Sustainability Program
$100,000College Park, MD
for work to promote and support the implementation of public sector sustainability initiatives in Maryland through the Sustainable Maryland Certified program.
Environmental Finance Center / University of Maryland Foundation
Spring 2016 Grants
Spring 2015 Grants
Sustainability Program
$130,000College Park, MD
to support the strengthening of sustainability initiatives and frameworks in Prince George’s County, and of work to support the Sustainable Maryland Certified municipal program.
Spring 2014 Grants
Sustainability Program
$80,000College Park, MD
To be used to provide sustainability training, leadership development, and networking opportunities to high level elected and appointed officials across the state.
Spring 2013 Grants
Sustainability Program
$60,000College Park, MD
Sustainable Maryland Certified -Promoting Policies and Practices for Sustainability
Spring 2012 Grants
Sustainability Program
$100,000College Park, MD
www.efc.umd.edu and www.sustainablemaryland.com
To continue and further the goals and objectives set forth through previous funding in support of the Sustainable Maryland Certified (SMC) program. Specifically, the funds requested will: 1) provide for an event recognizing municipalities that have achieved certification in the first year of SMC; 2) enable the further development of the SMC website to include additional categories and action items and levels of certification; 3) continue the valuable Green Team training sessions.
Summer 2011 Grants
Preserving Our Natural Heritage: Mid Atlantic Land Estuaries and Coastal Bays
$50,000College Park, MD
www.efc.umd.edu and www.sustainablemaryland.com
for a project to improve stormwater management on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and to demonstrate the financial feasibility of stormwater improvements.
Spring 2011 Grants
Promoting Policies and Practices for Sustainability
$100,000College 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.