Town Creek Foundation

For support of Fair Farms Campaign.

Summer 2018 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

www.progressivemaryland.org

Funding for policy and legal advocacy work to reduce agricultural pollution in Maryland.

Socially Responsible Agricultural Project

Salem, OR

www.sraproject.org

Support for its “Telling the Story of Impacted People” project to develop an outreach and engagement platform promoting and connecting the stories of rural communities impacted by industrialized animal production.

Progressive Maryland

Silver Spring, MD

Interim funding to support organizing work in the Lower Eastern Shore to build grassroots power to advance economic, racial, and environmental equity.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

Project support for Chesapeake Bay enforcement campaign aimed at improving compliance with the Clean Water Act by identifying, publicizing, and pursuing the region’s worst polluters and least protective water quality regulations.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/

Support to coordinate free pro bono legal assistance and provide technical support for agricultural reform and legal enforcement issues in Maryland and support for research and assessment of potential expansion of its programs to include pro bono legal services for a sustainable food law hub.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

Project funding for Year 3 of the Regional Capacity Building Initiative, a multi-year initiative designed to build regional networks of conservation and civic organizations working to improve local environmental and community health conditions while building the organizational and partnership capacity of non-profits engaged with the network.

Spring 2018 Grants

ShoreRivers

Easton, MD

www.shorerivers.org

Support for work to secure state and local clean water reforms, establish stronger relationships with key legislators and regulators, and represent Eastern Shore and clean water interests in coalitions and working groups.

Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

For work to address agricultural pollution reform in Maryland through increased accountability and transparency.

Food and Water Watch

Washington, DC

Support for the Food and Water Justice work in Maryland to address industrial agriculture and its impact on communities and waterways through legal and policy advocacy aimed at increasing poultry industry responsibility and accountability for agricultural pollution.

Environmental Action Center

Rockville, MD

For work to confront the lack of accountability in regulating Maryland Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on the Eastern Shore through a combination of administrative advocacy and litigation.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakeconservancy.org

Support for the Coalition’s work to engage its members in demanding government accountability for meeting pollution reduction goals under the Bay TMDL, particularly in the context of the Mid-Point Assessment, and to protect the Bay TMDL and Clean Water Act from legislation and budget attacks that would negatively impact the restoration effort.

Chesapeake Conservancy

Annapolis, MD

Interim grant to complete analysis to guide a new proactive approach to address and mitigate the threat of expanding linear energy infrastructure development to guide the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. (CBF)

Annapolis, MD

Continued support for work to restore water quality and protect watersheds on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

To support work to promote accountability of state and federal agencies for the restoration effort under the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, host and facilitate the Chesapeake Bay Legal Enforcement Network, provide legal research and analysis for agricultural pollution policy in Maryland, and to host a capacity building pilot for four partner organizations focused on (including CPR) to assess, plan, and grow their organization’s capacity to support agricultural pollution reform and enforcement work beyond Town Creek Foundation’s sunset.

Bay Journal /Chesapeake Media Service

Seven Valleys, PA

www.bayjournal.com

In support of a special edition of the Bay Journal that will provide in-depth coverage of the connection between climate change and the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

www.waterkeeperschesapeake.com/

Support of the Assateague Coastkeeper program.

Special Fall 2017 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

To support Fair Farms Campaign’s multi-year communication campaign to address the root cause of Maryland’s agricultural pollution problem.

Clean Water Fund

Washington, DC

www.cleanwaterfund.org/

To support dedicated staff-time to mobilize grassroots field support for the Fair Farms Campaign.

Summer 2017 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

http://www.waterkeeperschesapeake.com/

For policy and legal advocacy work to reduce agricultural pollution in Maryland.

National Religious Partnership for the Environment

Washington, DC

http://www.nrpe.org/

Interim grant for Engaging Faith on Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funding.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/

for Chesapeake Bay enforcement campaign to identify, publicize, and pursue the region’s worst polluters and least protective water quality regulations.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

http://www.chesapeakelegal.org/

For work to coordinate free pro bono legal assistance for environmental enforcement issues related to agricultural pollution in Maryland.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / New Venture Fund

Washington, DC

http://www.newventurefund.org/

Interim grant for 2017-18 annual dues for Town Creek Foundation’s membership to the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/

For Chesapeake Bay Funders Network Capacity Building Initiative.

Spring 2017 Grants

Socially Responsible Agricultural Project

Salem, OR

www.sraproject.org

To support the “Corporate Chickens Up Close and Personal: Collecting and Amplifying Stories from Communities in the Shadow of Industrial Chicken Farms” project.

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Easton, MD

To support Riverkeeper programs.

Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

to support the Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition.

Food and Water Watch

Washington, DC

To support the Food & Water Justice / Chesapeake Bay project.

