoration or education project or program and have a direct impact in the NIPSCO service area. The 2026 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant cycle is now accepting applications.

To apply, please use our online request portal. Grant requests are due by Friday, April 3, 2026. For 2025, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant will fund 26 diverse environmental restoration and education projects across the territory.

Monarch Joint Venture, Monarch Pollinator Projects across Northern Indiana, $25,000 - Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat in Porter County - Pisgah Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Kosciusko County and Wildlife Area in Newton County - Hammond Right-of-Ways in Lake County from Wolf Lake to Roxana Marsh Blue Heron Ministries, Demonstration Beds at Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site, $1,125 Boy Scouts of America Anthony Wayne Area Council, Montessori Environmental Stewardship Curriculum in Pleasant Lake, $5,000 Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, Borton Wetlands Habitat Restoration, $5,000 Delta Institute, Urban Forestry and Community Engagement in Hammond, $5,000 Field Station Cooperative, Nature Pre-school at Indiana Dunes National Park, $1,000 Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana, Pollinator Project at Camp McMillen, $5,000 Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, High School Outdoor Career Pathways, $5,000 Indiana University Foundation, The Pollinator Orchard at IU Kokomo, $5,000 International Friendship Gardens, Environmental Survey, $5,000 LaGrange County Department of Parks and Recreation, Nature Day Camps, $3,000 LaPorte County Soil and Water Conservation District, Kankakee River Days, $5,000 Legacy Foundation, Stewart Mattix Prairie Restoration, $5,000 Little River Wetlands, Native Habitat Restoration, $5,000 MLK Montessori School, STEAM Summer Camp, $2,000 Michigan City Parks Department, 2025 Trail Creek Week, $5,000 Mongo Community Development Association, Pollinator Garden Expansion, $1,250 Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, We Are Our Nature’s Keepers, $5,000 Niches Land Trust, Summer Adventure Camp, $5,000 Northwest Indiana Paddling Association, River Clearing East Branch Little Calumet River, $5,000 Oak Farm Montessori School, Forest Path Improvement Project, $4,200 PFW Foundation, Conservation Conversation, $5,000 Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Access and Programming at Oases Botanic Gardens in Gary, $5,000 Nonprofit 501c3 organizations Municipalities and other non-governmental organizations without a 501c3 Applications should include a project description and goals, budget, target audience, timeline and evaluation method.

Grants will be evaluated on quality, strategic potential, community impact, public benefit and management. Recipients will be announced the week of Earth Day, April 22. Questions about the Environmental Action Grant can be directed to Dana Berkes by email at dberkes@NiSource.

com . Celebrating 10 Years of the Environmental Action Grant Hi I'm Dana Berkes, Public Affairs and Economic Development Manager at NIPSCO. For the past 10 years, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant has helped bring to life initiatives that preserve our natural resources and empower local organizations to create lasting social and environmental impact across northern Indiana.

Together with the NiSource Charitable Foundation NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant has awarded nearly $700,000 in total over the last 10 years, helping fund approximately 150 projects with an emphasis on environmental education and restoration to organizations across our northern Indiana footprint. Join me as we take a look back at 10 years of the Environmental Action Grant from NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation.

Save the Dunes protects and advocates for the Indiana Dunes, Lake Michigan and the surrounding natural areas for the health and vitality of Northwest Indiana. Their pollinator Week program series engages and inspires communities on pollinator conservation. We were really excited to learn that we had received the grant.

We had been working on this vision for quite some time, so we were really excited to bring to life this Pollinator Week Program series. This project aligned really well with Save the Dunes’ mission of protecting and advocating for the Indiana Dunes and surrounding natural areas.

We know that to achieve true environmental protection, it takes more than just policy changes and landscape level conservation, it requires community engagement and individual action. Indiana University Kokomo promotes environmental stewardship by raising awareness, providing resources and fostering community involvement to create a sustainable future.

Our goal is to promote sustainable practices in the area, and we work very closely with our student body and student groups to do that. So when we applied for an environmental action grant with NIPSCO, it was primarily based on need. So one of the things that we that with this group was we were able to put on Sustainability Week of giveaways of environmental opportunities.

We ended up having campus cleanup days and planting trees across campus—so everything from birds to bees to trees—we've kind of been able to do all of those things thanks to our partnership with NIPSCO. Before we had our first NIPSCO grant, there was no Student Sustainability Council, there was no dedicated student group working on this.

