The Chesapeake Bay Trust (Trust) has awarded over $130 million through more than 14,000 awards to ensure cleaner, greener, healthier Chesapeake, Coastal Bays, and Youghiogheny watersheds since 1985. The Trust has a rigorous grant review process: every proposal submitted over $5,000 is sent to members of a Technical Review Committee (TRC) and is reviewed and scored quantitatively by at least three external individuals who are experts in their fields. The Board of Trustees meets 4 times per year to review and approve all TRC recommended proposals. Proposals for $5,000 or less are reviewed by two or more technical experts on the Chesapeake Bay Trust program team. The award list will be updated after each board meeting. Reach out to the designated program officer for more details.
February 2023
Chesapeake Oyster Innovation
The Chesapeake Oyster Innovation Award Program is a partnership between the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance and the Chesapeake Bay Trust that funds projects that meet any of the following three goals: increase knowledge about oyster fisheries or oyster aquaculture, advance in small-scale technologies for either increasing oyster population or oyster aquaculture, and increase in oyster fishery or aquaculture measurement/monitoring techniques or activities.
Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission: for fabricating Diamond and X Reefs. $10,000.
Annapolis Aquaculture: for evaluating equipment and process improvements to current bottom cage oyster aquaculture methods. $10,000.
Barretts Neck Seafood LLC: for an outdoor living classroom. $10,000.
Black Girls Dive Foundation, Inc.: for an underwater drone. $4,200.
Friends of the Rappahannock: for creating and piloting an oyster-based science curriculum. $3,438.
Long Creek Oyster Company LLC: for an oyster sorter. $10,000.
Orchard Point Oyster Co.: for creating a proof of concept for a synthetic oyster shell. $10,000.
Phillips Wharf Environmental Center: for capacity building efforts for oyster monitoring initiatives. $8,060.
Portsmouth Public Schools: for engaging Portsmouth Public School students in an oyster focused Meaning Watershed Educational Experience, (MWEE). $10,000.
Shored Up LLC: for public educational experiences highlighting the importance of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. $9,999.
ShoreRivers: for updating outreach materials to help better tell the story of oyster restoration to the general public. $10,000.
Solar Oysters LLC: for building and testing a solar powered semiautomatic spray wash bar system. $9,760.
St. Mary’s River Watershed Association: for expanding limited water quality monitoring supporting oyster restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. $10,000.
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.: for the engagement of underserved communities in the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay’s native oyster population. $10,000.
Clean Water Montgomery
The Clean Water Montgomery Grant Program is a partnership between the Montgomery County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust that funds public outreach and stewardship projects, community-based restoration water quality implementation projects, and litter reduction projects in the Anacostia River Watershed through trash trap maintenance and monitoring.
Anacostia Riverkeeper: for a series of litter cleanup events to engage geographically and ethnically diverse audiences in the Anacostia watershed. $43,934.
Anacostia Riverkeeper: for water quality monitoring, educational field trips, and bilingual outreach events to engage the Latine community. $40,000.
Arts on the Block: for youth and community engagement in litter cleanups and an environmentally themed mosaic. $40,000.
Centro de Apoyo Familiar: for engagement of Latine faith-based organizations in environmental health and stormwater topics through a train-the-trainer model. $30,000.
Defensores de la Cuenca: to build knowledge and skills among the Latine community in native tree species identification, planting, and maintenance. $50,000.
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC): for green team trainings and development of action kits to support congregation-led stewardship building. $26,326.
Islamic Community Center of Potomac: for a series of educational workshops, listening sessions, and focused conversations to advance knowledge and implementation of food waste reduction practices. $19,690.
Izaak Walton League of America (The): for expansion of the Salt Watch program to engage local businesses and winter maintenance professionals in environmentally-conscious salting practices. $27,455.
Izaak Walton League of America (The): for the expansion of the Salt Watch program to educate and engage County residents in environmentally-conscious road salt application. $37,957.
Nature Forward: for the expansion of a community science water quality monitoring program to build stream health knowledge and inspire stream stewardship among diverse communities. $38,965.
Potomac Conservancy: for targeted river and trash cleanups, and community seed collections to engage Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) audiences. $43,341.
Potomac Riverkeeper Network: for the expansion of water quality monitoring work with a focus on Latine engagement. $21,000.
Vietnamese American Services: for a series of workshops to promote environmental literacy within the Vietnamese community. $69,500.
Community Engagement and Restoration Mini Grants
The Community Engagement and Restoration Mini Grant Program is designed to engage Maryland residents in activities that enhance communities, engage residents, and improve natural resources. This program funds small-scale activities such as tree plantings, rain gardens, stream cleanups, and storm drain stenciling, among others.
Clay Street Community Development Corporation: to address food insecurity by installing elevated garden boxes in family yards for participants to build, manage and use. $4,741.
Greenbelt Homes, Inc.: to install conservation landscaping that will reduce erosion and provide education to the community. Funded by Prince George’s County. $4,041.