Environmental Action Center

Washington, DC

to support the Maryland CAFO project.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

$100,000 to support the Choose Clean Water Coalition project and $25,000 to be used for emergency communications related to protecting Federal funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis, MD

To support work to achieve local clean water solutions on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

To support Chesapeake Bay program work.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

To support the Assateague Coastkeeper program.

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Annapolis, MD

allianceforthebay.org

To support the Local Government Engagement Initiative.

Special Fall 2016 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

$240,000

Takoma Park, MD

To be used for the Fair Farms Campaign.

Clean Water Fund

Washington, DC

To be used for the Clean Water Movement Building Project to build grassroots support for the Fair Farms Campaign, defend against rollbacks on septic pollution regulations, and legislator education about environmental justice.

Summer 2016 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

For work to coordinate Waterkeeper advocacy to address agricultural pollution.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

Second installment of two year grant – $100,000 to be used for general support, and $25,000 to be used for the Rising American Electorate project.

Fish Feel

Silver Spring, MD

fishfeel.org

Interim grant for work to raise awareness of the plight of the Cownose Ray of the Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

To support work to identify, publicize, and pursue the worst polluters and least protective water quality regulations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

www.allianceforthebay.org

To coordinate pro bono legal assistance on environmental enforcement issues in the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / New Venture Fund

Washington, DC

www.newventurefund.org

Interim grant for Chesapeake Bay Funders Network 2016 membership dues.

Chesapeake Bay Commission / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

www.chesbay.us

Interim grant intended to provide the Commission members with a public voice through Op-eds and written materials. The focus of this grant is on challenges in the next year related to Maryland’s agricultural pollution and the 2017 Mid-point assessment.

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Annapolis, MD

Interim grant for the local government engagement communications project for the 2017 Mid Point Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL in partnership with the Local Government Advisory Committee.

Spring 2016 Grants

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Easton, MD

support for MRC’s two Riverkeepers, the Miles-Wye and the Choptank, and their work to advocate for clean water policies at the state and local level.

Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

on behalf of the Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition for its work to advocate for policies that improve Maryland’s waterways and protect public health by reducing pollution, and increasing transparency and accountability from agriculture and associated sources of water degradation.

Food and Water Watch

Washington, DC

for the Food and Water Justice work in Maryland, a multi-year effort to cultivate public and political support for legal approaches and legislative initiatives aimed at increasing poultry industry responsibility and accountability for agricultural pollution.

Environmental Action Center

Washington, DC

for the Maryland Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Project, aimed at confronting the current lack of accountability in regulating Maryland CAFOs on the Eastern Shore through a combination of administrative advocacy and litigation tactics.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

to support the continued coordination of the Coalition as they present a strong and unified voice on Chesapeake Bay clean water issues and provide oversight over the 2017 TMDL Mid-Point Assessment to maintain the integrity of the process and ensure all jurisdictions are held accountable to their federally mandated load allocations.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis, MD

to support work to strengthen and institutionalize the Chesapeake Bay TMDL requirements on the eastern shore.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

for work to provide legal research and analysis in support of Bay policy advocacy efforts and serving as a facilitator and coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Legal Enforcement Network.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

support for the Coastkeeper Program.

Special Fall 2015 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

for work to build an educated and mobilized base of supporters for agricultural sector and food system reforms.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Washington, DC

www.nfwf.org/chesapeake

for work to assess the capacity of agricultural conservation partners to provide watershed project management and technical assistance necessary for meeting clean water goals for the Eastern Shore.

Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club / The Sierra Club Foundation

College Park, MD

to support Maryland Water Protection advocacy and organizing work to promote policies that effectively address pollution from industrial agriculture and from stormwater runoff in Maryland.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

interim grant to help move forward with enforcing the Clean Air Act against Energy Answers, a company proposing to build the country’s largest trash incinerator in the already industrialized Curtis Bay neighborhood in South Baltimore.

Environmental Action Center

Washington, DC

interim grant in support of the Maryland CAFO Permit Challenge Project.

Clean Water Fund

Washington, DC

support for work to build grassroots support for aggressive policies to address agricultural pollution.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

project support for a communications campaign focused on the 2017 Chesapeake Bay Mid-Point Assessment.

Summer 2015 Grants

University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic / The University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc.

Baltimore, MD

www.law.umaryland.edu

to provide pro bono environmental legal services to public interest organizations and community associations dealing with environmental issues in Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay region.

Resource Media

Seattle, WA

www.resource-media.org

in support of project focusing on Eastern Shore counties and local advocates with the goal of outlining the steps for a pilot that could serve as a model for responsible elevation of public health concerns related to water quality.

Nanticoke Watershed Alliance

Vienna, MD

support for a program to advance water quality improvement efforts in the Nanticoke River watershed through a multi-faceted approach.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

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

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.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

to continue campaign to improve Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by identifying, publicizing, and pursuing the region’s worst polluters and least protective water quality regulations.

Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth

Cambridge, MD

www.DCPGonline.org

for continuing program outreach and sustaining support for part-time executive director position.

Common Cause Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

www.commoncause.org/md

for its campaign to increase transparency at all levels of Maryland’s government including leading the Maryland Open Government Network, working closely with government to implement open government reforms passed in 2015, development of a procurement reform strategy and agenda, and reforming public access to information currently protected as industry trade secrets.

Chester River Association

Chestertown, MD

to support advocacy on clean water issues, enforcement of permits, and water quality monitoring program.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

support to restore the Chesapeake Bay through expanding the legal capacity of environmental organizations.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / New Venture Fund

Washington, DC

www.newventurefund.org

interim grant for Chesapeake Bay Funders Network (CBFN) 2015 Annual Dues ($15,000) and Communications Convening support ($10,000).

Chesapeake Bay Commission / Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

Queenstown, MD

www.chesbay.us

interim grant in support of a reception hosted to bring agricultural and environmental representatives together in conjunction with the Chesapeake Bay Commission quarterly meeting.

Blue Water Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

to continue legal and legislative advocacy and targeted community organizing efforts in Baltimore to address the root problems and chronic sources of sewage, stormwater and trash/litter pollution.

Queen Anne's Conservation Association

Centreville, MD

www.QACA.org

to continue conservation efforts, focusing on prudent and sustainable growth, while preserving the unique cultural heritage, agriculture and natural resources that define Queen Anne’s County and the Upper Eastern Shore.

Spring 2015 Grants

William & Mary School of Law Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic / Marshall Wythe Foundation

Williamsburg, VA

law.wm.edu/vacoastal

for support of research that will outline the key scientific, legal, and policy questions that need to be addressed to fully integrate projected climate impacts into the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay TMDL 2017 Mid Point Assessment.

Sassafras River Association

Georgetown, MD

www.sassafrasriver.org

for Sassafras River Association’s Sassafras Riverkeeper advocacy work.

Potomac Conservancy

Silver Spring, MD

www.potomac.org

to support organizing work for the Clean Water Frederick Campaign.

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Easton, MD

for support of the advocacy efforts of the Wye-Miles Riverkeeper and the Choptank Riverkeeper.

Maryland Environmental Health Network / Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Baltimore, MD

www.mdehn.org

for general support of your work to organize and mobilize public health voices and messages to address environmental degradation, pollution, and toxic exposure.

Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

for support of work to advocate for policies that improve Maryland’s waterways and protect public health by reducing pollution, and increasing transparency and accountability from agriculture and associated sources of water degradation.

Food and Water Watch

Washington, DC

for support of organizing and coalition building work to cultivate public and political support for legislative initiatives aimed at increasing poultry industry responsibility and accountability for agricultural pollution.

Earthjustice

San Francisco, CA

www.earthjustice.org

for support of the Clean Water for the Chesapeake Bay Region program. The grant includes $15,000 to develop an expert report on FERC’s final Environmental Impact Statement on the relicensing of the Conowingo Dam.

Common Cause Education Fund

Washington, DC

www.commoncause.org/md

Interim grant to support Opening Access to Data in Maryland project.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakeconservancy.org

to support the continued coordination of the Coalition as they present a strong and unified voice on Chesapeake Bay clean water issues and ensure all watershed jurisdictions remain accountable to their federally mandated WIP requirements.

Chesapeake Conservancy

Annapolis, MD

to support the development of a case study of how to best incorporate land conservation crediting within the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and how to integrate GIS analysis into strategies for improving water quality and public health.

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakebaytrust.org

for CBFN’s Capacity Building Initiative.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis, MD

to support and promote effective pollution control strategies on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

for support of CPR’s Chesapeake Bay work, including the hosting and management of the Chesapeake Bay Enforcement Network.

Blue Water Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

Interim grant for funding to support a critical communications campaign to defend existing state wide stormwater funding mandates, local stormwater programs, and other coalition priorities including defending the environmental budget, and reducing plastic pollution.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

for support of the Assateague Coastkeeper position and also for hiring an organizer to mobilize citizens in the Lower Eastern Shore.

American Rivers

Washington, DC

for the Chesapeake Bay Water Resiliency project.

Special Fall 2014 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD

To fund a long-term agricultural transparency communications campaign with Free Range.

University of Maryland School of Public Health

College Park, MD

www.sph.umd.edu

for the “Third Annual Symposium on Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Disparities in Maryland and Washington, DC”.

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

www.osp.cornell.edu

To conduct a statewide opinion poll to assess the beliefs and attitudes of Marylanders regarding links between agricultural practices, environmental and human health, and support for sustainability-related policy initiatives in the state.

