Chesapeake Bay Trust: Grants for the Mid-Atlantic States
/OVERVIEW: The Chesapeake Bay Trust supports K-12 environmental education, watershed restoration, community engagement and related science and research in Maryland and other regions of the Mid-Atlantic states.
IP TAKE: This funder offers numerous environmental protection grantmaking opportunities, including several that specific to individual counties in Maryland. The trust provides detailed guidelines for applications and due dates on its website, but check back frequently as new opportunities arise from time to time.
PROFILE: Established in 1985, the Chesapeake Bay Trust is a grantmaking organization based in Annapolis, Maryland. It is dedicated to improving the Chesapeake Bay’s watersheds, as well as those of Maryland’s coastal bays and the Youghiogheny River. The foundation aims to "promote public awareness and participation in the restoration and protection of the water quality and aquatic and land resources of the Chesapeake Bay region and other aquatic and land resources of the state.” It funds local efforts for K-12 environmental education, watershed restoration, community engagement and related science and research.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust works through hundreds of thousands of volunteers and students to complete projects that impact the region’s natural resources. It funds local schools, government agencies, watershed organizations, nonprofits, community groups and faith-based groups with watershed goals. The trust’s grant money comes from Treasure the Chesapeake vehicle license plate payments, donations to the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund, other donations and partnerships with agencies at all levels of government. This funder has county-specific programs for Anne Arundel, Charles, Montgomery and Prince George counties. Other grant opportunities are related to outreach, engagement, restoration, science and capacity building. Programs and opportunities change frequently, so it is important to check this funder’s grants and opportunities page periodically.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $150,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving on the grant awards page of the funder’s website. Grantmaking focuses on the Chesapeake Bay region on the East Coast, which mostly includes Maryland, but also portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Past local grantees include the Black Girls Dive Foundation, the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, Echo Resource Development and Ridge to Reefs.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for certain programs and lists open opportunities and deadlines on its grants page. The funder’s website also provides the necessary forms and information on policies for grantseekers. Direct general questions to the staff at info@cbtrust.org or 410-974-2941.
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