Maryland Troopers Association: to install pollinator gardens, to install educational signage, and to implement trainings that educate visitors and Troopers and to address runoff issues. $3,083.
Symphony Village at Centreville HOA: to convert turf into native vegetation to capture runoff and provide habitat for pollinators. $3,828.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring: to replace invasive plants with native plants to slow runoff, and serve as an educational tool $4,840.
Washington College: to research Redhead grass survival rates in support of submerged aquatic vegetation restoration in the Chester River. $2,501.
District of Columbia Ditch the Disposables
This program is a partnership between the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust. This program seeks to support food serving entities, School Food Authorities, and Community Based Organizations that support schools in the District to reduce food packaging and food waste, in an effort to support a long-term transition to reusables.
Axis bar and grill llc DBA Sudhouse: for the transition to reusable foodware at a bar/restaurant. $25,000.
B.Lin Catering: for the expansion of a reusable food program for a catering business. $11,000.
FishScale Inc: for the expansion of reusable foodware, establishment of reusable catering dishware, and launch of a reusable to-go container program for a seafood restaurant. $20,000.
Masenphil llc: for the establishment of a reusable to-go mug and to-go container program for an Ethiopian coffeehouse. $23,169.
Metropolitan AME Church: for the installation of a commercial dishwashing system and development of a resuable foodware program at a historic DC church. $24,945.
OCNC, INC: for the expansion of reusable foodware usage for in-house dining and the establishment of a reusable to-go mug program at a cafe. $25,000.
RASA: for the expansion of a reusable foodware program for in-house dining at an Indian restaurant. $14,729.
The Fresh Food FactoryMarket: for the installation of a commercial dishwashing system and development of a resuable foodware program for on-site and takeout dining at an eatery and food business incubator. $25,000.
To Go Green: for the establishment of a third-party reusable foodware service. $25,000.
District of Columbia Donation and Reuse
The District of Columbia Donation and Reuse Award program is a partnership between the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment. The goals of this program are to increase diversion of reusable material, through programs, services, outreach, and education. This program seeks to provide funding to projects that reduce needless waste and increase diversion of reusable material, including edible food, from landfills and incineration through donation or reuse.
Common Good City Farm: for workshops on food preservation and mending which serve low-income District residents. $10,000.
Community Forklift: for a two-fold marketing campaign, aimed at low-income District residents to increase awareness of Community Forklift’s services and at higher-income residents encouraging donation. $10,000.
Food Rescue US: for the recruitment of new food rescue volunteers. $7,500.
Swap Universe: for the expansion of swap programming into District after-school programs and installation of donation bins at partner sites. $7,174.
The George Washington University Office of Sustainability: for a reuse market to provide second-hand items at no cost to students in need. $5,000.
The Outrage: to support a Mutual Aid Hub which collects and redistributes donations of food and clothing. $10,000.
The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command: for a walk-in refrigerator to divert food from the waste stream to District residents in need. $10,000.
District of Columbia Urban Agriculture
Columbia Department of Energy and Environment Office of Urban Agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The goals of this program are to support increased operations of food production and distribution at urban farms and to advance strategies to support the success of agriculture businesses for socially disadvantaged farmers.
Blackland Farms: for producing educational content focused on growing crops year-round on a micro-sized urban farm in Ward 5, Washington, DC. $14,964.
Building Bridges Across the River: for increasing nutritious food access east of the Anacostia River and providing educational workshops at an urban farm in Ward 8, Washington, DC. $14,320.
Dreaming Out Loud Inc.: for increasing the amount of farm fresh produce grown and distributed throughout Wards 7 and 8 in Washington, DC. $14,814.
Three Part Harmony Farm: for increasing the amount of healthy salad greens grown in Northeast, Washington, DC. $14,581.
Up Top Acres: for an E-bike to upgrade distribution capacity at an urban farm in Ward 8, Washington, DC. $7,401.
Environmental Education
The Environmental Education Grant Program funds initiatives and programs that advance environmental literacy and result in students gaining the knowledge, skills, and appreciation for nature to take responsible actions to protect and restore their local environment.
Alice Ferguson Foundation: for support of outdoor field experiences for the Charles County 3rd grade MWEE. $40,000.
Anacostia Watershed Society: for year 1 of the Prince George’s County Public Schools Mussel Power MWEE. $40,000.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: for support of the Box of Rain program. $10,000.
Dance Exchange: for implementation of a systemic arts-integrated MWEE for kindergarteners in Prince George’s County Public Schools. $120,000.
Environmental Justice Journalism Intiative: for engagement of more than 20 students in a summer Middle Branch Marina Urban Environmental Education Program. $40,000.
ShoreRivers: for the Eastern Shore Environmental Literacy Leadership Pilot Network. $40,000.
Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship
The Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program is a partnership between the Prince George’s County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust to fund on-the-ground restoration activities that improve neighborhoods, improve water quality, and engage Prince George’s County residents in the restoration and protection of the local rivers and streams of Prince George’s County.
