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You want to restore our watersheds.

We provide the resources.

The Chesapeake Bay Trust awards $20-30 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.

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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.

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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

December 5, 2024 in Blog, News

Empowering people to restore nature: Collaboration for restoration

Watch this video about a collaboration for restoration! Four years ago, Keith Madsen was worried about his community. A resident of West Severna Park, his beloved neighborhood beach on the…
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December 2, 2024 in Blog

Empowering people to restore nature: A lesson in growing environmental stewards

Watch this video to learn more about our environmental literacy program! How do we ensure the future health of the Chesapeake Bay? Our bet is on people. People have the…
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November 15, 2024 in Blog

Empowering people to restore nature: Core to the Corps

See how our Chesapeake Conservation & Climate Corps empowers people to restore nature! Our economy and environment demand a steady and strong workforce of people who are committed to protecting…
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November 12, 2024 in Blog

“Reduce, Re-Use, and Recycle” Still Critical Today

Remember the three Rs? And that when we reduce, reuse, and recycle, we’ll help to save the planet?Yes, what we learned in elementary school is still critically important today.We at…
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