Funding-2014 National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Five Star/Urban Waters Restoration Program Invites
Applications; February 5, 2014
Agency
National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Description
The National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation is inviting applications for the Five Star/Urban
Waters Restoration Program, a public-private partnership designed to develop
community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by
providing modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships for wetland,
forest, riparian and coastal habitat restoration; stormwater
management, outreach, and stewardship, with a particular focus on water
quality; and watersheds as well as the habitats they support.
The program
is supported by the National Association of Counties
and the Wildlife Habitat Council,
in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
the U.S.
Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Southern
Company, FedEx, and PG&E. Each
funder in this Request for Proposals has specific requirements for projects
supported by their program. NFWF will match every application with all funding
sources applicable to that project's activities, location, and project type.
1) EPA Five
Star Program: Approximately $186,000 is available from EPA to fund on-the-ground
restoration projects as well as environmental outreach, K-12 education, and
training initiatives.
2) Southern
Company Five Star Restoration Program: Approximately $300,000 is available from
Southern Company to support conservation and restoration projects in the
Southern Company service area. Southern
Company will support on-the-ground restoration projects and outdoor
conservation outreach.
3) EPA and
USFS Urban Waters Program: Approximately $600,000 is available to improve urban
water quality, increase public access to water resources, and restore riparian
habitat and urban forests in developed watersheds across the United
States. Priority will be given to projects with an environmental justice focus
as well as those that benefit underserved and economically distressed
communities in urban areas.
4) FedEx EarthSmart Outreach: Approximately $400,000 is available
from FedEx's EarthSmart Outreach program to support
urban conservation and restoration. All projects must include a volunteer event
for up to fifty local FedEx employees to be considered for funding. FedEx
funds will support high-quality projects in Boston; Los Angeles; San
Francisco/Oakland; Chicago; Memphis; Seattle; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Newark;
Washington, D.C.; Indianapolis; Pittsburgh; Miami; Colorado Springs;
Philadelphia; Harrison, Arizona; Phoenix; Cleveland; Atlanta; Portland, Oregon;
Lakeland, Florida; New Berlin, Wisconsin; and Akron/Uniontown, Ohio.
5) Fish
Wildlife Service Urban Refuges Partnership Program: Approximately $180,000 is
available to fund projects that include partner organizations (public and
private) with the demonstrated ability or an articulated strategy to work with
specifically identified urban cultures and communities. Proposals will describe
how the partnership with Fish and Wildlife Service staff can help achieve
common goals of connecting people with nature.
6) PG&E
Nature Restoration Trust: Approximately $90,000 is available to support
community-based habitat restoration and stewardship projects within PG&E's
service utility district. The trust supports projects that empower community
groups, provide benefits to underserved communities, and engage with
organizations that provide hands-on experiences for youth in the outdoors. All
grant recipients must be willing to host one media event, in coordination with
NFWF and PG&E, designed to increase awareness of the project, facilitate
partner recognition, and potentially provide volunteer opportunities for
PG&E employees to engage in restoration and stewardship. Projects must be
based in one of the following California counties: Kern, San Luis Obispo,
Sonoma, or Humboldt. Grant amounts will range from $20,000 to $50,000. A
minimum one-to-one match of cash and/or in-kind/contributed goods and services
to funds requested is expected.
Closing
Date:
February 5, 2014
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