The Trust believes that its mission is advanced and its resources leveraged and amplified by building strong partnerships with other public and private funders, academic and professional experts, and the grantee community and by convening key stakeholders to develop strategies to forward Bay restoration efforts. In 2009, the Trust and our partners worked together to raise awareness and funding to further our shared mission of restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams, creating a new generation environmental stewards.
Public Agency and Private Foundation Partnerships
The Trust expanded our partnerships with public agencies (state and federal) and private foundations in 2009 to craft programs, policies, and procedures that support grassroots organizations as they work in their communities and schools to protect the environment.
Federal, State, and Local Agency Partners
FishAmerica Foundation
Maryland Comptrollers Office
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Department of the Environment
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
EPA Chesapeake Bay Program
U.S.D.A. Forest Service
University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science
Oyster Recovery Partnership
Foundation Partners
Agua Fund
Baltimore Community Foundation
blue moon fund
Bunting Family Foundation
Corina Higginson Trust
FishAmerica Foundation
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
MARPAT Foundation
Nabit Foundation/Great Chesapeake Bay Swim
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Rauch Foundation
The Abell Foundation
The Biophilia Foundation
The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Oak Hill Fund
The Summit Fund of Washington
Town Creek Foundation
Virginia Environmental Endowment
Wallace Genetic Foundation
William Penn Foundation
Chesapeake Bay Funders Network
The Chesapeake Bay Funders Network (CBFN) is a funding collaborative dedicated to improving the capacity within communities to initiate and sustain change necessary to promote and protect the health of the Chesapeake Bay. CBFN is a goal-oriented organization that fosters opportunities for funders to pool resources and work together on shared interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It allows grantmakers to network, exchange information and collaborate to protect and restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
In 2009, the CBFN was awarded the Critical Impact Award by the Council on Foundations. The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit association with a membership of more than 2,100 grant-making foundations and corporations in the United States and abroad. Its mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership, and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good. The Critical Impact Award was created in 2006 by the Council’s leadership to honor grant-makers who have supported innovative leadership, bold visions, and significant impact in advancing the common good through effective grant-making, which can serve as a model for others in philanthropy. The award was presented on at the Council’s 60th Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA on May 5, 2009.
Co-chaired by the Chesapeake Bay Trust and The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, this successful example of collaborative funding is a model for grantmakers throughout the nation.
Children in Nature Partnership
Recognizing the urgency in ensuring that Maryland’s young people have the opportunity to connect with nature and grow to become informed and responsible stewards of our environment, Governor Martin O’Malley established the Maryland Partnership for Children in Nature by Executive Order in April 2008. Co-chaired by Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary John Griffin and State School Superintendent Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, the Partnership was charged with developing and implementing an environmental literacy plan as well as a plan to provide youth with structured and unstructured opportunities for play, outdoor recreation, learning and scientific study.
As a member of the Partnership, the Chesapeake Bay Trust provided essential leadership, resources and served as a convener of school systems and service providers who have a vested interest in the recommendations of the Governor’s plan. The Trust was honored to play a pivotal role in the drafting of a State plan for environmental literacy that has been heralded as a national model.
Watershed Assistance Collaborative
The Trust is a founding member of the Watershed Assistance Collaborative, an interagency partnership established to connect local communities with the financial and technical resources they need to undertake comprehensive watershed restoration projects. Other members of the partnership include the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland Sea Grant Program, and the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Within the Collaborative, the Trust administers the Watershed Assistance Grant Program, which provides funds to local governments and non-profit organizations for early-phase planning and design work on restoration projects leading to improved water quality in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the Maryland Coastal Bays.
Corporate Partnerships
Corporate partners played a key role in helping the Trust support its mission in 2009. These groups created unique promotional campaigns developed to promote environmental awareness and show their support for the activities of the Trust to their consumers.
Beaulieu Vineyard Wine
HarVest Bank of Maryland
Herrington on the Bay
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
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