Clean Water Fund

Washington, DC

www.wicomicoenvironment.org

For the Smart on Pesticides Initiative

Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

www.cbtrust.org

For the 2014-2017 Bay Restoration Communications & Education Strategy project

Summer 2014 Grants

Wicomico Environmental Trust

Salisbury, MD

For work to promote programs and policies that will help Wicomico county meet its pollution reduction obligations under Maryland’s Watershed Implementation Plan.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake / West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

To support work to promote coordinated advocacy for improved water quality in the Chesapeake watershed.

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science / University System of Maryland Foundation

Cambridge, MD

www.umces.edu

Interim grant in support of UMCES’ Truitt Award Ceremony honoring Governor O’Malley and kicking off UMCES’ 90th anniversary celebration.

University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic / The University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc.

Baltimore, MD

www.law.umaryland.edu

To support the provision of legal support to organizations working to promote clean water, clean air, and environmental justice.

Queen Anne's Conservation Association

Centreville, MD

www.QACA.org

For work to protect Queen Anne’s County from harmful development and to educate and mobilize local citizens in support of appropriate land use policies.

Nanticoke Watershed Alliance

Vienna, MD

To support work to advance acceptance of policies and strategies to meet water pollution reduction obligations in the Nanticoke Watershed.

Maryland Pesticide Network / Beyond Pesticides

Baltimore, MD

www.mdpestnet.org

For operational and strategic planning support of the Smart on Pesticides Campaign.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

To expand the power and influence of Maryland’s environmental community through strategic communications, organizing, coalition building, and legislative advocacy.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

Interim grant to enable Citizens Campaign for the Environment to conduct a planning process to set the environmental community up for success in 2015 and the ensuing four years. MDLCV will act as fiscal sponsor.

Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club / The Sierra Club Foundation

College Park, MD

In support of the water resources policy project to advance Chesapeake Bay restoration.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

www.EnvironmentMaryland.org/center

For work to improve Clean Water Act enforcement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and to implement legal strategies to address air and water pollution permits and permit proceedings associated with the
“Energy Answers” incinerator project and the Dominion liquefied natural gas project.

Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center

Baltimore, MD

For work to advance policies for Chesapeake Bay restoration, as well as work to advance policies that will accelerate energy efficiency and expand renewable energy throughout the state.

Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth

Cambridge, MD

www.DCPGonline.org

To build local support for strategies, programs and policies that will help Dorchester County to meet its pollution reduction obligations under Maryland’s Watershed Implementation Plan.

Common Cause Education Fund

Washington, DC

www.commoncause.org/md

In support of campaign to improve transparency in Maryland state government.

Chester River Association

Chestertown, MD

To support work to protect and restore the Chester River and its watershed.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

To facilitate the provision of legal resources to advocacy organizations that are working to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay.

Blue Water Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

For legal and legislative advocacy work to reduce storm water pollution, as well as strategic communications and grassroots organizing efforts.

Audubon Maryland-DC / National Audubon Society

Easton, MD

www.md.audubon.org

For Pickering Creek Center’s Saltmarshes and Community Engagement program and for their research and assessment collaboration with the Center for Climate Change Communications.

1000 Friends of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

www.friendsofmd.org

To support efforts to strengthen the policy framework for restoring the Chesapeake Bay, particularly advocacy for improved adoption and implementation of smart growth and responsible land use policies.

Spring 2014 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake / West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

To be used for the first phase of a communications campaign, Agricultural Transparency Media Campaign, focused on agricultural transparency and accountability in collaboration with a select group of advocates and Free Range Media, an innovative communications and strategy firm.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake / West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

www.partnersforopenspace.org

$10,000 challenge grant awarded in 2013, completed and paid in 2014.

Sassafras River Association

Georgetown, MD

www.sassafrasriver.org

For the Riverkeeper program and continued advocacy of successful implementation of the WIP in Kent and Cecil Counties.

Potomac Conservancy

Silver Spring, MD

www.potomac.org

To be used for the Our Rivers, Our Water: Clean Water Campaign in Frederick County, MD, to improve local stormwater ordinances, secure sustainable funding for pollution reduction initiatives, and build coalitions, and mobilize river advocates.

Partners for Open Space / 1000 Friends of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Interim grant for Protecting POS Funds Communications Campaign.

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Washington, DC

www.ncel.net

To be used to educate and organize state legislators on shared environmental issues, increase awareness among legislators about the need to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay, and help them identify alternative policy proposals in support of Chesapeake Bay restoration.

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Easton, MD

www.friendsoffrederickcounty.org

For support of the Choptank and Miles-Wye Riverkeeper Programs.

Maryland Environmental Health Network / Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Baltimore, MD

www.mdehn.org

To be used for general support of the Network’s efforts.