By taking environmental classes, by getting engaged in these types of service-oriented activities they have been able to sustain their momentum through COVID into now where it’s one of our most successful student groups on campus so we're really proud of that. Monarch Joint Venture is dedicated to conserving monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

The organization was able to establish 16 acres of prairie pollinator habitat at Cedar Creek Wetland conservation area in Fremont, Indiana. I work for the Monarch Joint Venture, and we've been a 501-C3 since 2018, and our mission is to protect monarchs and the migration by collaborating with partners to deliver habitat conservation education and science across the monarch range.

So we worked in partnership through the NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant, with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. We have a habitat team that works on technical assistance and was able to provide the seed mix for the restoration project and we worked in tandem with Savannah and her property staff here at Cedar Swamp.

They have dormant seeded it this year, so we're able to work together to put more pollinator habitat on the landscape and that's wild forbs, so wildflowers. Without partners like NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation, projects like this don't get off the ground.

So to be able to implement that project and work with the DNR to collaborative manner to help get this project implemented and dormant seeded this year helps restore so many acres that probably wouldn't be restored without the Environmental Action Grant from NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation.

The Wetlands Initiative is an organization dedicated to designing, restoring and creating wetlands to improve water quality wildlife habitat and climate resilience. Their Little Calumet River restoration project enhanced wetland habitats, removed invasive species, reintroduced native plants and provided recreational opportunities to support Gary’s environmental health and resilience.

So our partnership with NIPSCO has been really impactful in terms of improving these natural areas. Our three Environmental Action Grants have actually led to a really strong partnership with the NIPSCO environmental programs.

We help design our wetland restorations in partnership with NIPSCO because the rights of way run through these sites in a lot of cases, so we want to make sure that our wetland natural areas are being managed very similarly to the NIPSCO rights of way.

And, a big next phase in our partnership when we received a NiSource Charitable Foundation Grant for $50,000 to do some engineering and community engagement work at the Chase Street Wetland in Gary.

So yeah that's been really fantastic to work more hand in hand with NiSource to get to know some other members of the staff there and yeah we've been using those dollars mostly to help support community-engaged planning of some future while insights and Gary. Multiply these examples 150 across northern Indiana, and you have a collective impact allowing communities to engage with nature and the environment.

Pollinator garden, shoreline stabilization, or canoe launch—this grant has funded all of these, and they anchor community connections through environmental stewardship. For 2025, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant will fund 26 diverse environmental restoration and education projects across the territory.

Monarch Joint Venture, Monarch Pollinator Projects across Northern Indiana, $25,000 - Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat in Porter County - Pisgah Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Kosciusko County and Wildlife Area in Newton County - Hammond Right-of-Ways in Lake County from Wolf Lake to Roxana Marsh Blue Heron Ministries, Demonstration Beds at Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site, $1,125 Boy Scouts of America Anthony Wayne Area Council, Montessori Environmental Stewardship Curriculum in Pleasant Lake, $5,000 Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, Borton Wetlands Habitat Restoration, $5,000 Delta Institute, Urban Forestry and Community Engagement in Hammond, $5,000 Field Station Cooperative, Nature Pre-school at Indiana Dunes National Park, $1,000 Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana, Pollinator Project at Camp McMillen, $5,000 Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, High School Outdoor Career Pathways, $5,000 Indiana University Foundation, The Pollinator Orchard at IU Kokomo, $5,000 International Friendship Gardens, Environmental Survey, $5,000 LaGrange County Department of Parks and Recreation, Nature Day Camps, $3,000 LaPorte County Soil and Water Conservation District, Kankakee River Days, $5,000 Legacy Foundation, Stewart Mattix Prairie Restoration, $5,000 Little River Wetlands, Native Habitat Restoration, $5,000 MLK Montessori School, STEAM Summer Camp, $2,000 Michigan City Parks Department, 2025 Trail Creek Week, $5,000 Mongo Community Development Association, Pollinator Garden Expansion, $1,250 Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, We Are Our Nature’s Keepers, $5,000 Niches Land Trust, Summer Adventure Camp, $5,000 Northwest Indiana Paddling Association, River Clearing East Branch Little Calumet River, $5,000 Oak Farm Montessori School, Forest Path Improvement Project, $4,200 PFW Foundation, Conservation Conversation, $5,000 Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Access and Programming at Oases Botanic Gardens in Gary, $5,000 For 2024, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant will fund 21 diverse environmental restoration and education projects across the territory.

