Types of Grants

The Chesapeake Bay Trust has ten individual grant programs that are available.  Each has its own specific criteria, as well as application institutions and procedures.  You can review any of the Trust’s grant programs below.

Mini Grants Program: Grants up to $5,000
Restoration: Grants up to $50,000
Outreach & Community Awareness: Grants requests of $5,001- $20,000
Environmental Education Grant Program:  Grants up to $20,000
Urban Greening Grant Program: Grants up to $35,000
Pioneer Grant Program: Program under development
Living Shorelines Grant Program: Variable Awards
Fisheries Grant Program: Grants up to $35,000
Capacity Building Grant ProgramVariable Awards
Watershed Assistance Grant Program: Grants up to $25,000

Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Forms 

Recently Funded Grants: 

Grantee

County/City

Award Amount

Londontowne Property Owners Association Anne Arundel $90,000
Maryland DNR - Tidewater Administration Anne Arundel $3,996
National Wildlife Federation Anne Arundel $4,400
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Anne Arundel $45,000
South River Federation Anne Arundel $12,500
St. Martin's In the Field Day School Anne Arundel $1,825
Back River Restoration Committee (BRRC) Baltimore $2,424
Baltimore County Public Schools Baltimore $3,927
Cromwell Valley Elementary School Baltimore $4,800
Easwood Elementary Magnet School Baltimore $1,000
Emmanuel Lutheran School Baltimore $405
Emmanuel Lutheran School Baltimore $3,390
Franklin High School Baltimore $1,347
Halstead Academy Baltimore $2,420
Pleasant Plains Elementary School Baltimore $1,800
Pleasant Plains Elementary School Baltimore $2,400
St. Casimir Catholic School Baltimore $2,000
Trout Unlimited - Maryland Chapter Baltimore $30,000
Western School of Technology & Environmental Science Baltimore $1,804
Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association Baltimore City $30,000
Graceland Park -O'Donnell Heights Elementary School Baltimore City $5,000
Southeast Community Development Corporation Baltimore City $5,000
Southeast Community Development Corporation Baltimore City $5,000
Dowell Elementary School Calvert $1,543
Mutual Elementary School Calvert $2,678
Caroline County Public Schools Caroline $3,111
Conowingo Elementary School Cecil $500
Catoctin High School Frederick $220
Harford County Government Harford $35,000
Oakland Mills Middle School Howard $980
Oakland Mills Middle School Howard $1,312
Wilde Lake Middle School Howard $2,276
Jamestown 4-H Educational Center James City $92,500
Cabin John Middle School Montgomery $1,113
Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) Montgomery $4,500
Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School Prince Georges $2,250
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Prince Georges $3,440
Choptank River Eastern Bay Conservancy, Inc. (CREB) Talbot $35,000
Environmental Concern Inc. Talbot $52,000
St. Michael's High School / St. Michael's Middle/High School Talbot $2,500
Town of Oxford Talbot $69,436
Town of Oxford Talbot $23,715
Hope Community Charter School Washington, DC $1,090
Oyster Bilingual Elementary School Washington, DC $5,000
  • Living Shorelines Grant Program
    March 5, 2010

    Pioneer Grant Program
    March 26, 2010

    Watershed Assistance Grant Program
    April 2, 2010

    Mini Grants
    Accepted Year Round

    Grant Forms:
    Click here to access all Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Forms