HOPE Impacts LLC / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

www.hopeimpacts.com

For continued coordination of the Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition, including management of a strategic planning process.

Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology Inc. / University System of Maryland Foundation

Queenstown, MD

www.agroecol.umd.edu

To be used for work to strengthen working relationships between state and local government entities and the non-profit community in implementing Maryland’s WIP, and also to conduct a survey of regulations impacting food production, aggregation, and distribution.

Friends of Frederick County / Land and Cultural Preservation Fund

Frederick, MD

For advocacy and outreach work to support and promote effective WIP implementation in Frederick County.

Food & Water Watch

Washington, DC

To be used for work to reduce agricultural pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed through organizing and coalition building to build popular and political support for increasing transparency and accountability from the poultry industry; strategic litigation to challenge policies and regulations that shield the industry from transparency and accountability, and administrative advocacy to improve sound regulations and contest unsound ones.

Earthjustice

San Francisco, CA

www.earthjustice.org

To be used for a legal campaign focused on securing enforcement of stormwater controls in urban jurisdictions in Maryland and Washington, DC, protection of the Bay TMDL framework by ensuring integrity in the designation of impaired waters, and achieving strong water quality protections in the re-licensing of Conowingo Dam.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakebaytrust.org

To be used to support member organizations’ defense and implementation of the Bay TMDL ($100,000), for administrative and management support ($25,000), and for the local government WIP capacity dashboard project ($15,000).

Chesapeake Bay Funders Network / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

To be used for the 2011-14 Capacity Building Initiative.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis, MD

To be used to advance WIP implementation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore through organizing, communications, and technical assistance to build political will and operational capacity.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

For work to promote comprehensive oversight of public and private sector efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, including through the management of the Chesapeake Bay Enforcement Network.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

For continued support of the Assateague Coastkeeper.

American Rivers

Washington, DC

www.cleanwaterhealthyfamilies.org

$35,000 of this grant to be used for work focused on encouraging the EPA to employ its residual designation authority to expand stormwater protections in Region 3. The balance of the grant ($75,000) is intended to support efforts to promote an environmentally protective relicensing of the Conowingo Dam.

Special Fall 2013 Grants

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science / University System of Maryland Foundation

Cambridge, MD

www.umces.edu

Support for research, convening, and communications to establish next generation benchmarks for
the Chesapeake Bay Restoration effort.

Maryland Environmental Health Network / Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Baltimore, MD

www.mdehn.org

General support to continue building strength as a valued partner for other advocacy organizations; bring health issues into energy policy-making to address climate change and promote clean energy; advocate for better protections against toxics; and increase attention to the environmental causes of asthma.

Clean Water Healthy Families Coalition / Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis, MD

In support of a communications campaign to protect the gains made on stormwater during the 2012 Legislative Session and ensure that local governments have sufficient financial resources to meet the terms of their stormwater permits and their TMDL goals.

Clean Water Fund

Baltimore, MD

www.wicomicoenvironment.org

In support of Smart on Pesticides and Environmental Health and Justice in Maryland Initiative which will work to develop and implement a comprehensive database tracking use of pesticides in the state of Maryland, and will otherwise expand outreach and education in Maryland communities disproportionately burdened with pollution impacts.

Center for Watershed Protection

Ellicott City, MD

www.cwp.org

Support to develop a Clean Water Diagnostic Tool of the most cost-effective pollution reduction strategies for four Eastern Shore jurisdictions.

Summer 2013 Grants

Wicomico Environmental Trust

Salisbury, MD

For general support. Wicomico Environmental Trust will galvanize public support and hold local government accountable to implementing Wicomico County’s Watershed Implementation Plan.

West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

www.westrhoderiverkeeper.org

For support of the Riverkeeper Advocacy program. West/Rhode Riverkeeper will continue to play a leadership role on Watershed Implementation Plan implementation at the state and local level of Anne Arundel County.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake / West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

https://towncreekfdn.org//www.sph.umd.edu/

Grant for general support in the amount of $30,000. Challenge grant of up to $10,000 match of member contributions made by 2/28/2014. Waterkeepers Chesapeake will strengthen the impact of the 18 local Waterkeeper organizations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by coordinating their advocacy around issues of shared concern.

University of Maryland School of Public Health

College Park, MD

Challenge grant of up to $45,000 to organize a Spring 2014 conference on Environmental Justice: Outreach and Education in the Chesapeake Bay. The conference will bring together Chesapeake Bay restoration advocates and decision makers with advocates for and representatives from communities and populations that are or may be disproportionately impacted both by pollution and also by strategies to address that pollution.

University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic / The University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc.

Baltimore, MD

www.law.umaryland.edu

For general support. The University of Maryland Environmental Law Clinic will work to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Support goes towards the provision of pro bono legal services to environmental organizations and individuals working on environmental problems in Maryland and the Chesapeake region.