Alice Ferguson Foundation: to develop a strategy for illegal dumping and litter reduction in Prince George’s County. $45,000.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: to develop and deliver a pilot project for installation of community resilient practices in priority areas of Prince George’s County, Maryland. $490,464.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: to convert 1,265 square feet of turf to conservation landscaping and engage with faculty, staff, and students at Bowie State University. $25,000.
City of Hyattsville: to conduct outreach, education, and training on invasive species and removal in Hyattsville, Maryland. $32,172.
ECO City Farms: for the installation of two rain gardens at the ECO City Farms Urban Farm Incubator in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. $134,888.
EcoLatinos, Inc.: to promote the Rain Check Rebate program and educate residents about cisterns, trees, and conservation landscaping practices. $41,817.
Global Health and Education Projects, Inc.: to conduct outreach and education on the benefits of trees and identify tree planting locations in priority areas with low tree canopy in Prince George’s County. $50,000.
The Low Impact Development Center, Inc.: to develop and deliver a pilot project for installation of low to no cost community resilient practices in priority areas of Prince George’s County, Maryland. $490,464.
Town of Eagle Harbor Inc.: to conduct six workshops on climate change impacts and actions individuals and communities can take to address these impacts at the Town of Eagle Harbor, Maryland. $10,018.
Town of Edmonston: to create a green street that includes eight rain gardens in Edmonston, Maryland. $179,360.
University of Maryland College Park: to develop and deliver a pilot Climate Wise Academy that educates and engages community members with the Prince George’s County Climate Action Plan. $110,000.
Urban Trees
The Urban Trees Grant Program, called for by the Maryland General Assembly as a component of a 5,000,000-tree goal by 2031, supports tree planting projects in urban, underserved communities. The goal of the Urban Tree Grant Program is to green communities; enhance quality of life, human health, and community livability by improving air quality and reducing urban heat island effect; and mitigate some of the effects of climate change.
Abby Farm: For growing 2,000 2-inches caliper trees to support the Trust’s Urban Tree Program. $272,571.
Clear Ridge Nursery, Inc.: For growing 1,500 1-inch caliper trees to support the Trust’s Urban Tree Program. $80,925.
Ecotone, LLC: For growing 1,000 1-inch caliper trees to support the Trust’s Urban Tree Program. $65,000.
Green Landing Nursery, LLC: For growing 2,000 1-inch caliper trees to support the Trust’s Urban Tree Program. $175,110.
Schott Nurseries LLC: For growing 3,500 1-inch caliper trees to support the Trust’s Urban Tree Program. $267,013.
May 2023
Anne Arundel Community Tree Planting Mini Grant
This program provides small community-based grants to help communities and organizations increase the number trees and tree canopy in neighborhoods, parks, and communities. For information about this grant program, click here.
Carrollton Manor Improvement Association: for tree planting to address erosion at Carrollton Manor’s community beach in Severna Park, Maryland. Funding is for native plants, tree shelters, and educational signage. $2,000.
Anne Arundel County Forestry and Forested Land Protection
Anne Arundel County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust announce a partnership to provide funds for forestry projects and land protection in Anne Arundel County. The goal of this program is to implement cost-effective reforestation and greening projects and increase the number of acres of protected forested land in the County.
Bay Ridge Civic Association: for invasive species removal and reforestation in Bay Ridge neighborhood’s community forest in Annapolis, Maryland. $20,772.
Colchester on the Severn Neighborhood Association Inc.: for invasive species removal and planting native trees in Severna Park, Maryland. $15,000.
Creekside at Osprey Landing HOA, Inc.: for three-acres of invasive species removal and reforestation in the Creekside at Osprey Landing community in Glen Burnie, Maryland. $133,450. For information about this grant program, click here.
Scenic Rivers Land Trust, Inc.: for the permanent protection of 40-acres of land and afforestation of 0.6 acres in Crownsville, Maryland. $280,110.
Scenic Rivers Land Trust, Inc.: for permanent protection of 65-acres of forest in Davidsonville, Maryland. $246,055.
Anne Arundel County Watershed Restoration
This program funds projects to reduce pollutants through the implementation of watershed restoration practices. Projects must accomplish on-the-ground restoration that treats rainwater runoff from impervious surfaces or demonstrates the accomplishment of another metric that will help the County and City meet local water quality and runoff reduction improvement goals. For information about this grant program, click here.
Arundel Rivers Federation: for implementation of the Preserve at Broad Creek Phase II restoration project, that includes approximately 350 linear feet of bank stabilization as well as the creation and enhancement of forested wetland habitat near Annapolis, MD. $168,742.
Arundel Rivers Federation: for the permitting and construction of a coastal resilience shoreline stabilization project approximately 1,800 feet long at Long Point peninsula of South River Farms Park in Edgewater, MD. $348,185.
