Annapolis, MD
to continue to coordinate and act as fiscal agent of a coalition to advance a clean, healthy, and fair energy agenda, particularly offshore wind power in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Washington, DC
for its New Economy Working Group to support and facilitate efforts by state government and civil society partners to develop a Clean, Fair, and Healthy Economic Future for Maryland.
Washington, DC
project support for work to establish important policy infrastructure that will help the State of Maryland reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions.
Fairplay, Maryland
general support funds to grow current activity of promoting sustainable food and farming through farmer education, partnership development, and market development for sustainable farmers; and to grow consumer education on the region’s food-shed and local food system.
Washington, DC
to support a full time field organizer to engage and mobilize young people to help achieve a safe, clean, and fair energy future in Maryland.
Suitland, MD
https://towncreekfdn.org//edti.aimddemo.com
In support of the “Maryland Offshore Wind Education Project”, focused on working with other offshore wind advocates to help Maryland citizens, business leaders, and relevant policy makers become better educated about the multiple economic benefits of offshore wind development in Maryland.
Princeton, New Jersey
for our “Increasing Public Understanding of Climate Risk in the Chesapeake Bay Region” project.
Montpelier, VT
work to strengthen support for public policies that will facilitate the development of a substantial offshore wind capacity for the state of Maryland
Easton, MD
www.chesapeakefilmfestival.org
interim grant to underwrite films and public discussions that are supportive of Town Creek’s interest in promoting public dialogue in Maryland that explores alternatives to entrenched policies, practices, and systems that undermine sustainability.
Takoma Park, MD
for advancing progressive climate change and clean energy policies in Maryland.
Chestertown, MD
https://towncreekfdn.org//ces.washcoll.edu
project grant to explore the feasibility of establishing a sustainability leadership program in the State of
Maryland
Baltimore, MD
to support the Maryland Food System Map Project to educate researchers, planners, advocates, policy makers and the public about the state of our local food system.
Berlin, MD
in support of two public screenings and panel discussions of the film Food Inc.
Baltimore, MD
general support for ongoing efforts to create more sustainable growth patterns in Maryland and to expand our capacity through partial funding for a local organizer.
Vienna, MD
to work on implementation of the Watershed Management Plan based on the Green Infrastructure work previously supported by the Town Creek Foundation.
Annapolis, MD
to continue to coordinate and act as fiscal agent of a coalition to advance offshore wind power in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.
College Park, MD
www.efc.umd.edu and www.sustainablemaryland.com
to support activities of Sustainable Maryland Certified (SMC), a free and voluntary program designed to support Maryland’s municipalities as they seek to protect their natural and cultural assets and invigorate their economies.
Baltimore, MD
www.EnvironmentMaryland.org/center
general support
Queenstown, MD
to support the multi-dimensional planning and conservation Center for Vibrant Towns
Annapolis, Maryland
to continue work to track stormwater advocacy for the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, including EPA’s national stormwater rulemaking, national and regional efforts to coordinate smart growth and stormwater advocacy, and various regional stormwater initiatives.
Columbia, MD
www.centerforemergingmedia.org
to continue and expand the weekly On Delmarva radio series and events.
Washington, DC
Work to create a package of greenhouse gas emission reducing transportation policies around which support from key Maryland stakeholders can coalesce.
Seven Valleys, PA
to support expansion of the Bay Journal News Service’s op-ed service and to launch a series of articles that would tackle difficult issues related to the region’s growth that are often ignored, or pushed off into the future, by many of the region’s leaders.
Cambridge, MD
www.umces.edu
Enhance the ability of agencies and local governments to enact new laws, policies, and outreach programs that will assist the State of Maryland and her citizens to adapt to a changing climate.
Annapolis, MD
www.nwf.org
to assemble and act as fiscal agent of a coalition that will execute a six-month campaign to help make offshore wind power a reality in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Asheville, NC
www.greenpressinitiative.org
general support to continue advancing industry-wide environmental transformations in the U.S. book sector and newspaper sectors, macro changes at the policy level and in the paper industry at-large and for new efforts to develop an advocacy program (Greening the Media) to increase the amount of environmental coverage in the news media.