The 2024 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant winners include: The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, Festival de la Monarcha, East Chicago, $4,000 Saint Mary’s College, Campus Canopy Project’s Living Exhibition, $5,000 LaPorte County Park Foundation, Habitat Restoration Project, $5,000 Indiana Audubon Society, Chasing Melody, Lake and Jasper Counties, $5,000 Blue Heron Ministries, Lupine Meadow Expansion at Headacres Farm, Steuben County, $5,000 Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, Nat’s Nature Club, $5,000 ACRES Land Trust, Lee Family Perfect Lake Nature Preserve Habitat Restoration, Steuben County, $5,000 The Outlet Youth Center, youth programming, Fulton County, $2,000 The Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, summer youth environmental education, City of Gary, $5,000 Indiana Land Protection Alliance, Safety and Woods Worker Training Course, $5,000 Sisters of the Holy Cross, Pollinator and Monarch Waystation Habitat Establishment, $5,000 Town of Chesterton, Coffee Creek Park Pond Improvements, $1,500 DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District, Invasive Species Education and Removal, $5,000 East Chicago Sanitary District-Stormwater Dept.

, Rain off McShane, rain barrel project, $3,200 Monarch Joint Venture, Cedar Swamp Pollinator Project, Steuben County, $5,000 Little River Wetlands, Native Habitat Restoration, Allen County, $5,000 Noble County Public Library, Rainscaping education, $1,500 Speaks for the Trees and More, summer nature camp, Allen County, $500 St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative, Flow the St.

Joe, $1,000 NICHES Land Trust, Sustainability Outreach, $3,500 Augsburg Lutheran Church, Pollinator habitat, Porter, $500 For 2023, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant will fund 15 diverse environmental restoration and education projects across the territory.

The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, Festival de la Monarcha, East Chicago, $4,000 Art Barn School of Art, Inc., Monarch Maker Gardens/Educational Arts Programming, $5,000 LC Nature Park, Habitat Restoration Project, Allen County, $5,000 Elkhart Environmental Center, Envirofest, $2,500 The Wetlands Initiative, Volunteer Stewardship Events/Collaborative Habitat Restoration, West Branch of the Little Calumet River, $4,375 Trees Indiana, Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom, Fort Wayne, $2,000 LaPorte County Soil and Water Conservation District, Kankakee River Days Canoemobile Program, $5,000 Limberlost and Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Sites, Invasive Species Cleanup, $2,250 Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, Woodland Vernal Pond Dock, $4500 Anthony Wayne Area Council/Boy Scouts of America, Scout Camp Ecological Restoration Project, $2,400 Mongo Community Development Association, Mongo Town Park Pollinator Garden, $2975 Highland Community Foundation, Erie Lacklawanna Bike Trail Wetland Restoration, $5,000 The Vine Learning Center, Prairie Restoration and Outdoor Classroom Engagement Areas, Steuben County, $5,000 Indiana University Kokomo, Sustainability Week, $5,000 Marshall County Park and Recreation Department, Invasive Species Control in Mill Pond and Memorial Forest, $5,000 The 2022, NIPSCO’s Environmental Action Grant recipients include: The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, East Chicago Monarch Festival, $5,000 Lakeshore Public Media, Share Shifting Sands documentary, $5,000 The Watershed Foundation, Deeds Creek Dam Removal and Habitat Restoration Project, $5,000 Art Barn School of Art, Inc., Monarch Habitat Revitalization, $5,000 Christ Lutheran Church, Southern Bioswale Native Garden for Butterflies, Pollinators and Birds, $1,500 LC Nature Park, Prairie & Wetland Seeding Project, $5,000 Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana, It’s Your Planet-Love It!

, $2,200 Elkhart Environmental Center, Envirofest, $5,000 Izaak Walton League’s Porter County Chapter, Gene Clifford Bluebird Trail, $5,000 Humane Indiana, Environmental and Wildlife Education Center, $5,000 Dunes Learning Center, Buds for Butterflies and Bees in the Indiana Dunes, $5,000 Jasper County Economic Development Organization, Take A Hike programming, $1,200 United Way of Miami County, Recycled Plarn Sleeping Mats, $5,000 Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest, Native Plant & Monarch Waystation Garden Restoration, $4850 Coolspring Citizen’s Association, Coolspring Elementary Tree Planting and Education, $850 The Wetlands Initiative, Collaborative Habitat Restoration and Community Engagement, $5,000 DeKalb County Soil & Water Conservation District, Community Pollinator Habitat Development, $3,500 The 2021 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant winners include: Beverly Shores Environmental Restoration Group, Teaching, learning and digging in the Dunes, $2,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana, Conservation Buddies, $5,000 Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, Wetland restoration, $4,000 Friends of the Fulton County Parks and Recreation Dept.

