Project Funding

Looking for the resources to get your Greenway project on the ground? Check out these funding oportunities!

 

	Greenway Projects - Parks, Trails, River Access, Open Space		Heritage & Preservation
	Land/Water Cleanups		Brownfield Grants
	Water Resource Protection		Environmental Education
	Funding for River Towns		Other Funding Resources

Additionally, funding webinars and workshops are often featured on our Calendar of Events.

To add your funding opportunity to this list, contact us at: info@SusquehannaGreenway.org

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Greenway Projects - Parks, Trails, River Access, Open Space

• Blue Moon Fund - Letters of inquiry accepted continuously

• Centre County Community Foundation

• CFA, Marcellus Legacy Fund - Greenways, Trails and Recreation

• Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Degenstein Foundation

• DCNR Regional Trail Workshop Grants

• DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program Grants (C2P2)

• Dr. Robert C. & Tina Sohn Foundation

• Economic Development Assistance Planning Program

• Endless Mountains Heritage Region - Mini Grant Program

• Ferree Foundation

• Keep PA Beautiful

• Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation Fund

• The Lenfest Foundation - Letters of inquiry accepted continuously

• L.L. Bean - Applications accepted continuously

• The Luzerne Foundation

• M&T Bank - Deadlines vary by region

• Mazda Foundation  

• Nathan Cummings Foundation Two grant rounds annually

• National Forest Foundation - Two grant rounds annually

• National Park Service - Rivers, Trails & Conservation

• NBC Universal Foundation

• Oil and Gas Lease Fund

• Open Spaces Sacred Places - Greenspace Grants 

• PA American Water

• Patagonia's Environmental Grants - One grant round annually

• PeopleForBikes

• Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation

• South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grants - One grant round annually

• TD Green Streets Grants 

• T.S. & K.D. Glide Foundation

• USDA Forest Service - Community Forest Conservation Program

• Wells Fargo - Two grant rounds annually

 

Land/Water Cleanup Funding

• American Canoe Club Stewardship Grant

• BoatUS Foundation Grassroots Grants

• CFA, H20PA: Flood Control Projects

• Chesapeake Bay Program - Multiple Listings

• Chesapeake Bay Trust Engagement and Restoration Mini Grant

• Colcom Foundation- Letter of inquiry required

• EPA List of Cleanup Grants - Multiple Listings
  
  
• Extremeterrain's Clean Trail Initiative Program - Trail Improvement Project for off-road trails and OHV organizations

• Great American Cleanup of PA - Clean up supplies and free disposal

• Keep America Beautiful

• Max and Anna Levinson Foundation-Invitation only, letter of inquiry accepted

• PA American Water

• Project Clean Stream - Non-profit stipend for coordinating 2 or more sites

• Tires4Ward, Spent Tire Program - Free tire disposal

See Also: Environmental Education Grants

See Also: Water Resource Protection Grants

Water Resource Protection

• ARIPPA Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Grants - One grant round annually

• BoatUS Foundation

• CFA, Abandoned Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment

• CFA, Baseline Water Quality Data

• CFA, Marcellus Legacy Fund - Watershed Restoration Protection

• Chesapeake Bay Trust Engagement and Restoration Mini Grant

• Chesapeake Bay Trust Restoration Grants

• Chesapeake Stormwater Network - Urban BMP in the Bay Award (BUBBA)

• Coldwater Conservation Grants Program

• DEP Coastal Zone Management Program

• EPA - Urban Waters Small Grants Program

• Growing Greener Environmental Stewardship Fund

• Growing Greener Watershed Protection

• National Forest Foundation - Two grant rounds annually

• NFWF Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants

• NFWF Small Watershed Grants

• West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition

• Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement

• PA American Water

• PA Assn. of Conservation Districts Funding Sources

• PFBC Boating Infrastructure Grant Program

• PA Nonpoint Source Pollution Funding Sources

• PA Water Resources Research Center Small Grants

• Pennvest Funding - Multiple listings

• Trout Unlimited Abandoned Mine Drainage Assistance - Accepted continuously

• Western PA Conservancy Mini Grants

 

Funding for River Towns

• American Community Gardening Assn. Community Garden Grants

• Bon- Ton Stores Foundation

• CBT Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns

• CFA Multimodal Transportation Fund

• Chesapeake Stormwater Network - Urban BMP in the Bay Award

• Clinton County Community Foundation (717)748-2481

• Creative Placemaking Art Projects 

•  First Community Foundation Partnership (Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties)

• GRO 1000 Community Garden and Greenspace Grant 

• Local Sustainability Matching Fund  

• Merck Neighbors of Choice Grants - For communities with Merck presence 
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• National Endowment for the Arts: "Our Town," Art Works, and Others

• PA Downtown Center - Nature Based Placemaking Technical Assistance

• PA Wilds Mini Grants - Will be available for all counties in PA Wilds region by Fall 2017

• PennDOT Safety Grants

• PennDOT Transportation Alternatives Program

• Quadratec Cares: Energize The Environent Grant Program

• Roadmaps to Health Prize  

• Surdna Foundation Grant - Three grant rounds annually

• Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program 

• TD Green Streets Grants

• TreeVitalize: Street, Park and Riverfront Tree Planting 

• USDA Farmer's Market Promotion Program 

 

Heritage & Preservation

• Heritage Areas Program

• Lackawanna Heritage Valley

• The Louis J. Appell, Jr. Preservation Fund for Central PA

• Lumber Heritage Region - Mini Grant Program

• Preservation PA - Great funding resource!

 

Brownfield Grants

• EPA's Brownfields & Land Revitalization Program and Funding - Multiple rounds

 

Environmental Education

• Backyard Environmental Education - helpful information for kids programming

• Captain Planet Foundation Mini-Grants - Two grant rounds annually

• Chesapeake Bay Trust K-12 Education Grants

• Dominion Environment Programs

• EarthEcho Water Planet Challenge Grants - Three grant rounds annually

• EPA - Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)

• EPA - Environmental Education Grants

• Lexus Eco Challenges - Three grant rounds annually

• L.L. Bean - Applications accepted continuously

• Lowes Toolbox for Education Grants - Two grant rounds annually

• Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

• North Face Explore Fund

• Project Learning Tree Grants

• Rite Aid Foundation - KidsCents- 4 grant rounds annually

• Rockefeller Family Fund - Letters of inquiry accepted continuously

• Sea World Parks and Entertainment

• State Farm Service-Learning Grants

• Target Field Trip Grants

• Trout in the Classroom

• Vulcan Materials Grants

• Whole Kids Foundation - Various closing dates

• The Wild Ones Seeds for Education Program - One grant round annually

• Youth Garden Grants

• Youth Service America HEROS Grant

Other Funding Resources

• Chesapeake Bay Land and Water Initiative

• Chesapeake Bay Trust

• Commonwealth Funding Authority (CFA) grants

• DEP Environmental eGrants

• Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) grants

• Environmental Protection Agency grants

• Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) grants

• PENNVEST grants