You want to restore our watersheds.
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.
See how the Chesapeake Bay Trust empowers people to restore nature.
Empowering the next next generation of Bay stewards.
Empowering neighbors and families through community engagement.
Empowering communities to lead local watershed restoration projects.
Our vision is that the Chesapeake Bay and local watersheds are healthy and safe, our waters are fishable and swimmable, local communities benefit from these healthy resources, and everyone participates in restoring and protecting our natural resource treasures.
Explore the thousands of projects in communities – like yours – the Chesapeake Bay Trust has supported to realize this vision.
For 40 years, we have empowered people to restore and experience nature in and for their communities. Last year alone, the 450 projects we supported planted 223,000 native trees and pollinator plants, installed 85,000 square feet of rain garden, removed 132,000 pounds of trash from ecosystems, and engaged 116,000 schoolchildren. Learn more about our impact in our Annual Report.
Our grants are made possible through individual and corporate donations, funding partnerships, and programs like:
- Chesapeake & Coastal Bays license plates
- Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund
- Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund
- Healing, Hunting, and Fishing Fund
- Chesapeake Bay Trust online store
See how you can participate in restoring nature for the Chesapeake Bay and all our communities with the opportunities below.
Car owners can show their support for the environment and ride with Chesapeake pride.
Order a Bay Plate
Want to participate in restoring nature and not sure where to get started?
Email dmc@cbtrust.org.
