The Chesapeake Bay Trust awards more than $10 million in grant funding each year to hundreds of nonprofits and community organizations throughout the region for hands-on projects that are ensuring cleaner, greener, healthier Chesapeake, Coastal Bays, and Youghiogheny watersheds for years to come.
Impact of Our Work
Interested in learning more about the projects we’ve supported? This interactive map showcases the awards made and provides a snapshot of our portfolio.
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Grants & Opportunities
The Trust’s grant-making strategies are shaped by three core objectives: environmental education, demonstration-based restoration, and community engagement. We look to these objectives as touchstones for developing our grant programs, engaging new partners, and communicating about our work.
Prince George’s County Rain Check Rebate Program
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is proud to partner with Prince George’s County on its Rain Check Rebate Program, offering incentives to homeowners, businesses, and others to install practices that will improve stormwater runoff quality, reduce runoff quantity, and improve local streams and rivers.
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Latest News from the Trust
2022-2023 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Class Announced
2022-2023 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Class Announced (Annapolis, MD) August 16,2022-The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with the support of the Maryland Chesapeake Bay license plate as well as other sources,…
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Just how much is a hospital green space worth?
NEWS PROVIDED BY Nature Sacred First of its kind calculator shows financial impact of nature spaces in mitigating burnout-related costs in hospitals ANNAPOLIS, MD -- In the midst of a…
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Before & After | Living Shorelines