South River Federation

Edgewater, MD

www.southriverfederation.net

For work assisting Anne Arundel County with WIP implementation. South River Federation will work throughout the next year to oversee the implementation of the county’s stormwater utility fee, convene a septics workgroup, and continue to be a key advocate for the implementation of the Watershed Implementation Plan.

Queen Anne's Conservation Association

Centreville, MD

www.QACA.org

For general support. The Queen Anne’s Conservation Association will mobilize Queen Anne’s County residents on land use issues and ensure the proper implementation of the Watershed Implementation Plan.

New Venture Fund

Washington, DC

www.newventurefund.org

For the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network.

National Wildlife Federation - Chesapeake/Mid-Atlantic region

Annapolis, MD

www.nwf.org

For general support. The National Wildlife Federation will work to strengthen and expand environmental protections in the Mid-Atlantic Region. They will promote coordinated efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay, reduce Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions, and engage new constituencies in conservation activity.

Nanticoke Watershed Alliance

Vienna, MD

For the “Community Collaboration for Water Quality Improvement” project. The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance seeks to achieve increased capacity and effectiveness of local Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) implementation through the facilitation of local watershed-wide community engagement, targeted assistance for the implementation of the WIP in two municipalities, and continued support of their Creekwatchers program in Maryland.

Maryland Pesticide Network / Beyond Pesticides

Baltimore, MD

www.mdpestnet.org

For the “Toxic Free Maryland Initiative”. The Maryland Pesticide Network will work to increase awareness and engagement on the problem of public exposure to pesticides in Maryland.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

$80,000 towards general support and $25,000 for the “Expanding Constituencies for Maryland Environmental Work” survey and focus group project. The Maryland League of Conservation Voters will continue to improve environmental policy and expand environmental protections in Maryland. They will also conduct research to better understand the environmental concerns and attitudes of Maryland’s African American and Latino communities.

Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club / The Sierra Club Foundation

College Park, MD

For the “Water Resources Project”. The Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club will mobilize citizens and advocate for accountability, credibility, and high standards in all components of Watershed Implementation Plan implementation at the state and local level.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC

For the Chesapeake Bay Enforcement project. The Environmental Integrity Project seeks to improve Clean Water Act enforcement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by supporting research, permit challenges and comments, and litigation targeted at significant point sources of nutrient pollution to the Bay.

Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth

Cambridge, MD

www.DCPGonline.org

For general support. The Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth will cultivate and mobilize public support for the Watershed Implementation Plan in Dorchester County.

Chester River Association

Chestertown, MD

For general support. The Chester River Association will continue advocacy and engagement activities around the Watershed Implementation Plan at the state and local level in Kent and Queen Anne’s County.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

For general support. The Chesapeake Legal Alliance will provide legal resources to assist in the effort to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Blue Water Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

www.dnr.maryland.gov/ccp/healthy_waters/wac.asp

For the “Baltimore TMDL Advocacy and Engagement” project. Blue Water Baltimore will support work to strengthen regulatory compliance processes that directly impact the Watershed Implementation Plan (e.g., Baltimore City’s stormwater permit, agreement to stop raw sewage from entering waterways, and a trash clean up plan for the Baltimore Harbor).

Audubon Maryland-DC / National Audubon Society

Baltimore, MD

md.audubon.org

For the “Salt Marshes & Community Engagement” project. Audubon Maryland/DC will conduct an outreach and communications initiative to educate and engage Dorchester County citizens – Audubon members, Eastern Shore community groups, and faith organizations – about climate impact threats to Blackwater salt marsh, and to enroll these citizens as supporters of the adaptation strategy.

1000 Friends of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

www.friendsofmd.org

For “Moving Maryland toward a Smart, Sustainable Future” project. 1000 Friends of Maryland will advocate around land use policies that have direct implications for local water quality and implementation of the Watershed Implementation Plan.

Spring 2013 Grants

Watershed Assistance Collaborative / Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

To further its objective of assisting and building the capacity of local implementers to meet 2020 Bay pollution reduction goals

Sassafras River Association

Georgetown, MD

www.sassafrasriver.org

Sassafras River Association Riverkeeper Program and General Support

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Washington, DC

www.ncel.net

The Chesapeake Bay Environmental Legislators project which aims to educate and organize state legislators on shared environmental issues impacting the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy

Easton, MD

www.chesapeakecovenant.org

Support for two Riverkeeper programs, to continue Agricultural Outreach program, and for the programmatic and project work with which all MRC staff are engaged to improve water quality in our rivers.

Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake / Alliance for the Bay

Annapolis, MD

Support for our work to green the ministries, facilities, and public witness (advocacy) of congregations in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

HOPE Impacts LLC / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

www.hopeimpacts.com

Campaign to Reduce the Application of Manure, Year 2

Friends of Frederick County / Land and Cultural Preservation Fund

Frederick, MD

www.friendsoffrederickcounty.org

Curbing pollutant loading to local waterways

Food & Water Watch

Washington, DC

www.environmentmaryland.org/center

Food & Water Justice Project / Integrator Liability Campaign

Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center

Baltimore, MD

General support

Earthjustice

San Francisco, CA

www.earthjustice.org

Clean water for the Chesapeake Bay region project

Clean Water Fund

Washington, DC

Smart On Pesticides Maryland Initiative

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD

www.chesapeakebaytrust.org

Support for its work to champion strong federal protections, state leadership and local implementation to return clean water to the Chesapeake Bay region.

Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD

2011-14 Capacity Building Initiative

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. (CBF)

Annapolis, MD

Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint : Watershed Implementation Plans for Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC

Comprehensive Oversight of Public and Private Sector Efforts to Restore the Chesapeake Bay through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Bay-wide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

Bay Journal /Chesapeake Media Service

Seven Valleys, PA

www.bayjournal.com

Bay Journal News Service and Chesapeake Born column

Audubon Naturalist Society

Baltimore, MD

Residual Designation Authority for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

American Rivers

Durham, NC

The Chesapeake Federal Policy Project

Special Fall 2012 Grants

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

www.wicomicoenvironment.org

General support bridge grant to move MD LCV back to the summer cycle.

Maryland Environmental Health Network / Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Baltimore, MD

www.abagrantmakers.org

To build organizational capacity, strengthen the voice of public health in environmental health policy, and cultivate new advocates.

HOPE Impacts LLC / Audubon Naturalist Society

Chevy Chase, MD

Bridge grant to move HOPE Impacts to the spring cycle.

Summer 2012 Grants

Wicomico Environmental Trust

Salisbury, MD

general support for work to engage the community and local officials in implementation of the WIP.

West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

www.westrhoderiverkeeper.org

for advocacy work to promote the WIP and clean water policy at the local and state level.

Waterkeepers Chesapeake / West/Rhode Riverkeeper

Shady Side, MD

www.southriverfederation.net

general support to hire an Executive Director who will provide leadership to build a collective voice for the 18 waterkeepers in the Chesapeake Bay.

South River Federation

Edgewater, MD

general support for advocacy work at the state and local level to advance the WIP.

Queen Anne's Conservation Association

Centreville, MD

www.qaca.org

for work to mobilize Queen Anne’s County citizens on two upcoming referendum initiatives impacting land use, ongoing litigation activities including several cases with the potential for statewide precedence, and community education about a more sustainable community.

National Wildlife Federation - Chesapeake/Mid-Atlantic region

Annapolis, MD

www.nwf.org

project support for its Chesapeake Mid-Atlantic Regional Center where it houses both the Choose Clean Water Coalition and the Off-Shore Wind Coalition.

Nanticoke Watershed Alliance

Vienna, MD

for work to implement the Nanticoke Watershed Plan in support of the WIP.

Maryland Pesticide Network / Beyond Pesticides

Baltimore, MD

www.mdpestnet.org

for the Toxic Free Maryland Initiative in which greater communications and advocacy capacity will be built to support legislative efforts to increase transparency and reporting of pesticide use in Maryland.

Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Annapolis, MD

for critical capacity support during their executive director transition.

Maryland Environmental Health Network / Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

Baltimore, MD

www.abagrantmakers.org

for development and publication of the Maryland Children’s Environmental Health Report and to help support a collaborative space for the Maryland Environmental Health Network to work together to produce this report.

Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club / The Sierra Club Foundation

College Park, MD

project support for work to increase accountability and enforcement of Maryland’s Watershed Implementation Plan at the state and local level (specifically Talbot, Prince George’s, and Charles counties), and continue to invest deeply in volunteer leaders to empower Sierra Club activists on WIP issues.

H. John Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment

Washington, DC

www.heinzcenter.org

to conduct an independent third-party assessment of the status of capacity for Maryland to implement the Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP).

Dorchester Citizens for Planned Growth

Cambridge, MD

www.dcpgonline.org

general support for work to support implementation of the WIP in Dorchester County and expanded water quality monitoring in the Choptank and Little Choptank Rivers needed for accountability and enforcement purposes.

Chester River Association

Chestertown, MD

general support for its Chester waterkeeper program, policy efforts to support implementation of the WIP, and expansion of its communications and community outreach.

Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc.

Annapolis, MD

general support for work to strengthen compliance with and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Blue Water Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

project support to ensure that Baltimore’s renewed storm water permit is as strong as possible and enforceable.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

www.sustainabilityfunders.org

To create a media and message strategy to counter misinformation about the Perdue lawsuit and to reframe the issue around the underlying purpose of the litigation.

