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Delaware Association of Conservation Districts $5,000 Sponsorship of a regional conference offering soil health information for farmers at every scale, bringing in hundreds of attendees from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond Agriculture, Outreach 2023 Chesapeake
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc $4,681 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Gunpowder Riverkeeper, Inc. $25,000 Office Beautification Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, Inc $3,375 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, Inc $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore $5,000 Sponsorship of an expo-style event featuring local business owners to show Wicomico County 4th grader students all the different facets of the agriculture industry. Agriculture, Outreach, Youth 2023 Chesapeake
Lancaster Clean Water Partners - sub of CFLC $25,000 Office Beautification Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Lancaster Farmland Trust $2,500 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
LEAD Maryland Foundation, Inc. $2,800 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Lower Shore Land Trust $4,238 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Lower Shore Land Trust $15,000 Office Beautification Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Make the Road States Inc $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Mid-Atlantic 4R Nutrient Stewardship Association $1,000 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc $4,138 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc $25,000 Office Beautification Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Nature Forward $4,629 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Nature Forward $2,500 Sponsorship of the 5th Naturally Latinos Conference Themed “Perteneciendo: Nuestras Raíces, Nuestra Tierra (Belonging: Our Roots, Our Earth),”. The hybrid conference brings dialogue, presentations and performances focused on the needs and interests of the Washington, DC region Latine environmental professionals, environmental justice advocates, educators and nature enthusiasts. Capactiy, Diverse Partnerships, Outreach 2023 Chesapeake
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation $5,000 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Piedmont Environmental Council $4,000 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
ShoreRivers, Inc $5,000 Professional Development N/A 2023 Chesapeake
Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $5,000 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Waterkeepers Chesapeake $5,000 Tax and Audit Prep Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Minary's Dream Alliance Inc $15,000 Provide opportunities for youth on the Upper Shore of Maryland through mentoring, tutoring, vocational training and college readiness. Capacity, Diverse Partnerships, Equity, Outreach, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Earth Force Inc $10,000 Work with partners on the Delmarva, guiding students through a process of identifying and solving local environmental challenges, and incorporating civics into environmental education programs. Civic Engagement, Outreach, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
PennFuture $70,000 PennFutures Civic Engagement work will educate, mobilize and build environmental awareness through coalition building and volunteer engagement. Accountability, Advocacy, Civic Engagement, Diverse Partnerships, Outreach, Political Will, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Waterkeepers Chesapeake $55,000 Provide capacity building services to the Waterkeepers throughout the Chesapeake region. Capacity, Keepers, Political Will, Water Quality, WIP 2023 Chesapeake
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council $35,000 Administer a Chesapeake Bay Landscaping Professional (CBLP) certification program and related educational programming for landscape professions, and those that design, install, and maintain green infrastructure and conservation practices. Baywide, Capacity, Land Use, Outreach, Stormwater, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Preservation Maryland $90,000 Increase access to incentives and identify regulatory barriers to infill, offering strategies that can be replicated across the state, empowering local advocates and leaders to take a different approaching to curbing sprawl. Advocacy, Comprehensive Plans, Land Use, Political Will 2023 Chesapeake
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay $15,000 In Spring 2024, coordinate a 2-day peer-to-peer agricultural learning tour for Delmarva based locally elected officials. Agriculture, Capacity, Outreach, Political Will 2023 Chesapeake
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake, Inc $90,000 Inspire watershed stewardship, restoration and activism among people of faith. Cultivate leaders and green teams within congregations, and help them lead activities, advocacy efforts, or projects at their respective place of worship. Advocacy, Baywide, Diverse Partnerships, Land Use, Non-traditional Allies, Outreach, Stormwater, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Shore Legal Access Inc $25,000 Expand the capacity of its paid internship program for undergraduate and law students, creating opportunities for students and yielding meaningful deliverables that can be used to enhance service to their community. Diverse Partnerships, Equity 2023 Chesapeake
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc $25,000 Provide webinars, workshops, peer-to-peer sharing and one-on-one technical assistance to community watershed organizations leaders and volunteers, so they are equipped to participate in local government decision making processes. Capacity, Land Use, Outreach, Political Will, Pollution, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Anacostia Watershed Society, Inc $45,000 Advocate for the remediation of the Anacostia River, including implementation of stormwater pollutant controls. Promote community-based efforts to manage stormwater and create habitat through the Watershed Stewards Academy. Advocacy, Diverse Partnerships, Pollution, Stormwater, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Friends of the Rappahannock, Inc. $25,000 Support a York River Steward to serve as the local advocate for clean water. Advocacy, Agriculture, Capacity, Diverse Partnerships, Pollution, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Wildlife Leadership Academy $17,000 Students participate in summer field schools that focus on wildlife/ fisheries conservation along with leadership skills development. Teens serve as Conservation Ambassadors in their communities for the remainder of the year. Outreach, Water Quality, Youth 2023 Chesapeake
