Chapter Grant Opportunities

AUDUBON GRANTS

2010 SHARE THE SHORE IN CALIFORNIA

Toyota Together Green Pennies for the Planet Project

Deadline: December 15, 2009
$4,000 maximum per chapter

Description: Audubon California has secured grant funding from Toyota Together Green’s Pennies for the Planet program to award grants to chapters working on Snowy Plover conservation and outreach. Four chapters will receive up to $4000 for materials and staff time to run a children's art contest and print winning signs to protect Snowy Plovers on beaches. In-kind donation from communications specialist and a graphic artist will leverage grant funds. This project was inspired by the work of Morro Coast Audubon and Mendocino Coast Audubon working with youth to protect Snowy Plovers on their beaches.

Awards will be announced December 21, 2009.

SHARE THE SHORE 2010 RFP

Additional documents:
MORRO COAST AUDUBON STEPS FOR PLOVER SIGNS (pdf)
MORRO COAST NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (ms word doc)
MENDOCINO COAST AUDUBON PROJECT STEPS (pdf)
SHARE THE SHORE LOGO (tif)

2010 STATE PARKS ENDOWMENT GRANT

Deadline: December 15, 2009
$ 10,000 maximum

Description: In 2007, Audubon California established the State Parks Endowment from proceeds of a sale of property to California State Parks. Income from the endowment is used to support conservation, restoration, stewardship and public education projects on California State Park lands that benefit California’s native birds. The intent is to strengthen ties between the Audubon network and California State Parks by encouraging projects and volunteerism. The emphasis will be to focus the funds to benefit Audubon California Watch list species of birds on State Parks that fall within designated Important Bird Areas.

Awards will be announced December 21, 2009

CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS ENDOWMENT GRANT 2010 RFP

Additional information:
Audubon California Watchlist
Audubon California Important Bird Areas

 

OTHER GRANTS

Fund for Wild Nature

Deadline: 1 November 2009; 1 May 2010

Description: The Fund for Wild Nature provides money for campaigns to save and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity. The fund supports advocacy, litigation, public policy work, development of citizen science, and similar endeavors. The fund does not support basic scientific research, private land acquisition, individual action or study, or conferences, and rarely supports proposals from organizations with annual budgets greater than $250,000. The fund will only support media projects that have a clear strategic value and a concrete plan for dissemination of the final product. The fund gives special attention to ecological issues not currently receiving sufficient public attention and funding. The fund seeks proposals with visionary and yet realistic goals to create tangible change. All proposals must be highly cost effective and be for projects in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.

http://www.fundwildnature.org/

EPA 2010 Environmental Grants

Deadline: December 15, 2009

Amount: Most in $15,000 – $25,000 but more are available

The EE Grants Program sponsored by EPA's Environmental Education Division (EED), supports environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to help people make informed decisions that affect environmental quality. EPA awards grants each year based on funding appropriated by Congress. Annual funding for the program ranges between $2 and $3 million. Most grants will be in the $15,000 to $25,000 range.

http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html

Grant template http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants_apply.html

 

ONGOING

Wildlife Forever Challenge Grants

Twice a year, Wildlife Forever puts out a request for proposals for its Challenge Grants program. The next round of proposals are due out July 1, 2009 . Grants from Wildlife Forever are targeted for habitat restoration and acquisition, research and management, and educational projects. Projects that rank the highest occur on public lands where public has access, large projects, and projects that emphasize anadromous fish and game species. Special emphasis is placed on grassroots programs that involve local conservation, sportsmen's or outdoor recreation groups. They have 3 challenge grant programs, depending on project type. Typical awards are in the $2500 to $10,000 range - though they can go higher.

Deadline: January 1st and July 1st of each year. CLICK HERE

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation:

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Habitat Conservation Initiative seeks to accelerate the conservation of essential habitats identified in state wildlife action plans through grants that identify priority habitats for conservation, protect priority habitats and build conservation knowledge. Although unsolicited proposals are not being considered at this time, inquiries about future support for projects can be submitted from nonprofit organizations through a two-page letter of inquiry

Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program

The USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program provides technical and cost-share financial assistance to private landowners, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, watershed groups, Tribes, and city and county agencies to voluntarily enhance or restore native habitats. For more information on this program or to discuss your project ideas, contact Kate Symonds, SF Bay Partners Biologist, at (707) 578-8515, . Visit the Conservation Partnerships webpage at http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/Partnerships/index.htm for more information.

National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program

FY 2009 Notice of Availability of Grants, Request for Applications
National Wetlands Coastal Program
The Coastal Program provides incentives for voluntary protection of threatened, endangered and other species on private and public lands alike. The program's protection and restoration successes to date give hope that, through the cooperative efforts of many public and private partners, adequate coastal habitat for fish and wildlife will exist for future generations. The National Wetlands Coastal Program has 22 distinct areas referred to as "programs" throughout the nation - one of which is the Coastal Program in San Francisco Bay. The primary goal of the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program is the long term conservation of coastal wetland ecosystems. In FY 2008, the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program awarded more than $20 million to 11 States and 1 territory to fund 29 individual projects encompassing nearly 10,000 acres of coastal wetlands.

