Goal: Project status, deliverables, and dollars spent to date are provided in the GIT Funding Program Dashboard for users to access and search. The GIT Funding Program Dashboard will communicate project results and project status from the Trust to the GIT Technical Leads to help determine if projects are behind schedule or progressing well and on schedule. Data housed on the GIT Funding Program Dashboard can be exported into excel by authorized users.
6,322,617
Total Awarded Amount
104
Total Projects Awarded
Welcome to the GIT Funding Program Dashboard
- Overview
- Awarded Projects
- List of Funded Projects
- DEIJ in the EPA GIT Funding Program
- Example DEIJ Projects
Click the button below to view projects awarded through this grant program and their final reports. If project is not listed or is listed but does not have a final report, then the project is likely still in progress.
If users want to filter or see the data outside of the dashboard provided here, please click here for the link to the Google Sheets.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust (the Trust) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are committed to ensuring that the Goal Implementation Team (GIT) Funding Program incorporates diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) practices wherever possible.
At the beginning of each funding cycle, annual weighting factors are selected to choose projects for funding depending upon current program needs. In FY21 and in FY22, the following annual weighting factors are described for the Phase 1 Project Idea:
- Project addresses a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) need.
- Project addresses a Climate Change need.
- Project addresses a Local Engagement need.
- GIT Priority Project (one priority project identified per GIT).
- Projects that address outcomes that are lagging in outcome attainability.
Project Ideas are required to include a fair description of the extent to which the project addresses: 1. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice; 2. Climate Change, and/or 3. Local Engagement; 4. Whether your project is the top GIT Priority, and 5. A description of if the project addressees an outcome lagging in attainability. After Project Ideas are developed into details scopes of work and incorporated into a formal request for proposals (RFP), the advertisement process begins, which includes extensive coordination and communication to ensure the RFP is shared fairly and widely.
The Trust advertises one RFP to encompass all Phase 2 Scopes of Work in a fiscal year to seek bidders. The Trust formally opens the online application on the Trust website and keeps the solicitation open for at least 30 days. The Trust advertises the RFP, which includes language that encourages the participation of minority/disadvantaged/women business enterprises (MBE/DBE/WBE) who meet the qualifications to respond to the RFP. Both the Trust and bidding contractors must demonstrate that Good Faith Efforts were used to engage MBE/DBE/WBE by reaching out to MBE/DBE/WBE firms to obtain estimates or bids. The Trust directly solicits MBE/WBE/DBE firms to apply by sending every RFP to contacts at MBE/WBE/DBE firms in the Chesapeake Watershed. The Trust completes an MBE/WBE/DBE search for potential contractors through the following: developing a focused keyword search that covers the content of each scope being advertised, searching the DBE database of all seven states/districts in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, creating a distribution/contact list, and keeping a record of the MBE/WBE/DBE outreach. The table below describes the websites used to identify MBE/DBE/WBE/ firms in all seven states/districts within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. DBE Databases of States/Districts in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
In addition to soliciting MBE/WBE/DBE firms, The Trust directly solicits diverse academic organizations to apply by sending every RFP to appropriate contacts (depending on the scopes of work) at all 18 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Chesapeake Watershed, which include the following academic organizations:
| · Delaware State University | · Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| · Howard University | · Lincoln University |
| · Howard University College of Medicine | · Norfolk State University |
| · Howard University School of Law | · Virginia State University |
| · University of the District of Columbia | · Hampton University |
| · Bowie State University | · Virginia Union University |
| · Coppin State University | · Virginia University of Lynchburg |
| · Morgan State University | · Bluefield State College |
| · University of Maryland Eastern Shore | · West Virginia State University |
During the open advertisement (RFP) period, the Trust responds to questions and provides answers (Q&A) to potential applicants. The Trust posts the Q&As online at regular intervals throughout the RFP advertisement period, so all potential applicants are privy to the same information. The Trust sends reminders to the full distribution list during the RFP advertisement period prior to the RFP closing. Once the RFP period closes and proposals have been submitted, the Trust sends a request for subject matter expert reviewers; all proposals are evaluated by a review committee composed of technical experts and facilitated by the Trust. The evaluation and scoring of the submitted application are made on the basis of the evaluation criteria included in the RFP. At least 3 independent reviewers for each project that are experts in the subject matter field are invited to review the applications. There are generally between 4 and 6 reviewers for each project and each reviewer scores all proposals for a particular project. All reviews are completed independently and anonymously through the Trust’s online portal; reviewers cannot see other scores. The Trust compiles and averages scores and pulls comments from each of the independent reviewers and a winning contractor is chosen based upon the scores, comments, and in some cases, a discussion with the technical reviewers. Awarded projects must adhere to federal requirements regarding contracting, including contracts with consultants and the purchase of supplies and equipment. For example, contractors must use good-faith efforts to engage DBEs, including MBEs, WBEs, and SBEs.
Since 2016, the Trust has recorded the number of MBE and WBE organizations that have been awarded contracts through the EPA GIT Program, which is documented in the table below by year and which represents 9% of total procurement value across seven years of the program.
| TOTAL PROCUREMENT TO CERTIFIED MBE-WBE ORGANZATIONS THROUGH IN EPA GIT FUNDING PROGRAM BY DATE | |||
| Date of MBE-WBE Report | Fund # | Year # | Procurement to certified MBE-WBE Organizations |
| 10/27/2016 | 21316 | 1 | $0 |
| 10/30/2017 | 21317 | 2 | $75,727 |
| 10/30/2018 | 21318 | 3 | $59,328 |
| 10/29/2019 | 21319 | 4 | $144,979 |
| 9/8/2020 | 21320 | 5 | $147,448 |
| 8/10/2021 | 21321 | 6 | $0 |
| 8/30/2021 | 21322 | 7 | $164,621 |
Lastly, the Chesapeake Bay Trust has a mission to promote the public awareness and participation of all local residents in the restoration and protection of our region’s natural resources through its grant making. In order to meet these goals, the Trust’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiative was launched in 2008. Our efforts to engage diverse communities are overseen by our Diversity and Inclusion Committee, a subcommittee of our Board of Trustees along with 10 outside diversity experts.
Click the button below to learn more about the Trust’s Diversity and Inclusion Statement and Initiative.
14570- Create a web-based Environmental Justice Screening and mapping tool which supports implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Environmental Justice Screen Map (2022)
View the mapping screen here.
17719- Increasing Diversity in the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership through Cultural Competency Training
View the training manual here, and read the final report here.
19241- Developing Standards and Metrics to Target the Conservation of “Green Spaces” in Underrepresented and Low–Income Urban and Rural Communities
*In Progress
Data Caveats: Data housed on the GIT Funding Program Dashboard is the best available information from the Trust. The Trust will update the GIT Funding Program Dashboard quarterly when the Trust progress reports are sent the EPA (March, June, September, and December). Please excuse any errors or inconsistencies and contact Sarah Koser at skoser@cbtrust.org for questions regarding the data.
Data Agreement: By accessing the GIT Funding Program Dashboard, you are agreeing to use the data appropriately and not out-of-context from the original purpose.
