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| Name of Organization | Amount | Description | Keywords | Year | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources | $2,000 | Support an Upper Potomac Roundtable Conference to bring together citizens and governmental leaders to develop a coordinated tributary strategy. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resources | $4,250 | Provide support for a year-long leadership training to help solve a conservation and sustainability management issue within DNR. | Communications | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Department of the Environment | $25,000 | Support training of local college and law students to review self-inspection construction permit reports. "This volunteer enforcement corp. will help monitor compliance, with a goal of reducing runoff from construction sites." | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Environmental Trust | $15,000 | Launch phase one of a coordinated outreach and education strategy to highlight the 2007 Federal tax benefits for donations of voluntary conservation easements in Southern Maryland. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $150,000 | Support MDLCV's efforts to increase public awareness and citizen advocacy, and to strengthen the capacity and role of Maryland's environmental community | Capacity, Political Will | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $150,000 | Assist the Maryland Environmental Law Clinic to address their growing case load of pro bono work in environmental advocacy and enforcement at the local, state and federal levels | Advocacy, Political Will | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $105,000 | $75K to educate voters; ($50K was in response to a successful challenge grant); $25K for general operational support; and $5K to sponsor the Kabler annual dinner. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $105,000 | $75,000 for general operational support, expanding their capacity; $25,000 to host the Legislative Summit and support education and outreach | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $200,000 | Build capacity support so MD LCV Education Fund will have the capability to build a strong environmental community that has skilled leaders, powerful tools, a cohesive public message and solid membership lists. A deliverable will be a "common agenda" for the Chesapeake environmental community. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $150,000 | Support the capacity of the MD LCV Education Fun while they work to grow their own organization and strengthen the MD environmental community through the development of a "common agenda". | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation | $2,500 | Support the 5th Annual Banquet and Auction. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation | $500 | Build strong partnerships with the environmental community, and address the lack of Maryland conservation law enforcement resources. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation | $5,000 | Support the annual banquet and auction, bringing together hunters and anglers with government officials and environmentalists. | Capacity | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation, Inc. | $45,000 | Hold the Public Service Commission (PSC), the MD Administration and utility companies accountable to the goals laid out in the 2008 EMPOWER legislation. This law establishes a goal to reduce per capita electricity consumption by 15% by 2015, with electric utilities responsible for 2/3 of the savings. | Accountability, Political Will | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation, Inc. | $25,000 | Implement a statewide campaign in Maryland to promote energy policies focused on energy efficiency and conservation. This will be done through partnerships, education of decision makers and providing expert testimonies. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. | $25,000 | Support Outdoors Maryland. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. | $35,000 | Produce a 30-minute segment on the hidden and unseen impacts of stormwater on the Bay and local streams. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. | $45,000 | Support production of a 30-minute segment focusing on the threat to Maryland's critical areas. The project includes re-packaging of the segment for distribution to local environmental organizations. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. | $45,000 | Partially support an hour segment produced by MPT on the topic of growth. The program will visit the roots of sprawl, how development occurs, and confront its many consequences. "Maryland's Sprawl Problem" is expected to be aired in February 2009. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 | Produce a 30-minute segment on the topic of agricultural runoff in the Chesapeake. The program will address problems of agricultural runoff and the solutions and will air on MPT. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 | Continue direct advocacy and organizing efforts to ensure new state energy efficiency goals are met. Serve as the fiscal agent for continued support of a key partner, American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 | Develop an EmPOWER Scorecard to benchmark Maryland's progress towards its energy efficiency goals and track developments at the Public Services Commission. Educate the public and policymakers on how investments in energy efficiency lower bills, stabilize the electric system and reduce reliance on expensive new power plants. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Television | $10,000 | Sponsor Chesapeake Bay Weekly. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Perry Hall Chapter | $1,000 | General Support | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | $3,000 | Support a scholarship fund, dedicated to our region's anglers. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | $3,000 | Support the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | $2,000 | Provide college scholarships for tomorrow's leaders entering the environmental field. | Fisheries | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | $2,000 | Scholarship support. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | $4,000 | For a scholarship fund. | N/A | 2003 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Stream Restoration Association | $10,000 | Sponsor a Stream Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring Charrette in an effort to develop a consensus on a comprehensive monitoring program for Maryland. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation, Inc. | $5,000 | Support a coalition of environmental organizations to work on agricultural runoff pollution. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts | $10,000 | Support for "Test Your Soil First" to address phosphorus applications to lawns in one Maryland community. The data will help address any discrepancies in suburban lawn fertilizer applications. | Agriculture | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments | $25,000 | Support the Anacostia Watershed Restoration partnership and their efforts to strengthen stormwater controls in Prince George's County. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Mosley & Associates | $146,000 | Contracted with Mosley & Associates to perform reviews of agricultural programs in MD, DE, VA and PA to evaluate agricultural programs - what funding is provided for these activities, what information is collected, how the information is maintained, what information is available to the public, and what efforts are made to monitor funding and the resulting effects. They will assemble and analyze results of reviews from all states in a comparative analysis, providing a final report of results and recommendations. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | For general operational support - year one of three year commitment. | N/A | 2004 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | Capacity building in Foundation's priority geographic region. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | General operational support to assist with the organization's strategic planning process. The Alliance is a consortium of environmental organizations, farmers, academics, business, public agencies and land trusts. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | General operating support to continue building the capacity of the organization and to enhance the mission of conserving the natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River and its watershed. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | General operating support to continue building the capacity of the organization and to enhance the mission of conserving the natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River and its watershed. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | Develop and test flexible, innovative practices to establish grass buffers along agricultural ditches and implement these practices on farms within the Pocomoke and Nanticoke watersheds. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $10,000 | Conduct farmer outreach and water quality monitoring to allow flexibility to farmers in the design and installation of buffers along agricultural ditches in the Nanticoke watershed. Work to achieve inclusion of conservation practice criteria in state and federal cost share programs. | Agriculture | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Aquarium in Baltimore, Inc. | $5,000 | For general operational support with notation of interest in collaboration on Living Shoreline restoration. | N/A | 2003 | Chesapeake |
| National Association of Conservation Districts | $22,000 | Identify a watershed wide strategy that conservation districts can pursue to increase landowner participation in recommended conservation practices. Establish a framework for how districts can ensure accountability for program adoption and nutrient reduction. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Audubon Society, Inc. | $50,000 | Expand the Audubon's membership to Chesapeake Bay issues, engaging members to act as advocates for the protection of critical wildlife habitat on the four lower shore counties of Maryland. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| National Center for Smart Growth | $39,000 | Conduct an analysis of Maryland land use policies compared with other states to develop recommendations of policy changes needed to achieve smarter growth. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| National Center for Smart Growth | $26,000 | Help sponsor the four Maryland Reality Check workshops in May and June 2006; identify policy changes that will be needed to change trends identified by participants. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| National Coalition for Marine Conservation | $25,000 | Support the participation in the development of the 2009 menhaden stock assessment and the menhaden fishery management plan. An effort to see that all available scientific information is considered and catch limits meet predator needs first, before allocating fish to the fisheries. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| National Coalition for Marine Conservation | $25,000 | Work with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to evaluate the applicability of menhaden research to management. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Coalition for Marine Conservation | $20,000 | Work with the Interstate Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan to develop and enact a fisheries management plan, with ecological reference points, that addresses and protects menhaden's role as prey and as a filter. | Fisheries | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Coalition for Marine Conservation | $20,000 | Support NCMC in their work to amend the current Interstate Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan to include a new overfishing threshold and a suite of management measures. | Fisheries | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| National League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $90,000 | Support the Chesapeake Environmental Leadership Institute | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $82,000 | General operational support with interest noted in clean air related activities in Maryland and in Virginia , and future national coalition building activities. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $100,000 | General operational support with interest noted in clean air related activities in Maryland and in Virginia, and future national coalition building activities. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $100,000 | Continue support of their "Clean Air for Parks, People and the Chesapeake Bay"campaign, educating the media, decision makers and advocates on the need and benefits of healthy air. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $100,000 | Support NPCA's air quality advocacy work in Maryland and Virginia, seeking to establish and ensure enforcement of modern pollution control standards on all power plants, while informing and empowering citizens to be effective advocates. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $100,000 | Participate, and engage local communities, in power plant permitting decisions and reviews. Expand upon the Virginians for Healthy Air network to engage businesses in advocacy for clean air and climate health. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $85,000 | Advocacy for air quality and climate change efforts at the Federal level and in Virginia. Federal clean air laws and policies provide special protections for national parks, and can be leveraged to benefit a much broader region. Establish, and ensure enforcement of, state and federal policies to reduce emissions from power plants. | Advocacy | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $25,000 | Provide professional strategic and tactical support to the America's Great Waters and the Choose Clean Water coalitions. Increase national attention to environmental issues associated with Chesapeake Bay and other major water bodies across the country. | Advocacy | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $26,580 | Conduct outreach activities and prepare a report of the costs and benefits of Md. power plant upgrades. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $60,000 | Develop and disseminate a report on the effects of global warming to the fish and wildlife of the Chesapeake region, including a list of recommended solutions. Engage networks of sportsmen and wildlife-oriented groups. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $100,000 | Support the establishment of a new Chesapeake Bay Mid-Atlantic office with a full-time Director and staff. This will expand NWF's role to focus on regional efforts. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $50,000 | Support a Pennsylvania focused communications strategy of the Chesapeake-wide "Choose Clean Water" coalition, to expand membership and awareness of the coalition. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $150,000 | Support for the recently-formed Mid-Atlantic NWF office, focusing on the conservation needs of the Chesapeake Bay region. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200,000 | The "Choose Clean Water" Coalition works towards a restored and protected Bay through federal advocacy and accountability, and action at the state and local levels. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $2,500 | Assist the Choose Clean Water Coalition in preparing comments on the state Watershed Implementation Plans | WIP | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200,000 | Continue support of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, raising the visibility of the Chesapeake region at the national level, while engaging local organizations and citizens to participate in a federal voice. | Advocacy | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $25,000 | Develop a communications campaign aimed at securing support for stronger Bay water quality protections by helping land owners in the six Bay watershed states make the link between pollution in the Bay and the waterways in their own back yards and neighborhoods. | Communications | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $72,500 | Support strong stormwater inclusion and implementation in the state Watershed Implementation Plans, and push for a Chesapeake Bay provision in EPA stormwater rule-making. | Stormwater, WIP | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $150,000 | Support work to develop a sportsmen coalition to build a sustainable network of hunter and angler advocates. | Advocacy | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $250,000 | Support the Choose Clean Water Coalitions operations and regrant program. Regrants will be directed to state lead work on Watershed Implementation Plans. | WIP | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| National Wildlife Federation | $140,000 | Support the NWF Mid-Atlantic Office. This office leaders the Choose Clean Water Coalition and works to engage a diverse community of hunters and anglers into the conservation and policy communities. | Capacity | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Solutions, LLC | $23,000 | Complete the Chesapeake Bay Manure Management Project. The goal of the project is to help stimulate new markets for, and accelerate investment in, innovative technologies that create marketable products from poultry and dairy manure. | Agriculture | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Solutions, LLC | $20,000 | Secure support for actions that could lead to wider adoption of technologies that convert poultry litter and dairy manure to energy and other byproducts. | Agriculture | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc | $40,000 | Work on strengthening stormwater standards in the Patuxent River watershed, while also targeting larger pollution sources through compliance action. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc | $40,000 | Comprehensively address and minimize municipal stormwater pollution in Maryland, with a focus on the Patuxent River. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc | $40,000 | Develop cost analysis and fact sheets on the importance of effective stormwater controls at roadways. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc | $30,000 | Leverage their technical and legal expertise to advocate for the strong inclusion of green infrastructure in national and Chesapeake policies. | Advocacy | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Natural Resources Solutions, LLC | $48,000 | Help stimulate new markets for, and accelerate investment in, innovative technologies that create energy and other marketable products from poultry and dairy manure. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $80,000 | The Chesapeake Bay Initiative focuses on aquatic conservation goals with an emphasis on oyster policy, FERC re-licensing for freshwater flows, and a sea level rise adaptation project. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $80,000 | Support the Chesapeake Initiative to develop, coordinate and implement TNC's strategic plan for Chesapeake Bay conservation. Most of the work will be on documenting the value of oyster restoration using ecosystem services, and working on menhaden fisheries. | Fisheries | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $80,000 | Support the work of the Director of TNC's Chesapeake Initiative to develop, coordinate and implement TNC's strategic plan for Chesapeake Bay conservation. | Capacity | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $25,000 | Donation from the Robert W. Wilson Foundation for land conservation in the Nanticoke River Watershed based on a $50,000 grant from The Campbell Foundation for forest acquisition in Hawaii. | N/A | 2004 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $10,000 | For operational support for the Nanticoke River Watershed Project. | N/A | 2004 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $72,500 | Support Chesapeake Initiative - related to native oyster restoration, policy and enhanced funding in the areas of forest conservation, agriculture, air deposition, and freshwater linkages to the Bay. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $72,500 | Support Chesapeake Initiative - provide national expertise to Chesapeake Bay policy work on native oyster restoration, forest conservation, agriculture, and freshwater linkages to the Bay. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $75,000 | Utilize the strengths of TNC and apply them to the Chesapeake Bay region, particularly focusing on fisheries policy and habitat protection and conservation as it relates to climate change, development, etc. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| The Nature Conservancy | $80,000 | Support TNC's Chesapeake Bay Initiative, expanding their efforts in the Bay region to focus on aquatic conservation goals. Work will concentrate on oyster policy, improved harvest controls for high priority species and dam operating licenses to allow fish passage. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | $20,000 | Partnership support to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental education programs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. | N/A | 2004 | Chesapeake |
| Northeast-Midwest Institute | $25,000 | Support their Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program - keeping Congressional members informed through coordinated briefings and field trips, maintaining a web-based budget database, facilitating discussions to address Mid-Atlantic stormwater issues. Support the work of the Congressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Northeast-Midwest Institute | $25,000 | Support the NEMW's role, providing organizational support to the Congressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force. Activities include budget and bill tracking, policy analysis, preparation of Hill briefings, and responding to requests. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Northeast-Midwest Institute | $10,000 | Work to support the Congressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, which is expanding to include the Potomac River Basin and Susquehanna Task Forces. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Northeastern Division, AFS | $1,000 | Support an international symposium on "Challenges for Diadromous Fisheries in a Dynamic Global Environment". | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Northeastern PA Educational TV Assn. | $10,000 | Support production of a segment,"Hope for Polluted Waters", focusing on Acid Mine Drainage streams in Pennsylvania. The segment will raise awareness of local stream protection and restoration. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Oyster Recovery Partnership | $100,000 | For restoration activities on permanent sanctuaries and actions to strengthen the ecological potential of the oyster. | N/A | 2003 | Chesapeake |
| Oyster Recovery Partnership | $5,000 | Support DNR's effort to raise funds through marketing of bottled water. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Oyster Reef Keepers of Virginia, Inc. | $16,000 | Determine the economic feasibility of watermen producing and planting spat on shell for the market production of oysters on leased grounds in Virginia. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Oyster Reef Keepers of Virginia, Inc. | $10,000 | Determine the economic feasibility of watermen producing and planting spat on shell for the market production of oysters on leased grounds in Virginia. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Clean Water Fund (PA), PA Clean Water Fund | $45,000 | Support the establishment of a Clean Water Fund office in the PA State Capitol of Harrisburg. This will expand the presence of advocates working on water quality state policy and regulation implementation and enforcement. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| PA Parks and Forests Foundation | $15,000 | Support the Symposium of State Natural Resource Agency Leaders, hosted by Pennsylvania in June 2008. Mr. Paul Hawken served as the keynote speaker, highlighting land resources and climate change. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Parks & People Foundation | $20,000 | A partnership contribution for a pilot project to demonstrate the viability of using street parks for stormwater management. | N/A | 2003 | Chesapeake |