Coastal Program in San Francisco Bay

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates a partnership program in the Bay, Delta and the estuary's local watersheds. About $220,000 is available each year to obligate to projects that restore fish and wildlife habitat, provide essential information to decision makers advising them on habitat restoration, or performs habitat-related advocacy and outreach. The emphasis is on estuarine benefits and for "on-the-ground" projects. About 260 wide-ranging projects involving all kinds of partners have been supported since 1992. CFDA Number 15.630. Contact John Klochak, Coastal Program Coordinator, San Francisco Bay Initiative Area, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 9500 Thornton Ave. Newark, CA 94560. Phone: 510-792-0222, FAX: 510-792-5828 Email:

California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB)

WCB continues to provide funding for wetland, riparian, oak woodland, and other fish and wildlife habitat improvement projects and land acquisition (easement and fee title) from Propositions 40, 50, and 117. See WCB's website at http://www.wcb.ca.gov/ for more information. The WCB's Riparian, Inland Wetlands, and Oak Woodland programs continue, and are continuously open for proposal submission. The most recent new funding source for which WCB is responsible for administering is from Proposition 84 that California voters passed in November 2006. The most significant line items in Prop 84 for our Habitat Conservation Program purposes that direct funds to WCB programs that we could partner with include the following (partial list):

$180 million for Forest and Wildlife Conservation and protection projects that promote the ecological integrity and economic stability of managed forests and forest reserves, including the conservation of water resources and natural habitats for native fish, wildlife, and plants. $135 million for the development, rehabilitation, restoration, acquisition, and protection of habitat that accomplishes one or more of the following objectives: Promotes the recovery of threatened and endangered species; Provides corridors linking habitats to prevent fragmentation; Protects significant natural landscapes and ecosystems such as old growth redwood, oak woodlands, riparian and wetland areas, and other significant habitats.

USDA State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement

On March 22, 2007, FSA announced a new initiative, SAFE, to allow State Offices to address local wildlife conservation needs. SAFE allows producers to install practices that benefit high priority State wildlife conservation objectives through the use of targeted restoration of vital habitat. This cooperative conservation effort is based on locally developed conservation proposals that address the highest priority wildlife objectives in the State before the practice may be implemented. The proposals will be considered by FSA STC after a review by the State Technical Committee. CEPD will review all STC recommendations.

SAFE provides an opportunity to develop grassroots cooperative conservation projects to address high priority wildlife needs through habitat restoration. The practices must be used to address wildlife habitat that can be enhanced through the restoration of eligible cropland through CRP. Enrollment is available under continuous signup criteria. SAFE practices can be used to restore the following: threatened and endangered species habitat, habitat for species that have suffered a significant population decline, Examples: This could include species, such as Lesser Prairie Chicken, Sharp-Tailed Grouse, or Northern Bob White, habitat for species that provide significant social or economic value to the community. Note: This includes restoration of habitat for game species, such as pheasant or quail habitat, salmon or steelhead stream habitat, or for other economically significant species.

SAFE practice proposals must afford measurable and tangible benefits to the desired species. Additional information sheet available from Environmental Defense- click here

Pacific Seabird Group Conservation Small-Grant Program (CSGP)

The objective of the CSGP is to advance the conservation of seabirds by providing funds or supplies to individuals from developing countries as well as those from elsewhere working in those developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean, for conservation and restoration activities that benefit seabirds in the Pacific Ocean. Visit the Pacific Seabird Group web site at http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org/index.php?f=grants&t=Grant%20Program&s=1 for eligibility and application details. Applications accepted on an on-going basis.

2005-06 Consolidated Grants Program

The 2005-06 Consolidated Grants integrates and coordinates related grant programs for Watershed Protection, Water Management, Agricultural Water Quality, Drinking Water, Urban Storm Water, and Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Control. A total of approximately $142 million will be made available from eight interrelated grant programs administered by the State Water Board's Division of Financial Assistance. The eight consolidated programs are as follows: 1. NPS Pollution Control Program (Proposition 40, Chapter 4) 2. Coastal NPS Pollution Control Program (Proposition 50, Chapter 5) 3. NPS Implementation Program (Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 (h)) 4. Agricultural Water Quality Grant Program (Propositions 40 and 50, Chapters 4 and 5) 5. Urban Storm Water Program (Proposition 40, Chapter 4) 6. Integrated Watershed Management Program (Proposition 40, Chapter 4) 7. CALFED Drinking Water Quality Program (Proposition 50, Chapter 5) 8. CALFED Watershed Program (Proposition 50, Chapter 7). The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) in coordination with the nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water Boards), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CALFED, and Resource Agency agencies, are working to implement the 2005-06 Consolidated Grants Program.

Technical review teams (TRTs) have completed the review and scoring of the >190 full proposals submitted. Proposed funding lists will be presented to the State Water Board in September and October. One portion of the consolidated grants, those funded under the Ocean Protection Project, was on a fast track and was approved by the State Board in June. That list is available at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov /funding/docs/consolidgrants0506/ocean/adopted_fundlist.pdf .
More detailed information on the Consolidated Grants is on the State Board website at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/ consolidgrants0506/ and www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs /grants_loans/

Note: As of Feb. 08, DWR is not able to schedule a new grant round until budget uncertainties are resolved.

Wal-Mart's "Acres for America"

a partnership with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: This is a new partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and Wal-Mart Corporation to conserve wildlife habitat and offset the footprint of Wal-Mart's domestic facilities through land acquisitions. The new program is entitled "Acres for America" and will permanently conserve at least one acre of priority wildlife habitat for every acre of Wal-Mart's current footprint, estimated at 88,000 acres, as well as the company's future development over the next 10 years, estimated at 5,000 acres per year, putting the minimum total acres to be protected at 138,000. The NFWF is currently accepting applications for projects to acquire lands that meet identified criteria and will have a minimum 1:1 match of cash or contributed goods and services. Federal funds may be considered as match and higher ratios of matching funds will at times aid in making applications more competitive. The NFWF website at Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. provides additional information regarding the project criteria, dates for grant proposals and application form for this new funding partnership. If you have any questions, please contact Cherry Green at or (678) 538-1335.

NOAA Offers Grants for California Schools to Become Ocean Guardians

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announced today it is offering “Ocean Guardian” grants of up to $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean. Kindergarten through high schools are eligible in the California counties of Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. A total of $100,000 is being made available through the grant program.