Foundation
rolling
Freshwater Future
Freshwater Future Project Grants
Great Lakes region mini-grants for grassroots water protection and advocacy projects, available to small watershed groups in applicable…
Funding & Grants
Foundation
rolling
Federal
annual
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) with EPA and USEF partnership
NFWF Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program
Federal-private partnership grant program supporting watershed protection in areas where water quality remains high, preventing impairment before it…
Federal
rolling
USDA Rural Development
USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Program
Combined grant and low-interest loan program for rural drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste infrastructure projects.
Federal
annual
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) / EPA Chesapeake Bay Program
NFWF Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Federal-foundation partnership funding community-based watershed restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Two grant tracks — Planning & Capacity…
Cost Share
annual
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA's flagship cost-share program for working agricultural lands. Pays farmers and forest landowners to install conservation practices that…
Cost Share
annual
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
USDA NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
USDA cost-share program rewarding farmers and forest landowners who already meet a conservation baseline and want to expand…
Federal
annual
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
USDA NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)
USDA's partnership-based conservation funding program. Funds multi-year, landscape-scale conservation projects led by partner organizations (watershed groups, conservation districts,…
Federal
annual
U.S. EPA / U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
EPA Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grants
Federal-private grant program funding the protection of intact, healthy watersheds before they degrade. Awards typically $25,000-$200,000 for watershed…
Federal
annual
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program (EJG2G)
EPA federal grants supporting government-to-government partnerships that address environmental and public health issues in overburdened communities. Funds projects…
Federal
annual
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Brownfields Assessment & Cleanup Grants
EPA grants for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing contaminated former industrial and commercial sites. Brownfields work directly intersects…
Federal
annual
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Wetland Program Development Grants
EPA grants supporting state, tribal, and local efforts to build and refine wetland protection programs — wetland mapping,…
Cost Share
annual
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
USDA NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
USDA program with two components: Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) protect working farms from development, and Wetlands Reserve Easements…