Chesapeake Rivers Association: for the restoration of approximately 365 linear feet of a gully, including adjacent wetland restoration to improve water quality and protect infrastructure from erosion at the Belvoir Scott Plantation in Crownsville, MD. $299,732.
Fairwinds of Annapolis Condominium Council of Unit Owners: for implementation of downspout disconnections and a submerged gravel wetland and bioretention pond project at the Fairwinds of Annapolis Condominiums in Annapolis, MD. $146,250.
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland: for the restoration of approximately 630 linear feet of shoreline, reforestation, riparian habitat restoration, and the removal of impervious surfaces to improve local habitat at Camp Whippoorwill in Pasadena, MD. $300,000.
Kingsport Community Association, Inc.: for the design and permitting of a restoration project at the Kingsport Community along the pier on Crab Cove and Child’s Point Road in Annapolis, MD. $95,000.
Severn River Association, Inc.: for the design and permitting of four stormwater best management practices within the Georgetown East community located along Georgetown Road in Annapolis, MD. $35,000.
Spa Creek Conservancy (SCC): for the design and permitting of stormwater best management practices in the Truxtun Cove communities located in the Annapolis, MD. $130,000.
Capacity Building Initiative
The Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) is a joint initiative of the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Chesapeake Bay Funders Network. The Capacity Building Grant Program is designed to increase the effectiveness of organizations that work at the nexus of natural resource and community health issues, within the Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Bays, and Youghiogheny River watersheds by addressing organizational capacity needs. For information about this grant program, click here.
AfriThrive: for personnel and contractual support for the development of a fundraising plan. $25,000.
Akiima Price Consulting: $103,250.
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance: for improved spatial data management for the Conservation Hub. $25,000.
Arundel Rivers Federation: for third-party evaluation and training of the board, staff, and executive leadership. $25,000.
Baltimore Green Justice Workers Cooperative/Project Millions More Movement Baltimore, Inc.: for contractual support for the development of a strategic plan, leadership plan, and governance structure. $25,000.
Blue Water Baltimore: for a new strategic plan, $20,000.
Canaan Valley Institute: for the development of a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice plan. $16,800.
Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation, Inc.: for board governance training and the development of solicitation strategies for a major gifts program that will increase environmental programming and outcomes long-term. $30,000.
Chesapeake Natives Inc.: $30,000.
Citizens For Pennsylvania’s Future: for a new strategic plan. $25,000.
EcoLatinos, Inc.: for hardware and software upgrades and related staff and board training. $25,000.
Environmental Justice Journalism Intiative: for contractual support for the development of a strategic plan, partnership analysis strategies, and board development work. $25,000.
Friends of Anacostia Park: $99,500.
Friends of Anacostia Park: $173,250.
Friends of the Rappahannock: for software updates to enhance internal and external data collection and management. $14,281.
Housing Options & Planning Enterprises, Inc.: for the development of outreach and marketing materials and technology and software subscriptions to improve program management and outcome evaluation. Work should focus on communicating about environmental hazards and improving access to safe drinking wa $20,000.
National Wildlife Federation: for increased communications capacity to directly support coalition members. $23,406.
National Wildlife Federation: for the Young Professionals of Color Mentorship Program. $30,000.
Nature Forward: for an Accessibility Audit and Training. $25,808.
Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy: for board member development training. $5,350.
River Network: for a peer learning cohort for new and seasoned Executive Directors. $30,000.
ShoreRivers: for contractual services to support the development of a strategic plan. The awardee is encouraged to focus on better integrating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in their strategic planning process and final product. $22,438.
Vietnamese American Services: for staff training and the development of a fundraising plan. $25,000.
Virginia Association for Environmental Education: for board development training. $15,000.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: for evaluation and expansion of the Virginia Soil Health Coalition. $25,000.
Watershed Alliance of York (WAY), Inc.: for contractual support to assess organizational processes and policies and develop updated standards of practice to ensure organizational efficiency, fiscal responsibility, and effective regulatory compliance. $20,000.
West Virginia Rivers Coalition: for the development of an equitable and transparent compensation policy and inform a five-year compensation fundraising strategy. $12,000.
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Projects
These grants support Chesapeake Conservation Corps Members and can be used to fund a wide range of activities, and are meant to: support the Capstone Project or other project in the work plan that is managed by the Corps Member, and provide the Corps Member with grant-writing experience. For information about this grant program, click here.
American Chestnut Land Trust: for land stewardship through hands-on work experiences at ACLT in Calvert County, Maryland All Hands on Deck Event with the Chesapeake Conservation Corps 2023 cohort. $1,500.
American Chestnut Land Trust: for increasing the efficiency of farming at American Chestnut Land Trust’s Double Oak Farm. $1,222.
American Chestnut Land Trust: for invasive plant management at American Chestnut Land Trust. $1,250.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: for creating a habitat for local and migratory pollinators at Annapolis Maritime Museum Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland All Hands on Deck Event with the Chesapeake Conservation Corps 2023 cohort. $1,500.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: for creating a native pollinator garden at Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park. $1,010.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: for oyster focused programming at Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park. $1,250.