Washington, DC
www.BetterPaper.org; www.GreenAmericaToday.org
for the Better Paper Project, which is the only US program devoted to changing the magazine industry’s paper choices from virgin-fiber papers to recycled papers
Takoma Park, MD
www.chesapeakeclimate.org
general support to strengthen development and enforcement of clean energy policies in Maryland.
Annapolis, Maryland
www.chesapeakebaytrust.org
to secure a consultant to organize and facilitate a Bay wide convening of storm water advocates to identify and prioritize storm water policy campaigns and initiatives over a three year period.
Baltimore, MD
to reform costly development patterns in Maryland.
College Park, MD
www.maryland.sierraclub.org
for the Cool Cities campaign on the Eastern Shore to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Asheville, NC
https://towncreekfdn.org//www.environmentalpaper.org
general support
Baltimore, MD
www.EnvironmentMaryland.org/center
for general support
Asheville, NC
www.dogwoodalliance.org
continued support of work to secure the highest level of protection for endangered forest areas and bring about sustainable forestry practices across the landscape in the Cumberland Plateau/Southern Appalachian and the Mid-Atlantic Coastal regions by driving sustainable policies and practices in the US paper market
Columbia, MD
www.centerforemergingmedia.org
to support the production and broadcast of a weekly hour long radio broadcast focused on sustainability issues on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Berlin, MD
www.actforbays.org
for continued support of the Grow Berlin Green campaign
Takoma Park, MD
www.ieer.org
Transition grant for Carbon-Free Nuclear-Free project and other related non-proliferation work.
Asheville, NC
www.greenpressinitiative.org
to continue advancing industry-wide environmental transformations in the U.S. book sector, new transformations in the U.S. newsprint sector, and macro changes at the policy level and in the paper industry at-large.
Washington, DC
www.betterpaper.org www.GreenAmericaToday.org
for Better Paper Project, which is the only US program devoted to changing the magazine industry’s paper choices from virgin-fiber papers to recycled papers, reducing the magazine industry’s enormous environmental and climate change impacts, including the destruction of 39 million trees per year.
Washington, DC
www.environmentalintegrity.org
EIP, together with Earthjustice, is working towards securing climate policy that decreases U.S. reliance on coal-fired power
Takoma Park, MD
www.chesapeakeclimate.org
$25,000 is for general support of CCAN’s work in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia to educate on climate change effects on the Chesapeake Bay, and to monitor progressive climate change policies at the state level. $75,000 is in support of the national campaign to educate public leaders on the effectiveness, durability and fairness of a national cap and dividend carbon policy that protects consumers, invests in a new, green economy, and solves the climate crisis.
Charlottesville, VA
www.newdream.org
Bridge grant awarded Fall 2009 to promote socially and environmentally responsible consumption on the part of individuals, communities, municipalities and businesses
Baltimore, MD
ongoing support for efforts to reform expensive growth patterns across Maryland.
Final year of three year $150,000 grant.
Asheville, NC
https://towncreekfdn.org//www.environmentalpaper.org
for general support to complete the two-year priorities established by the Steering Committee for the 2009-2010 time period.
New York, NY
www.ega.org
interim grant to provide resources, networking and collaborative opportunities that will increase the effectiveness and impact of environmental foundations
Queenstown, MD
www.eslc.org
final installment of three year grant for organizational expansion through ESLC’s Land Use Planning program
Asheville, NC
www.dogwoodalliance.org
for work to achieve protections for endangered forest areas and to promote responsible forestry practices in the Cumberland Plateau and the mid-Atlantic coastal ecoregion.
Annapolis , Maryland
www.cbf.org
final installment of three year grant to support its agricultural and land preservation initiatives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland under the Heart of the Chesapeake Program