Community and Environment Grants
Abell Foundation
111 South Calvert Street Suite 2300 Baltimore, Maryland 21202-6174
www.abell.org
Contact: (410) 547-1300
Description: Grant areas include education, arts and culture, community development, conservation and environment, workforce development, and health and human services.
The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
2 East Read Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
http://www.abagmd.org
Contact: (410) 727-1205
Description: Listing of Baltimore area funding sources for neighborhood revitalization projects.
Baltimore Community Foundation
2 East Read Street, 9th Fl. Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.bcf.org
Contact: (410) 332-4171
Description: BCF helps people to implement individual philanthropic plans, with the common goal of improving the quality of life in the Baltimore region, today and for generations to come. BCF offers a permanent, growing source of grant monies, as well as a common meeting ground and leadership on important issues in our region.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
7 E. Redwood St. Suite 500 Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.bop.org/index.cfm?page=grants
Contact: (410) 752-8632
Description: Provides funding for events, creative revitalization and artistic projects.
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
30 Community Drive, South Burlington, VT 05403-6828
www.benjerry.com/foundation
Contact: (802) 846-1500
Description: Funds not-for-profit grassroots organizations working for progressive social change by addressing the underlying concerns of social and environmental problems. Submit a letter of inquiry to apply.
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis, MD 21403
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/smallwatergrants.htm
Contact: (800) YOUR-BAY
Description: Promotes community-based efforts to develop conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The program provides grants to organizations working to improve the condition of their local watershed while building citizen-based resource stewardship.
Chesapeake Bay Trust
60 West Street, Suite 405 Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org
Contact: (410) 974-2941
Description: For fiscal 2005, the Trust has set a goal of $2 million for projects that engage Marylanders in the protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
EPA Grant Program
http://www.epa.gov/region03/grants/index.htm
Goldseker Foundation
1040 Park Avenue, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.goldsekerfoundation.org
Contact: (410) 837-5100
Description: Priority grant areas are community development, regionalism, and the nonprofit sector where the Foundation is a directly engaged and active partner. Grants include a mix of Foundation initiatives and projects submitted independently by potential grantees. The Foundation’s established program areas are community affairs, education, and human services.
Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention
300 E. Joppa Rd Suite 1105 Baltimore, MD 21286
http://www.goccp.org/two/home_2.php
Contact: (410) 321-3521
Description: Provides grants for assisting community groups and organizations for grassroots programs dealing with crime prevention.
Home Depot, KABOOM!
http://www.kaboom.org
Contact: info@kaboom.org
Description: Playground and sports fields grants.
Kodak American Greenways Award
1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1120 Arlington, Virginia 22209-2156
http://www.conservationfund.org/?article=2106
Contact: (703) 525-6300
Description: The Kodak American Greenways Awards Program, a partnership project of the Eastman Kodak Company, the Conservation Fund and the National Geographic Society, provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities throughout America. Grants can be used for all appropriate expenses needed to complete a greenway project, including planning, technical assistance, legal, and other costs.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources-Program Open Space
Tawes State Office Bldg E-4 580 Taylor Ave Annapolis, MD 21401
www.dnr.state.md.us/pos.html
Contact (410) 260-8403
Description: Provides funding for Maryland’s state and local parks and conservation areas. When a person buys a house or land, a small percentage of the state real estate transfer tax goes into a special fund for Program Open Space.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036
http://www.nfwf.org
Contact: (202) 857-0166
Description: The Foundation awards matching grants to projects benefiting conservation education, habitat protection and restoration, and natural resource management.
National Tree Trust
1120 G St. Suite 770 Washington, DC 20005
www.nationaltreetrust.org
Contact: (800) 846-8733
Description: NTT provides appropriate support and resources to 501 (c)(3) urban and community forestry and conservation nonprofit organizations working to engage the members of their community in urban and community forestry. These resources include grants, networking, training, materials and other resources.
Parks & People Foundation
800 Wyman Park Drive Suite 010 Baltimore, MD 21211
www.parksandpeople.org
Contact: (410) 448-5663
Description: Parks & People provides greening grants to community groups in Baltimore City in the spring and the fall. “Partnerships for Parks” grants are for land owned or maintained by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks and go up to $5,000; “Neighborhood Greening” grants are for vacant lots, schoolyards, median strips and other properties and go up to $1,000.
