The New Jersey American Water is seeking applications to offer funding for innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect the watersheds, surface water and groundwater supplies in their local communities.
Donor Name: New Jersey American Water
State: New Jersey
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Grants Size: $10,000
Details:
Project activities and outcomes should address a watershed or source water protection need in the local community within American Water service areas. Source water protection projects are activities that result in the protection or improvement of the community’s public drinking water supplies. Watershed protection projects should focus on activities that improve, restore or protect one or more watersheds.
Examples Of Activities
- Watershed Cleanup
- Reforestation Efforts
- Biodiversity Projects (habitat restoration, wildlife protection)
- Streamside Buffer Restoration Projects
- Wellhead Protection Initiatives
- Hazardous Waste Collection Efforts
- Surface or Groundwater Protection Education (i.e., designing and providing workshops for citizens and local officials).
Funding Information
- Maximum grant amount: $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project activities and outcomes should address a watershed or source water protection need in the local community within American Water service areas.
- Source water protection projects are activities that result in the protection or improvement of the community’s public drinking water supplies. Watershed protection projects should focus on activities that improve, restore or protect one or more watersheds.
- Eligible Projects Must Meet The Following Criteria:
- Be completed between May 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022
- Be a new or innovative program for the community, or serve as a significant expansion to an existing program
- Be carried out by a formal or informal partnership between two or more organizations
- Provide evidence of sustainability (continue existence after the American Water grant monies are utilized).
Selection Criteria
- Clarity of project goals and projected impact.
- Innovation and strength of project design.
- Nature and strength of collaboration with other community and/or municipal organizations.
- Likelihood of project’s sustainability after the American Water funding ends.
- Evidence of community engagement.
- Plan for assessing the project’s impact and capacity to measure project outcomes.
- Assessment of budget as reasonable and cost-efficient.
For more information, visit New Jersey American Water.