Academy Art Museum

Easton, MD

www.academyartmuseum.org

For the Kittredge-Wilson 2012-13 Speakers Series.

1000 Friends of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

www.friendsofmd.org

to support work implementing smart growth initiatives in Maryland.

Spring 2012 Grants

University of Maryland School of Law Environmental Law Clinic / The University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc.

Baltimore, MD
www.law.umaryland.edu/index.html

General support for work to represent community and public interest organizations seeking to identify and address violations of environmental laws and regulations.

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Washington, DC

www.ncel.net

Project support to launch the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Legislators project to build a strong network of informed and proactive state legislators in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia who are well-equipped to take on leadership in their respective state legislatures on Chesapeake Bay issues.

Mid Shore Riverkeeper Conservancy fka Choptank River Eastern Bay Conservancy

Easton, MD
www.midshoreriverkeeper.org

General operating support for its Riverkeeper programs and a focus on assisting with the WIP process.

Global Footprint Network

Oakland, CA

www.footprintnetwork.org

Support to undertake and promote a Footprint and Bio-Capacity study of the Chesapeake Bay region. This analysis would measure consumption and bio-capacity patterns and trends of the states bordering the Chesapeake Bay region to help inform and accelerate the creation of sustainable policies in planning, investment and land-use.

Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption / Tides Center

Berkeley, CA

For expenses associated with organizing and administering a panel discussion on the Maryland Genuine Progress Indicator at the upcoming Environmental Grantmakers Association State of the State’s Briefing.

Friends of Frederick County / Land and Cultural Preservation Fund

Frederick, MD

www.friendsoffrederickcounty.org

Project support for their project Curbing Pollutant Loading to Local Waterways with Citizen Action, Advocacy, and Litigation to deploy new technology for citizen-led enforcement of environmental laws, ramp up public support for the WIP, and hold local governments accountable for decisions resulting in increased pollution in local waterways.

Environmental Integrity Project

Washington, DC
www.environmentalintegrity.org

Continued project support for a campaign to improve Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by identifying, publicizing, and pursuing the region’s worst polluters and least protective water quality regulations.

Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center

Baltimore, MD
www.EnvironmentMaryland.org/center

In support of organizational development and program work to restore the Chesapeake Bay and reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide.

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

Queenstown, MD
www.eslc.org

to provide planning support and resources that will help revitalize Eastern Shore towns in environmentally sustainable ways.

Earthjustice

Oakland, CA
www.earthjustice.org

In support of litigation and advocacy to reduce storm water pollution, enforce federal water pollution limit requirements, and address toxic contamination in the Chesapeake Bay and other regionally significant waterways.

Earthjustice

Oakland, CA
www.earthjustice.org

To support the organizing and implementation of a mediated discussion about nutrient trading policies and potential litigation over the inclusion of such policies in the Chesapeake TMDL. The funds would cover the one-day preparation and facilitation fee of an experienced mediator.

Choose Clean Water Coalition / National Wildlife Federation

Annapolis, MD
www.choosecleanwater.org

To advance federal water quality policy initiatives.

Chesapeake Bay Trust

Annapolis, MD
www.chesapeakebaytrust.org

Project support for its 2011-2014 Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) to support direct technical and organizational training, expanded organizational and programmatic evaluation, one on one mentoring, peer to peer learning, and programmatic capacity building specific to the WIP.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. (CBF)

Annapolis, Maryland
www.cbf.org

Leadership grant to kick-off five-year Eastern Shore strategic plan and its focus of demonstrating successful implementation of Maryland’s Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) on the Eastern Shore.

Center for Progressive Reform

Washington, DC
www.progressivereform.org

To support Clean Water Accountability in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, a continuing effort to emphasize the importance of enforcement, identify areas where enforcement is weak, recommend how enforcement can be improved, and demand federal and state accountability for restoration efforts.

Bay Journal /Chesapeake Media Service

Seven Valleys, PA

www.bayjournal.com

In support of weekly distribution of op-eds through our Bay Journal News Service to newspapers and other publications throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The op-eds, which reach about 4 million readers a month, are intended to help stimulate public understanding and discussion of important environmental issues.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

actforbays.org

To contract with a public relations firm to provide communications and messaging services in support of the Perdue/Hudson farms litigation.

Assateague Coastal Trust

Berlin, MD

actforbays.org

General operating support for the Assateague Coastkeeper program.

American Rivers

Durham, NC

In support of Chesapeake Federal Policy Project, which aims to reduce stormwater pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and nationally by advancing green infrastructure solutions such as green roofs, urban tree plantings, permeable pavement, rain gardens, and bioswales through reforms of water management policies and practices at the national and state levels.

Summer 2015 Grants

Waterkeepers Chesapeake

Takoma Park, MD