Patagonia Environmental Grants Program
Shannon Rowan, Patagonia, Inc., PO Box 150, Ventura, CA 93002
www.patagonia.com/enviro/grants_app.shtml
Description: Funds environmental work, with a preference for organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. The company supports small, grassroots activist organizations with direct-action agendas.
Rauch Foundation
229 Seventh Street, Suite 306 Garden City, NY 11530-5766
http://www.rauchfoundation.org
Contact: (516) 873-9808
Description: The Foundation supports effective and innovative programs (1) to give disadvantaged, young children a better start in life, (2) to improve the natural environment on Long Island and in Maryland, and (3) to build management skills and develop leadership in the nonprofit sector.
TKF Foundation
410 Severn Avenue, Suite 309 Annapolis, MD 21403
www.tkffdn.org
Contact: (410) 263-1056
Description: Funds organizations whose goals and programs benefit the connection of the human environment with the natural environment. TKF hopes that by enhancing natural spaces, there will be an increased sense of community and human connection.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20242
http://grants.fws.gov
Description: The Fish and Wildlife Service administers a variety of natural resource assistance grants to governmental, public and private organizations, groups and individuals.
Youth Development Grants
The Captain Planet Foundation
133 Luckie Street, 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30303
http://www.captainplanetfdn.org
Description: Supports hands-on environmental projects for youth. The objective is to encourage innovative programs that empower youth to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their communities. Projects must promote understanding of environmental issues, involve children and young adults, promote interaction and cooperation within the group, help young people develop planning and problem-solving skills, and include adult supervision.
National Gardening Association
180 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
Contact: (800) 538-7476
Description: The National Gardening Association works with sponsoring companies and organizations to provide in-kind grants to projects that actively engage kids in the garden and improve the quality of life for their communities. Grants fall into several different categories and amounts.
GENERAL PROJECT SUPPORT
Citizens Planning & Housing Association
218 W. Saratoga St., 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21210
http://www.cphabaltimore.org
Contact: (410) 366-8533
Description: Provides technical and organizing support, and community leadership training.
Civic Works Perennial Plant Nursery & Urban Greening Initiative
2701 St. Lo Drive Baltimore, MD
http://www.civicworks.com
Contact: (410) 366-8533
Description: The Perennial Nursery provides annual and perennial flowers, vegetable plants, shrubs, and trees free of charge to community groups engaged in gardening projects within Baltimore City. In addition, the Nursery provides support for new community gardening initiatives.
Community Law Center
2500 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218
http://www.communitylaw.org
Contact: (410) 366-0922
Description: Provides legal services to community groups.
Maryland Master Gardeners
http://www.mastergardener.umd.edu
Contact: Josue Lopez, Urban Agriculture Educator, (410) 856-1857
Description: Provides trained volunteers to speak to groups on home gardening topics, as well as technical and material assistance and support to groups of city residents who want to reclaim vacant lots and turn them into productive garden space.
Neighborhood Design Center
1401 Hollins St., Baltimore, MD 21223
http://www.ndc-md.org
Contact: (410) 233-9686
Description: Matches skilled professionals who volunteer to provide landscaping designs for community improvement projects.
The Loading Dock
2 North Kresson Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
http://www.loadingdock.org
Contact: (410) 558-3625 (410-558-DOCK)
Description: Non-profit selling discounted building materials. Membership fee.
GRANT WRITING RESOURCES
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.prattlibrary.org/locations/grants/index.aspx
Contact: (410) 396-5320
Description: Grant assistance, databases and training through the Foundation Center.
The Foundation Center
http://www.foundationcenter.org
Description: With membership, provides information on every foundation in the country
The Independent Sector
http://www.independentsector.org
Description: To promote, strengthen, and advance the nonprofit and philanthropic community to foster private initiative for the public good
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.marylandnonprofits.org
Description: offers a full range of services designed to help all nonprofits more effectively serve the community.
Nonprofit Guides
http://www.npguides.org
Description: Grant writing tools for nonprofit organization
NONPROFIT RESOURCES
http://www.nonprofitbasics.org - The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership is building a resources center with lots of great information starting, running and funding an organization.
http://www.pointsoflight.org - The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities.
http://www.networkforfood.org - Provides volunteer opportunities, you can also make donations to hundreds of thousands of nonprofits
http://www.idealist.org - You can list nonprofit jobs, events, volunteer opportunities and internships |