Anne Arundel Community College: for determining the optimal conditions for the Horseshoe Crabs in an aquaculture environment. $1,250.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.: for infrastructure enhancements and maintenance at Clagett Farm. $1,202.
ECO City Farms: for increasing access and awareness for residents of the Parkway Condominium at Emerson Street to dispose of their food waste in a more environmentally responsible manner. $1,250.
Friends of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary: for restoring and upgrading the Nature Discovery Area at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Anne Arundel County, Maryland All Hands on Deck Event with the Chesapeake Conservation Corps 2023 cohort. $997.
Lower Shore Land Trust: for planting eight White Oak Trees at Blind Industries & Services of Maryland (BISM) in Salisbury, Maryland. $1,250.
Lower Shore Land Trust: for an engaging community event focused on the Assateague State Park pollinator garden restoration and education. $1,248.
MD DNR Chesapeake and Coastal Service Unit: for two stewardship events focused on engaging the Spanish speaking community. $1,017.
National Aquarium: for a community science observation event at Patterson Park, in Baltimore City. $1,250.
National Wildlife Federation: for engaging twenty-five early elementary school students in East Baltimore in environmental education and stewardship. $1,250.
Nature Forward: for creating a self-guided tour around Nature Forward’s headquarters, Woodend Sanctuary. $1,250.
ShoreRivers: for a bacterium monitoring study to determine the temporal relationship between bacterial abundance and tide on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. $1,176.
ShoreRivers: for removing invasive water chestnut from the Sassafras River along Turner’s Creek in Kent County, Maryland All Hands on Deck Event with the Chesapeake Conservation Corps 2023 cohort. $752.
The Nature Conservancy: for developing land acknowledgement signs at four of The Nature Conservancy’s preserves. $1,245.
University of Maryland: for facilitating community access to the information and means to build sustainable and resilient wastewater treatment systems. $1,210.
Washington College Center for Environment & Society: for an educational celebration of migratory birds at Washington College. $1,162.
Community Engagement and Restoration Mini Grants
This program is designed to engage Maryland residents in activities that enhance communities, engage residents, and improve natural resources by funding small-scale activities such as tree plantings, rain gardens, and community cleanups, among others. For information about this grant program click here.
Church of the Ascension Gaithersburg: to plant a model native plant garden to educate the community on stormwater runoff. $5,000.
Council of Unit Owners of Shipley’s Grant Condominium: to remove non-native plants from 10 garden beds and to plant native pollinator plants. $4,330.
Filbert Street Garden: to support a Steward Master Gardener for urban habitat restoration. $2,500.
Friends of Baker Park, Inc.: to eradicate three invasive species threatening the natural habitat of a forested area of Baker Park and replant the area with native plants. $1,010.
Nature Forward: to create a wheelchair-accessible sensory garden to provide a quiet and calming area for students with disabilities $3,725.
Salisbury University’s Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement: to remediate impervious surfaces and improve the issue of runoff in Salisbury neighborhoods. $4,998.
Southern Maryland Sierra Club: to build food gardens for local communities fighting food insecurity, and donating to food pantries $1,123.
Town of Greensboro/ Greensboro Connects Initiative: to create a native plant and produce garden to educate, engage and provide nutritional support to all community members. $3,300.
District of Columbia Urban Agriculture
The District of Columbia Urban Agriculture Small Grants Program is a partnership between the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment Office of Urban Agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The goals of this program are to support increased operations of food production and distribution at urban farms and to advance strategies to support the success of agriculture businesses for socially disadvantaged farmers. Food and nutrition education remains an integral component of an informed farm operation and contributes to healthy communities. This grant program seeks to provide funding to building capacity for crop production and distribution, and to increase knowledge within farmers and District residents through agricultural education experiences. For information about this grant program, click here.
Love & Carrots: $23,500.
Seans Veggie Garden: for advancing urban sustainability efforts in Ward 4, Washington, DC, by providing materials and technical support for residents to cultivate crops at their homes. $23,500.
Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns
This program is designed to help communities develop and implement plans that reduce stormwater runoff, increase the number and amount of green spaces in urban areas, improve the health of local streams and the Chesapeake Bay, and enhance quality of life and community livability. For information about this grant program, click here.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: for the removal and replacement of impervious surface with permeable pavement at St. Catherine Labouré Catholic Church in Wheaton, MD. $185,110.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: for engineered designs for green infrastructure practices at Blackwell Playground in Richmond, VA. $60,000.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: for conceptual plan that incorporates green infrastructure with a focus on accessibility for students at Amelia Street School in Richmond, VA. $15,000.
Amethyst Foundation, Inc.: for a master plan that incorporates green infrastructure. $25,000.
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park: for a conceptual plan that includes green infrastructure. $15,000.
