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Find similar grantsProject Canopy Assistance Grants (Planning and Education) is sponsored by Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Awards grants to nonprofits for shade tree, community forestry projects, sustainable management, and education on forest ecosystem benefits in Maine.
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Grants: Project Canopy: Help Trees help you. 2025 Project Canopy Assistance Grants Maine Secures $3. 07M for Tree Stewardship and Grants in Underserved Communities Grant Workshop Information The Maine Bureau of Forestry is pleased to announce the availability of grants for community forestry projects under the Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant Program.
Through Project Canopy, a program by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service, a total of $825,000 in grants will be offered, comprising $125,000 in Project Canopy Assistance grants and $700,000 in Urban and Community Forestry Restoration grants.
These grants aim to support projects in the following categories: Project Canopy Assistance Planning and Education Projects support sustainable community forestry management, and efforts to increase awareness of the benefits of trees and forests. Project Canopy Planting and Maintenance Projects increase the health and livability of communities through proper tree planting and maintenance.
Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Projects support range of activities including urban and community tree canopy establishment and protection, urban wood utilization, urban food forests, local capacity building through workforce development, climate resiliency through tree planting, community tree nursery establishment, and building understanding to care for and manage community trees.
Applicants are highly encouraged to attend the previously recorded grant workshop Located here . The grant workshop is web-based and covers topics including grant writing, project development, sustainable community forest management, and grant administration for both programs. Additional Project Canopy and UCF Restoration grant office hours will be held 9-10 AM on September 17, October 1, and 15.
Grant applications will be due to the MFS at 11:59 pm on Thursday, October 30, 2025 . Project Canopy Assistance grants require a 50% match from the grant recipient in cash or in-kind services. Urban and Community Forestry Restoration grants do not require any local match.
Project Canopy is funded by the USDA Forest Service Community Forestry Assistance Program. The USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program was authorized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (PL95-313) and revised by the 1990 Farm Bill (PL101-624) to promote natural resource management in populated areas and improve quality of life. Also visit grant application and workshop information for more details.
Contact Jan Ames Santerre for more details: Email: jan. santerre@maine. gov In all its programs and activities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations, municipalities, educational institutions in Maine for community forestry and tree-related conservation projects. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $20,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Project Canopy Assistance Grants (Planning and Education) is funded by Maine Forest Service, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Maine. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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The USDA Forest Service reopened Landscape Scale Restoration on October 28, 2026 with one national non-federal NOFO (USDA-FS-2026-LSR, $11.34M, 20-40 awards) and a Tribal NOFO ($1.26M). Awards are $100,000 to $300,000, or $600,000 for multistate projects, with a 1:1 match. Drafts go to State Foresters by December 17, and applications are due January 26, 2027. Here's what changed and how to compete.
Read articleUSDA-FS-2026-CFP puts $4.95 million behind fee-simple forest acquisition, caps requests at $600,000, and requires a 50 percent non-federal match. But the deadline that will actually disqualify you is October 13 — the date your application must be in your State Forester's hands, two weeks before the Forest Service ever sees it.
Read articleOn September 29, 2026, USDA raised the Regenerative Pilot Program to $1 billion for FY 2027: $650 million through EQIP, $350 million through CSP. The headline is the money. The decisive change is CSP's resource-concern threshold dropping from 100 percent to 75 percent, and the fact that EQIP absorbed nearly all the growth.
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