Peconic Estuary
Program Funding Opportunities
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EPA |
The Five Star Restoration Program
is open to any public or private entity; however, grants funded by
PG&E’s Nature Restoration Trust are restricted to non-profit
community-based organizations, conservation organizations, local governments,
and school districts. Requests must be for $10,000
to $40,000.Grants will vary in size, duration and scale. In general,
smaller-scale, one-year projects will be eligible for grants up to $20,000.
Two-year, larger-scale projects will be eligible for grants up to $40,000. We
anticipate the average grant award will be $20,000 to $25,000. Projects should be completed
within one to two years of award. Partnerships should include
at least five organizations (“Five Stars”) that contribute to project
success through funding, land, workforce support, technical support and/or
other in-kind services. These partners often include: ü Government
agencies: State, Local and/or tribal governments (e.g., boards of county
commissioners, departments of planning, environment or parks and recreation,
and government natural resource and environmental agencies of all levels of
governance); ü Youth
groups: schools, youth conservation corps, Boy and Girl Scouts, civic and
environmental clubs; etc. ü Academics,
universities and local cooperative extension districts; ü Resource
Conservation and Development Councils and Soil and Water Conservation
Districts; ü Local,
regional, and/or national businesses or corporations; ü Conservation
organizations and/or local citizens groups; ü Local environmental consultants, ecologists, and others
that offer technical and design expertise, and; ü Foundations
or other funders. While partnerships are
encouraged to include state and federal agencies, they should only serve as
the grantee if the community partners demonstrate that the state or federal
agency is best suited to coordinate the community-based project. Organizations or projects
that have received funding under this program are eligible to reapply;
however, preference may be given to those that have not previously received
support. |
For consideration, you must submit your online application using NFWF’s new Easygrants
system on or before Thursday, February 11, 2010. |
The Five
Star Restoration Program seeks to develop community capacity to sustain local
natural resources for future generations by providing modest financial
assistance to diverse local partnerships for wetland, riparian, and coastal
habitat restoration. The National Association of Counties, the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), in
cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Southern
Company, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are pleased to
solicit applications for the Five Star Restoration Program. Click here
for the RFP Click here
for the 5star narrative |