Bethesda Green: for engineered designs for five rain gardens along Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda, MD. $30,000.
Capital Area Greenbelt Association: for engineered designs for green infrastructure practices along the Paxtang Parkway Trail in Harrisburg, PA. $45,500.
City of Charles Town, WV: for the installation of bioretention areas, permeable pavement, and native plantings along Liberty Street in Charles Town, WV. $172,445.
Corporation of Shepherdstown: for conceptual plan the includes green infrastructure at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Shepherdstown, WV. $22,500.
Gallaudet University: for the installation of an urban farm and development of an urban farm training program. $50,000.
George Washington Regional Commission: for technical assistance to conduct a charrette to identify priority areas for green infrastructure. $0.
Greater Remington Improvement Association: for the installation of 100 native trees, 100 native plants, and the reduction of 3400 sq.ft. of impervious pavement in the Remington neighborhood in Baltimore City, MD. $50,340.
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy: for a conceptual plan for the integration of green infrastructure and nature-informed therapy at the Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative headquarters in Towson, MD. $14,996.
Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority: for the installation of urban community gardens in concert with stormwater management practices in Harrisburg, PA. $36,893.
Islamic Society of Baltimore: for removal and replacement of impervious surface with permeable pavement and installation of conservation landscaping, micro-bioretention areas, and native trees. $150,000.
Jones Gardens: for the transformation of a vacant lot into a vegetable and pollinator garden in Staunton, VA. $15,273.
Jonestown Borough: for technical assistance to conduct a charrette to develop a conceptual plan that incorporates green infrastructure along Market Street and to transform a grass lot into a community park in the Borough of Jonestown, PA. $0.
Mamie D. Lee Garden Association: for the installation of native pollinator gardens and enhancement of green space on 1.5 acres of historical gardens in Fort Totten. $49,949.
MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital: for a conceptual plan that includes green infrastructure and creates a green space on campus. $14,744.
Mount Olive United Methodist Church: for engineered designs for two micro-bioretention areas, a grass swale, and pavement removal at the Church. $30,175.
Oxford Borough: for engineered designs for three bioretention areas along East Mount Vernon Street. $22,000.
Payne Elementary School PTSA: for the installation of cisterns, pollinator gardens, vegetable gardens, native trees, and pavement removal. $50,000.
Prince George’s County Government: for pavement removal and installation of bioretention areas and bioswales in the Glendale Heights Subdivision. $150,000.
ShoreRivers: for engineered designs for bioretention areas, tree plantings, and conservation landscaping at St. Mary’s Refuge of Sinners Catholic Church in Cambridge, MD. $26,210.
ShoreRivers: for the conversion of turf grass into native, pollinator-friendly meadows at three different communities in Preston, Oxford and Chestertown, MD. $47,706.
St. Luke’s Youth Center: for engineered designs for two rain gardens at the Youth Center. $22,510.
Sustainability Matters: for the conversion of turf grass into a native pollinator meadow in Winchester, VA. $50,000.
The Charles Town General Hospital dba Jefferson Medical Center: for engineered designs for green infrastructure practices at the Jefferson Medical Center in Charles Town, WV. $30,000.
Town of Ashland: for the installation of a vegetated grass channel along Frontage Road in Ashland, VA. $104,120.
Town of Bath: for the installation of stormwater management practices to revitalize an abandoned rail yard into a usable community green space. $55,440.
Town of Bridgewater: for the removal and replacement of impervious surface with permeable pavement in Bridgewater, VA. $127,079.
Town of Colmar Manor: for the installation of permeable pavement and a bioswale along Newark Road. $80,450.
Town of Romney: for engineered designs for green infrastructure practices along South Marsham Street in Romney, WV. $28,250.
Town of Romney: for the installation of 65 native trees in the Town of Romney, WV. $43,886.
Virginia Community Voice: for the installation of vegetable gardens and a rainwater harvesting system at the Oak Grove playground and Hickory Hill Community Center in Richmond, VA. $30,000.
Warm Springs Run Watershed Association: for technical assistance to develop a comprehensive reforestation plan for the Warm Springs Run watershed in West Virginia. $0.
Other Internal Contract
Qualia Pictures: $54,000.
Pooled Monitoring Initiative
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays: for reforestation restoration success research to measure early forest development after land disturbance. $54,693.
The Pennsylvania State University: to assess the feasibility of assisted macroinvertebrate colonization in achieving ecological uplift in restored streams. $313,194.
The Pennsylvania State University: for research on the impacts of urban soil compaction on stormwater runoff volumes and best management practice sizing. $149,322.
University of Delaware: for research on soil health tradeoffs with stream and floodplain restorations. $214,838.
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: to assess the effectiveness of green stormwater infrastructure for addressing stormwater management goals at the watershed scale. $254,014.
Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship
The Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program is a partnership between the Prince George’s County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust to fund on-the-ground restoration activities that improve neighborhoods, improve water quality, and engage Prince George’s County residents in the restoration and protection of the local rivers and streams of Prince George’s County. For information about this program click here.