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation $50,000 Raise awareness around the need for continual investments in state parks and forests, and the benefits they provide in human health, water quality and outdoor tourism. Advocacy, Land Use, Outreach, Political Will, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay $75,000 Engage the supply chain to advance improvements in water quality and other environmental outcomes. This brings new funding sources and proponents to conservation. Advocacy, Agriculture, Baywide, Diverse Partnerships, Land Use, Non-traditional Allies, Nutrients, Outreach, Political Will, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Lower Shore Land Trust $75,000 Community engagement and outreach to agriculture to adopt conservation practices. Advocacy, Agriculture, Capacity, Land Use, Non-traditional Allies, Nutrients, Political Will, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
ShoreRivers, Inc $240,000 ShoreRivers uniquely operates riverkeeper, education, and farmer outreach programs. This allows them to cross between more typical conservation programs and dedicated agricultural outreach. They operate one of the most effective farmer outreach programs on the Delmarva. Advocacy, Agriculture, Capacity, Civic Engagement, Diverse Partnerships, Enforcement, Land Use, Manure, Non-traditional Allies, Nutrients, Outreach, Political Will, Pollution, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts $35,000 Training for staff and board members of conservation districts. Adequately train key personnel in management or actual conservation practices and delivery mechanisms. Agriculture, Capacity, Nutrients, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Donegal Trout Unlimited $56,000 Cold water stream restoration in Lancaster, PA. Outreach to under served communities, plain sect partners and youth. Agriculture, Capacity, Diverse Partnerships, Fisheries, Non-traditional Allies, Stormwater, Water Quality, Youth 2023 Chesapeake
9b Group $17,500 Advancing technical services to agricultural partners for conservation delivery. Agriculture, Baywide, Civic Engagement, Non-traditional Allies, Outreach, Political Will, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Lancaster County Community Foundation $50,000 Engage groups in Lancaster to do water quality projects. This is a key outreach initiative and provides seed money for innovative projects. Agriculture, Capacity, Civic Engagement, Diverse Partnerships, Non-traditional Allies, Outreach, Political Will, Pollution, Stormwater, Voter Engagement, Water Quality, Youth 2023 Chesapeake
Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy $5,000 Investment in leadership staff to create and implement a work plan that fits the current organizational capacity. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Blue Water Baltimore, Inc. $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Center for Watershed Protection $3,842 Staff participation in Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Center for Watershed Protection $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council $2,500 Executive leadership training with How We Heal. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Earth Force Inc $4,650 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Environmental Grantmakers Association $5,000 Sponsorship of the Winter Briefing in Baltimore, MD. Capacity, Diverse Partnerships, Outreach 2024 Chesapeake
James River Association $2,500 Professional development opportunities for staff members. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore $2,500 Staff participation in Shore Leadership program. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore $2,500 Staff participation in the JA BizTown and JA Finance Park Summit, a three-day conference led by Junior Achievement (JA) USA staff. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Lancaster Conservancy $20,000 Sponsorship of Lancaster Water Week. A quarter of the sponsorship funds goes to the Lancaster Clean Water Fund. Capacity, Outreach, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Nature Forward $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Nature Forward $6,566 Upgrade of hybrid meeting and educational program equipment to improve accessibility for in-person and online participants. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
PennFuture $5,000 Psychological Safety workshop for all staff. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Piedmont Environmental Council $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Potomac Conservancy, Inc $4,945 Professional Development Capacity 2023 Chesapeake
Potomac Riverkeeper Incorporated $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
ShoreRivers, Inc $5,000 Sponsorship of the Upper Shore Youth Environmental Action Summit. Capacity, Youth 2024 Chesapeake
ShoreRivers, Inc $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Sustainable Chesapeake $2,500 Staff participation in the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Virginia League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Wetlands Watch, Inc. $5,000 Professional development opportunities for staff members. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc $110,000 Continued development of tools for identifying priority locations to install specific conservation actions. This is designed to improve the effectiveness of conservation investments. Advocacy, Agriculture, Capacity, Land Use, Nutrients, Water Quality, WIP 2023 Chesapeake
Soil and Water Conservation Society $10,000 Sponsorship of the Making Retail Conservation Real meeting. A gathering of top retailers and key conservation partners to advance agricultural adoption by working with agricultural retailers. Agriculture, Diverse Partnerships, Non-traditional Allies, Nutrients, Outreach, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Lancaster Farmland Trust $125,000 Outreach and assistance to farmers to implement conservation management for improved water quality in Lancaster County, PA. A particular, though not exclusive, focus on Pequea Creek. Agriculture, Diverse Partnerships, Land Use, Manure, Nutrients, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Trout Unlimited $50,000 Restoration of coldwater streams in the headwaters of the Chesapeake with a focus on restoring keystone tributaries high in the watershed. Baywide, Capacity, Fisheries, Land Use, Nutrients, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Commons Inc $160,000 Technical tools to document the water quality impacts of management of agricultural lands. Tools will promote better quantification of voluntary actions in the Bay Model and seek to break the impasse that does not count actions taken without government funding. Agriculture, Baywide, Capacity, Land Use, Nutrients, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
