Community Conservation Program
Funding Amount
Minimum $50,000
Deadline
Expected ~January
Based on past cycles
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Current deadline
- January 15, 2027
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines typically fall in: January
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Geography
- Located within specified jurisdictions
Required status
- Tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Local governments
- Soil and water conservation districts
- State and federal agencies
- Educational institutions
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Individuals and for-profit entities
Overview
Geographic Scope: Counties of Craig, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Pittsylvania and Roanoke, and the cities of Salem and Roanoke
Program Focus
The Community Conservation Program provides funds for conservation initiatives focused on:
- Water quality protection, restoration, and improvement
- Land conservation support
- Environmental literacy and awareness
All initiatives must be located within specified jurisdictions.
Eligible Recipients
- Non-profit, tax-exempt charitable organizations and institutions
- Local governments
- Soil and water conservation districts
- State and federal agencies
- Educational institutions
- NOT eligible: Individuals and for-profit entities
Project Examples (Past Awards)
Successful projects have included:
- Youth conservation corps and workforce development programs
- Community-based land conservation planning
- Environmental literacy and water quality monitoring programs
- Watershed improvement projects with flooding reduction and water quality enhancement
- Trail network restoration and conservation connectivity
- Riparian buffer and stream restoration
- Environmental center establishment and ecosystem restoration
- Septic system maintenance education and pump-out programs
- Agricultural technical assistance
- Stormwater best management practice implementation
- Private water supply quality testing programs
- Medication disposal and environmental harm reduction programs
- Floodplain management and climate adaptation capacity building
Award Range
- Minimum consideration: $50,000
- Recent awards have ranged from approximately $50,000 to $250,000
Contact Information
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 790, Richmond, Virginia 23218-0790
Decision Timeline
- Board normally makes decisions in April
How to Apply
Pre-Application Step (RECOMMENDED)
- VEE strongly suggests submitting a one to two page letter briefly explaining the proposal
- This allows VEE staff opportunity to provide informal review and response before formal submission
- Submit to: communityconservation@vee.org
Formal Application Submission
- Complete the Community Conservation Program Application Form (recently updated)
- Format: Electronic Word document
- Submit to: communityconservation@vee.org
- Deadline: Must be received by 5 p.m. (ET) on January 15
- When deadline falls on weekend/holiday: Following business day becomes deadline
- VEE policy: Strict requirement for receipt of complete proposals by specified deadline
Application Requirements
- Completed Community Conservation Program application form
- All required information per application instructions
- Word document format only
- Details on submission requirements found in application itself
Decision Timeline
- Board normally makes decisions in April
What Virginia Environmental Endowment actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2026
- Grants in 2026
- 35
- Total given
- $1.97M
- Median grant
- $29K
- Range
- $7,000–$479K
- By dollars: Virginia 86%, Maryland 5%, North Carolina 5%. Top recipient cities: Richmond, VA; Charlottesville, VA; Washington, DC.
- 3% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
James River Association · Richmond, VA
Immersive outdoor education programs with hopewell and petersburg public schools
$479K
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc · Richmond, VA
Mattanock town living shoreline
$331K
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Biological Systems Engi · Blacksburg, VA
What's in our water? promoting well water stewardship through youth education
$133K
New River Conservancy · West Jefferson, NC
New river clean-up and recovery
$99K
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission · Roanoke, VA
Roanoke valley-alleghany region septic pump-out program
$85K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Environment
- Environmental conservation
- Water
- Land conservation
- Environmental education
- Workforce development
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