University Christian Church: to remove impervious pavement and install of permeable pavement at the University Christian Church property in Hyattsville, Maryland. $50,000.
Sponsorship
This program aims to support events that will increase awareness or knowledge on issues pertaining to restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay region natural resources and/or promote the Trust’s major sources of revenue. For information about this program click here.
Broadneck High School: to hold The Broadneck Film Festival. With support from professional filmmakers, students are invited to create films to compete in both a General Category, and an Environmental Category. $600.
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.: for a Conference that will provide a forum for watershed and stormwater professionals to learn how to increase the resiliency of our communities in response to emerging and persistent threats to our water resources. $500.
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.: for watershed and resource conservation professionals to discuss and learn about the role agriculture can play in improving watershed health and water quality $500.
End Time Harvest Ministries: to sponsor the End Time Harvest Ministries’ Port Towns Youth Council & Pathways to Career Success Program 2023 Graduation Scholarship Banquet. $1,000.
Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy: for a conference to engage residents, government representatives, and restoration professionals in networking, learning the latest watershed restoration techniques, and exploring community engagement methods. $1,200.
Maryland Natural History Society: to host World Turtle day to educate on the history of turtles in Maryland and their ecological importance. $500.
Urban Trees
The Urban Trees Grant Program, called for by the Maryland General Assembly as a component of a 5,000,000-tree goal by 2031, supports tree planting projects in urban, underserved communities. The goal of the Urban Tree Grant Program is to green communities; enhance quality of life, human health, and community livability by improving air quality and reducing urban heat island effect; and mitigate some of the effects of climate change. For information about this program, click here.
ShoreRivers: to host a free conference for local youth with community building activities, workshops/speaker sessions led by local environmental figures and excursions that teach students about environmental issues and solutions. $500.
3200 Carlisle Block Association, Inc.: to plant 80 trees and clear invasive vines from trees along the Gwynns Run in Hanlon Park, Hilton Elementary School, and throughout the Hanlon Community. $10,409.
Baltimore Tree Trust: to plant 3,000 trees throughout Baltimore City by the end of Spring 2024. $2,194,956.
Blue Water Baltimore: to plant 1,100 trees in six Baltimore City neighborhoods – Howard Park, Belair-Edison, Morrell Park, Coldstream/Homestead/Montebello, Johnston Square, and Oldtown over 2 years. $694,918.
Carole Highland Neighborhood Association: to plant 100 to 300 trees in public rights of way, homeowners private property (with written permission), our Elementary School, Turner Memorial Church, as well as some open areas to support the Prince George’s County trees. $48,750.
City of Hagerstown: to plant street trees and trees in parks at various eligible locations around the City. $60,000.
City of Rockville, Department of Recreation and Parks: to plant up to 10,000 trees and shrubs over multiple years in Redgate Park, in Rockville, Maryland. $199,930.
Eastern Community Church: to plant an additional 90-125 tree on the property of Eastern Community Church adjacent to Landover Road. $82,100.
Franklin Square Community Association: to plant 20 total new trees in Franklin Square. $9,490.
Global Health and Education Projects, Inc.: to plant 305 native trees across Prince George’s County. $199,737.
Howard County Government: to plant 300 native street trees over the course of 2 years in two of Howard County’s most climate vulnerable communities, Columbia and North Laurel. $145,885.
Howard EcoWorks: to plant 500 native understory and canopy trees in urban under-served areas in the Baltimore region. $76,146.
Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC): to plant 455 total trees at faith-based institutions throughout Maryland. $317,701.
Joe’s Movement Emporium/World Arts Focus: to plant 325 trees in Mount Rainier, Suitland, Cheverly (Boyd Park), and Colmar Manor. $150,000.
Let’s Thrive Baltimore F.K.A. No One Left Unhelped Inc: to plant 100 trees in honor of victims of gun violence and human trafficking. $45,000.
MedStar Harbor Hospital: to replace/plant 20 trees in Harbor Park West of the MedStar Harbor Hospital, located on the Patapsco River in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood. $14,000.
Midtown Community Benefits District: to plant 350+ street trees within the Baltimore city neighborhoods of Madison Park, Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Charles North, and Bolton Hill from Spring 2024 to Fall 2025. $199,728.
Montgomery County Maryland Department of Environmental Protection: to plant 1,348 urban shade trees at 41 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). $813,710.
Parks & People Foundation: to plant 1026 trees in west and southwest Baltimore. $899,415.
Preservation Trust of Wicomico, Inc: to plant 15 trees on the Buffalo Soldier Living History Site LLC property in Allen, Maryland. $15,000.
Prince George’s County Department of Public Works & Transportation: to plant approximately ~4,000 additional street and residential tree plantings to benefit residents in underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged communities in Prince George’s County. $1,000,000.
ShoreRivers: to plant 1,000 urban trees across all of the four priority urban areas on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. $758,947.