ShoreRivers, Inc $45,000 Assess the potential of microbial nitrogen fixers to reduce nutrient, nitrogen in particular, loss from row crops to waters. Multiple classes of nitrogen fixing biological techniques will be assessed. Agriculture, Land Use, Nutrients, Pollution, Water Quality, WIP 2024 Chesapeake
9b Group $17,500 Advancing technical services to agricultural partners for conservation delivery. Agriculture, Baywide, Civic Engagement, Non-traditional Allies, Outreach, Political Will, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc $40,000 Build upon community collaborations, resource development, and regional coordination to position the Nanticoke for larger restoration dollars for agricultural and residential properties. Capacity, Pollution, Water Quality 2023 Chesapeake
Dickinson College $35,000 Engage volunteers in stream monitoring and assessments through Susquehanna Stream Teams. Capacity, Outreach, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Let's Go 1-2-3 $20,000 Use creative ideas, collaborations, and community partnerships to alleviate barriers for underrepresented groups to participate in programs related to nature, the outdoors, and the environment. Diverse Partnerships, Equity, Outreach, Youth 2024 Chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay Trust $50,000 Through the Chesapeake Bay Funders Networks Capacity Building Initiative, support and build regional cross-sector networks to improve local environmental and community conditions. Invest in individual organizational capacity building as well. Baywide, Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Conestoga River Club $35,000 Use water-based recreational activities and public access to connect the community to the conservation needs of Lancaster waterways Outreach, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
United Way of Lancaster County $50,000 Project Blueprint will train underrepresented, racially diverse community members to serve on nonprofit and public governance boards. It will also assess and address the diversity of local organizations and whether they reflect the communities they serve. Capacity, Civic Engagement, Diverse Partnerships, Equity, Non-traditional Allies 2024 Chesapeake
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association $50,000 Acquire Shanks Mare Outfitters long-standing outdoor education programming and materials. Outreach, Water Quality, Youth 2024 Chesapeake
Eleven 21, Inc $10,000 Mentor, nurture, encourage, and equip under-resourced students in grades K-12 in Western Wicomico County in the areas of academics, character development, behavior, and emotional wellness. Equity, Youth 2024 Chesapeake
Potomac Riverkeeper Incorporated $135,000 Through the Riverkeeper programs, protect the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers and tributaries. Ensure the waters are protected and safe for drinking water, river habitats, and public use and enjoyment. Advocacy, Keepers, Pollution, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Horizons Delmarva Inc $30,000 Provide low-income students in Wicomico and Worcester counties with an intensive Summer Learning Program and year-round academic support. Working with teachers and families, guide and support students from kindergarten through high school. Equity, Youth 2024 Chesapeake
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc $10,000 The Healthy Harbor Initiative invests in community projects and programs to engage Baltimore City residents in restoring the Harbor and its watersheds. Projects include community greenings, trash interception, and habitat creation Equity, Outreach, Pollution, Stormwater, Water Quality 2024 Chesapeake
Anacostia Watershed Society, Inc $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Arundel Rivers Federation $7,122 Restoration of two water quality monitoring meters to be used for outreach events and by volunteer monitors Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc $9,518 Website redesign staff time support. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Earth Force Inc $5,000 Engaging a consultant to implement a new CRM system. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc $19,000 Website redesign to reflect the new identity, objectives, and strategic plan of the organization. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Friends of the Rappahannock, Inc. $7,378 Transition to QuickBooks online for ease of staff access. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Friends of the Rappahannock, Inc. $5,000 Organizational DEIJ Capacity Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Gunpowder Riverkeeper, Inc. $11,404 Replacement of outdated laptops, printers, upgraded network security, and file storage subscriptions for more efficient daily operations. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Lancaster Conservancy $26,560 Investment in CRM integrations to eliminate the need for separate systems. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association $6,096 CRM software licenses and hardware to accommodate growing audience and new staff members. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Make the Road States Inc $12,000 Tablets and cases for onsite voter registration program. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $8,000 Website theme update for ease of maintenance, implementing multiple donor payment methods, and secure recycling of obsolete hardware. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, Inc. $10,000 Research equipment to better understand Hellbender behavior and how they live underwater. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Oyster Recovery Partnership $10,000 Staff time support for new CRM implementation. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Virginia Conservation Network $14,207 Investment in an all-in-one data management system suited for associations. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake
Waterkeepers Chesapeake $5,000 Staff time support for internal financial procedures manual. Capacity 2024 Chesapeake