Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund – Summer 2015

Annapolis, MD

www.marylandconservation.org

two year ($125,000/year) general support grant for work to strengthen the power and influence of Maryland’s environmental community, its policy advocacy work to advance clean water initiatives and Latino outreach and communications and project support for its Rising American Electorate civic engagement initiative to increase voter participation among Latinos, African Americans, and younger voters.

Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology – Summer 2015

Queenstown, MD

www.agroecol.umd.edu

$50,000 in project funding to convene stakeholders and partners in collaboration with the Chesapeake Foodshed Network and $80,000 in project funding to engage stakeholders, particularly local governments, in dialogues and education about the Watershed implementation Plans (WIPs) and EPA’s 2017 Mid-Point Assessment of the Bay TMDL.

Takoma Park, MD

www.waterkeeperschesapeake.com

general support for ongoing work of advancing Chesapeake Bay restoration and cleaning and protecting our rivers and streams in the Bay watershed.