Takoma Park Mobilization: to plant/establish a food forest on the grounds of Takoma Park Elementary School. $16,740.
The 6th Branch: to plant 300 new trees in and around the greenspaces of four East Baltimore neighborhoods in 2023-24. $103,155.
The New Greenmount West Community Association, Inc.: to plant 75 new street trees in Baltimore’s Greenmount West Neighborhood. $51,900.
University of Maryland Medical System: to plant 500 trees across the University of Maryland – Baltimore campus. $39,502.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County: to build upon the already existing green spaces that have potential to lower heat island effect, reduce noise pollution, reduce soil erosion, and promote community health and wellbeing. $329,916.
Upton Planning Committee: to plant and maintain an additional 315 trees in the Upton Community. $192,170.
Waldorf School of Baltimore: to remove invasive tree species and replace the dead Ash trees with native ones on the Waldorf School of Baltimore campus. $30,855.
Urban Trees Mini Grant Program
Many communities benefit from having green spaces and trees to promote outdoor recreation, access to shaded areas, improved air quality, improved mental and physical health, and livability. Ultimately, this initiative will empower communities that have felt disenfranchised to take ownership with the tools needed to improve access to natural resources that connect their neighborhoods to a healthy, greener environment for current and future generations. For information about this program, click here.
Delaware Maryland Synod ELCA: to plant 15 trees on congregation properties and provide volunteers from congregation hands-on opportunities to plant trees in this urban area. $4,859.
Quail Valley Homeowners Association: for planting 10 trees and to conduct outreach through a “Tree Planting Day” event. $4,579.
Veteran's Engagement Mini Grant Program
The Veteran’s Engagement Mini Grant Program is designed to support veteran’s groups and organizations engaging veteran’s groups as they provide healing and therapeutic services, outdoor recreation, community engagement, and green jobs training. For information about this program, click here.
Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc.: for the creation of a reflective outdoor space. $5,000.
God’s Outdoor Angels Foundation: for a total of four outdoor excursions with veterans. $5,000.
Nature Worx, Inc.: for weekly immersive hikes with veterans at VA Perry Point Medical Center. $4,920.
Warrior Canine Connection: for a Tough Mudder event hosted for 50 veterans and their service dogs. $4,977.
Watershed Assistance Grant Program
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Department of the Environment welcome requests from local governments and non-profit organizations for assistance with the earliest phases of watershed restoration projects. This program will support watershed restoration project design assistance, watershed planning, and programmatic development associated with protection and restoration programs and projects that lead to improved water quality in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Maryland portion of the Youghiogheny watershed, and the Maryland Coastal Bays. For information about this grant program click here.
University of Maryland College Park: for development of a stormwater master plan for the Timberbrook Condominium community in Gaithersburg, MD. $29,615.
Youth Environmental Education Grant Program
This program is designed to increase student awareness and involvement in the restoration and protection of our region’s natural resources by increasing access to programs that provide Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs). For information about this grant program click here.
Al Rahmah School at Islamic Society of Baltimore: for MWEE investigations for students in grades K-8. $5,000.
Anacostia Watershed Society: for engaging DC students in authentic, hands-on restoration of DC’s official state fish in our local Anacostia River. $5,000.
Baltimore Lab School: for MWEE investigations for Baltimore City students in grades 1-12. $5,000.
Bridges Public Charter School: for expanding a community-based pollinator garden. $5,216.
Experience Learning: for MWEE professional development for K-12 educators from three counties in the eastern panhandle in West Virginia. $5,000.
Lacawac Sanctuary: for a MWEE investigation focused on evaluating the water quality of local water sources. $4,942.
Maryland Coastal Bays Program: for a science-based, experiential professional development engaging formal educators of the Worcester County Public School system. $5,000.
Maryland Environmental Service: for a week-long immersive program for South Baltimore youth to investigate the correlation between climate change and their local bird populations. $10,000.
Smithsonian Institution/Smithsonian Affiliations: for a year-long, after school club for high school students focused on environmental literacy in Maryland. $7,500.
Sojourner Truth Public Charter School: for an outdoor classroom. $8,000.
Sustainability Matters: for science-based field experiences for high school girls from underserved communities. $5,000.
The Belair-Edison School Brendan Avenue (Afya Baltimore): for a MWEE investigation for students in Baltimore City. $4,953.
The SNAC Garden Foundation formerly known as The Delmarva Community Wellnet Foundation: for a wheelchair accessible outdoor classroom at the Howard T. Ennis school. $6,000.
Urban Learning and Teaching Center: for two, week-long, MWEE adventures for D.C. students to investigate the health of the Anacostia River. $8,500.
Viers Mills Elementary School: for students to continue to learn the primary sources of poor water quality in the Chesapeake Bay through MWEE investigation. $5,000.
Wilderness Leadership & Learning, Inc. (WILL): for out-of-school MWEE investigations over Spring Break 2023. $7,500.