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| Name of Organization | Amount | Description | Keywords | Year | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducks Unlimited | $35,000 | Support "Farm the Best, Conserve the Rest: Wetland Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay", aiming to restore large, continuous blocks of wildlife habitat by re-enrolling landowners into conservation agreements and providing new landowners with information on land protection options. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Support ESLC to expand their capacity in a strategic way to address the enormous growth issues facing the Eastern Shore of Maryland, working with local governments on land use/ development decisions. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| EarthJustice | $30,000 | Support their Mid-Atlantic Initiative, focusing on litigation and regulatory action to reduce polluted stormwater runoff, reduce emissions from power plants and strengthen local water quality standards, such as combined sewer overflows. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Increase ESLC's capacity to respond and be proactive about land use planning with 6 counties on the Eastern Shore. This will help ESLC be more available to citizens and government officials. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Provide on-the-ground mentoring and coaching to local government officials on modifications of local comprehensive plans, annexations and priority funding areas. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $50,000 | Address next steps to implement Maryland's Watershed Implementation Plan and develop locally refined plans, with a focus on achieving the agricultural reductions that are needed. | N/A | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Continue a technical assistance circuit rider, assisting in the implementation of HB 1141. This requires modified comprehensive plans, including an evaluation of water resources. Develop an education and public awareness work plan to serve immediate town needs and build a framework for long-term technical assistance. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Virginia | $15,000 | Produce a white paper that addresses the economics of the poultry and dairy industries in the Chesapeake, with emphasis on the role of environmental requirements and other factors influencing industry profitability. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Monitor policy and engage in strategic advocacy at the local, state and national level towards furthering the goals of "Eastern Shore 2010". | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $40,000 | $25K to improve the Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan and $15K to support implementation of the Virginia Waste Solution Forum recommendations. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | Further the goals of "Eastern Shore 2010" a multi-county land use agreement that sets regional goals for conservation and sound land use planning. | Nutrients | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $75,000 | Work with partners to expand efforts to reduce agricultural run-off from row crop agriculture and livestock operations; transfer lessons learned from pilot programs to targeted areas. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $49,000 | Support a circuit rider to educate and empower local governments struggling to meet Critical Area requirements. | Political Will | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $40,000 | Educate the farm community on cost effective tools to determine optimal applications of nitrogen on corn fields. Support aerial photography of fields of participating farmers as a means to verify the effectiveness of cornstalk nitrate tests. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $50,000 | Support a Land Use Planning Academy, providing on-the-ground education and technical assistance to eastern shore local governments. ESLC will also work with advocates on developing and supporting new state-wide land use planning elements for good growth. | Advocacy, Nutrients | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $100,000 | Provide funding for a staff person dedicated to Chesapeake Bay restoration issues. Identify policy changes and on-the-ground projects that will advance agricultural conservation. Support analyses of emerging challenges and opportunities for Chesapeake agriculture, such as biofuels production and use. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $4,500 | Support the "Center for Towns" initiative, empowering town leaders, citizens and planners to insist on development proposals that reduce nutrients while energizing small Eastern Shore communities. | Nutrients, Political Will | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $75,000 | Educate the farming community on cost effective tools that determine optimal applications of nitrogen on corn fields. Support the use of aerial photographs of fields of participating farmers in Lancaster and Chester Counties | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment America Research & Policy Center Inc | $10,000 | For general operating support. Their 2011 objectives indicated a focus on addressing stormwater runoff from development. | Stormwater | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $75,000 | Support a full time staff person dedicated entirely to the Chesapeake Bay, with emphasis on agricultural conservation and ecosystem services projects. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $50,000 | Advocate for strong agricultural nutrient reduction initiatives, especially pertaining to Federal opportunities with the Executive Order and Bay Program reauthorization. | Advocacy | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $175,000 | Support a new project to safeguard fisheries and marine ecosystems in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's coastal waters through catch share management programs. EDF will work closely with MD DNR and local watermen. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $31,000 | Expand "Smarter Growth for Maryland" to a coalition involving fifty new groups; facilitate common priorities among members. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $90,000 | Advocate for significant improvements in how technical assistance, education, and outreach are delivered to farmers by key agencies. Educate the farming community about cost effective tools to determine optimal levels of nitrogen applied to corn fields. Promote adaptive management through improved field-specific information, which offers both improved nutrient management and economic benefits to farmers. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $12,000 | Hire a part-time Program Coordinator to support the Alliance for Global Warming Solutions. The coordinator's assistance will enhance the Alliance's ability to succeed in meeting their mission: science-based reductions of global warming pollution by at least 20% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $120,000 | Support a new Chesapeake Stormwater Network, led by Tom Schueler, to align and integrate the efforts of individuals working on stormwater across the Bay region. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $200,000 | Engage corporate partners in an initiative to achieve market driven changes in manure and nutrient management. A new nonprofit, Water Stewardship, will be created to develop and implement a water quality assessment, verification and continuous improvement program. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $100,000 | Support the Chesapeake Stormwater Network, an advocacy campaign to reform Bay-wide stormwater regulations, permits, design manuals and policies. The Network will help align and integrate efforts of individuals working on stormwater across the Bay region. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $20,000 | Build grassroots support for initiatives at the state and federal level to accelerate nutrient reductions from agriculture and other sources. Work to enlist public comments in support of a variety of Bay-related initiatives, such as the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center | $50,000 | Ensure federal stimulus dollars complement ongoing efforts to reduce nutrient loads to Bay tributaries. Build support for wind energy development and work with relevant agencies to advance the policy recommendations of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $5,000 | Support EGA's 2009 Federal Policy Briefing. The event will create the opportunity for multiple foundations to learn about upcoming opportunities and discuss how collectively an environmental agenda should be successfully advanced. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $60,000 | Push EPA to classify ammonia as an air pollutant, requiring its regulation under the Clean Air Act. Remove, through legal challenges, the CAFO air emissions reporting exemption. | Political Will | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $10,000 | Support the annual fall retreat of EGA members. The retreat engages attendees in sessions and networking opportunities so they may gain a stronger awareness and understanding of issues, obstacles, and opportunities that affect environmental grantmaking. | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $60,000 | Secure strict Clean Air Act permits for Maryland's major polluters, and challenge those permits which contain inadequate monitoring requirements and emission controls. | Political Will | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $5,000 | Support the 2010 EGA 'State of the States' Policy Briefing, to be held in February 2010 in Boston, MA. The briefing will provide funders information on how states have utilized stimulus funds. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $35,000 | Address the need for improved Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting and enforcement in Virginia and Delaware through petitions to EPA for review, and possible withdrawal, of those states' CWA programs. The primary focus of the review will be the states' CAFO programs, which regulate large factory farms. | Agriculture, Political Will | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $10,000 | Support the annual EGA Fall retreat. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $65,000 | On behalf of MD communities, review, comment and take action related to Clean Air and Clean Water permits. Engage citizens in efforts to achieve more accountability and transparency from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) in its permitting and enforcement practices. | Political Will | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $10,000 | Support for the 2010 EGA Fall Retreat. | Political Will | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $15,500 | Support the development and maintenance of "Chesapeake Commons", a multifaceted database to share, visualize and publish information pertaining to Chesapeake Bay progress, restoration and enforcement. | Nutrients, WIP | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $40,000 | Analyze permits and investigate Clean Air violations at Md. power plants. | N/A | 2005 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $60,000 | This project seeks to improve enforcement of air and water regulations addressing Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO's). It has been expanded this year to also include large urban sources of nutrient pollution that, if brought into compliance with permits, could help states reach their TMDL goals. | Agriculture | 2011 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $75,000 | Advocate for increased and better enforcement of CAFO regulations; close loopholes in federal environmental laws to stop agribusinesses from avoiding responsibility for their pollution. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $65,000 | Evaluate how effectively Maryland is meeting its responsibilities under the federal Clean Air Act and prepare recommendations for improvement to the state program. | N/A | 2006 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $50,000 | Provide general operating support to EIP to give them the opportunity to react to enforcement work in Maryland, while working on a comprehensive strategic and fundraising plan. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $65,000 | Support EIP in its assistance and oversight of Maryland as it moves to meet responsibilities under the federal Clean Air Act and the State Healthy Air Act. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $250,000 | The National Climate Campaign advocates for a mandatory carbon cap that will mobilize private capital to build clean energy technologies. Their work includes economic analyses, advertising, media outreach and educational efforts. | N/A | 2009 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $75,000 | Support of the CAFO Enforcement Project. EIP continues to monitor and challenge attempts by industries to retain exemptions or immunity from regulations. As the farming landscape shifts from small family farms to large facilities, regulatory oversight becomes increasingly important. | N/A | 2007 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $50,000 | Strengthen efforts to restore water quality and ecosystem resilience in the Bay by developing strategies, and advancing programmatic and policy changes, for the targeted placement of wetlands and other filters. | Capacity, Fisheries, Land Use | 2010 | Chesapeake |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $75,000 | Support efforts to improve enforcement of environmental laws that are already on the books, including Clean Water Act provisions addressing Confined Animal Feeding Operations | N/A | 2008 | Chesapeake |