, Richland Restoration Nature Park, $5,000 Indiana Audubon, 2021 Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, $3,000 Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District, Soil testing and waterway improvement, $1,700 Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Council, Rain Barrel Brigade, $3,000 Michiana Area Council of Governments, Crossway Trails Month, $2,900 Miller Garden Club, Rain garden restoration, $4,100 The Montessori School at WPC, Forest school gear, $3,500 Northview Elementary School in Valparaiso, Girl Scout garden, $1,500 Oak Farm Montessori School, Prairie and oak woodland restoration project, $4,000 Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, Pollinator Week, $5,000 The Student Conservation Association, Calumet Tree Conservation Corps, $5,000 Town of Hebron Parks and Recreation Dept.

, Trail and property improvements, $5000 The Watershed Foundation, Smithsonian Water/Ways exhibit Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Wellfield wetland conservation, $5,000 The Wetlands Initiative, Habitat restoration and community engagement on Little Calumet River, $5,000 The 2020 NIPSCO Environmental Action Grant winners include: ACRES Land Trust, Trine University restoration partnership Highland Community Foundation, community tree canopy project Lake Station Community Schools, pollinator garden Little River Wetlands Project, urban turtle education and conservation efforts Michiana Area Council of Governments, Partners for Clean Air/Bicycle Parking Project Michigan City Parks Department, Trail Creek Week NICHES Land Trust, environmental steward docent training Porter County Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America, E-STEAM in the Field Porter County Conservation Trust, Eagle Scout project Sisters of the Holy Cross, Urban reforestation and pollinator support St.

Joseph County Parks Foundation, playscape native plantings The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, East Chicago Monarch outreach and habitat support Town of Chesterton, Coffee Creek Park riparian restoration project Town of Churubusco/Smith-Green Community Schools, rain garden IU Kokomo, Camp Persimmon environmental sustainability day camp Boys & Girls Club of White County, community environmental education programming Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, Spaceship Earth education programming City of La Porte Park and Recreation Department, erosion control project Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, ecosystem education programming Highland Community Foundation, community tree canopy project Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, scholarships for the Stewards of Tomorrow Little River Wetlands, urban turtle education and conservation efforts Michiana Area Council of Governments, Partners for Clean Air Michigan City Area Schools, high school environmental restoration team Porter County Parks Foundation, Sunset Hill Farm County Park Pond restoration phase IV Shirley Heinze Land Trust, educational guidebook project St.

Joseph County Parks Foundation, nature education and literacy trail Tippecanoe Environmental Lake & Watershed Foundation, Winona Lake Limitless Park restoration project Trees Indiana, Woodland trails urban forest education Wildcat Guardians, Waterworks Dam Portage trail Acres Land Trust, restoration at James P.

Covell Nature Preserve Causes for International Change, native plant and accessible garden Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Spy Run Creek River Watch Friends of Potato Creek State Park for invasive plant mapping and removal Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, Promoting civic engagement through civic science for middle school students La Porte County Soil & Water Conservation District, Trail Creek Week Little River Wetlands, Monarch Festival 2017 Logan’s Landing Association, 2017 Downtown Green & Clean Day NICHES Land Trust, Gish restoration project Porter County Convention, Recreation & Visitor Commission, Native American Ethnobotany Trail Porter County Parks Foundation, Sunset Hill Farm County Park Pond restoration phase III Pulaski County Soil & Water Conservation District, Tippecanoe River State Park stream bank restoration Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, Trail Creek watershed restoration & community engagement project The Child Care Consortium, Rain garden & outdoor environmental education Trees Indiana, Woodland Trails urban forest education Friends of Robinson Lake in Hobart for shoreline stabilization Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center in Chesterton for environmental education La Porte County Conservation Trust for restoration at McCloskey Wetlands La Porte County Soil and Water Conservation District for Michigan City’s Trail Creek Week Martin T.

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