Hudson River Estuary Program - Local Stewardship Planning (NY) Grant

The Hudson River Estuary Program is offering approximately $700,000 in grants for Local Stewardship Planning to enhance climate resilience and improve natural resource stewardship in New York. Eligible applicants include local organizations and municipalities within the Estuary Watershed. Grants range from $10,500 to $75,000, supporting projects like climate vulnerability assessments and conservation planning. This initiative, funded by the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, aims to foster sustainable community development and environmental education.

NOTE:

• Pre-Proposal - Not-for-profit organizations must prequalify.
• Hudson River Estuary Program

Since 1999, DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program has offered grants to municipalities and non-profits located within the Estuary Watershed Boundaries (PDF) to help communities improve water quality, adapt to climate change, enhance environmental education, and advance stewardship of habitat and natural resources. This funding helps partners implement priorities outlines in the Hudson River Estuary Grants Program implements priorities outlined in the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda 2021-2025. To date, the program has awarded 664 grants totaling more than $30,548,053 with funding from New York State's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF).
This RFA is designed to help local organizations and communities advance four categories of projects and programs through planning, feasibility studies, and/or design:

• Creating climate vulnerability assessments, adaptation plans, and strategies for communities in the Hudson River estuary watershed
• Planning for Hudson River access site improvements
• Planning for conservation of natural resources
• Watershed-Based Stewardship, studies, Planning, restoration, and management
• Funding

Approximately $700,000 is available for Local Stewardship Planning. The minimum award amount is $10,500 and the maximum award amount is $75,000.
$1 million in new competitive grant funding is now available through two separate Requests for Applications (RFAs): Local Stewardship Planning and River Education. This funding will help communities in the Hudson River estuary watershed improve climate resilience, advance stewardship of natural resources, and enhance environmental education. These grants are funded through the NYS Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and administered by DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program.

Eligibility

All New York State (NYS) grant applicants - both governmental and 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations - must be registered in the NYS Grants Management system to be eligible to apply for any NYS grant opportunity.Eligible applicants include Governmental Entities, Municipalities, and Quasi-Governmental Entities, including but not limited to Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, or Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, or any combination thereof, Public Benefit Corporations, Public Authorities, Municipal Corporations, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, School Districts, and Community Colleges, and not-for-profit corporations with a 501(c)(3) designation.Projects eligible for funding must be located within the Estuary Watershed Boundaries (PDF).