RFP- Urban Trees Award Program Grant

The Urban Trees Award Program aims to enhance urban communities by funding tree planting projects that improve air quality and combat climate change. Managed by the Chesapeake Bay Trust, this initiative supports underserved neighborhoods, empowering them to access resources for local improvements. Projects can request funding from $15,000 to $1,000,000, catering to various community sizes and needs. The overall goal is to plant 5 million trees by 2031, creating greener, healthier environments.

The Urban Trees Grant Program, called for by the Maryland General Assembly as a component of a 5,000,000-tree goal by 2031, welcomes requests for tree planting projects in urban, underserved communities. The goal of the Urban Trees Grant Program is to green communities; enhance quality of life, human health, and community livability by improving air quality and reducing urban heat island effect; and mitigate some of the effects of climate change. This initiative will empower communities that have felt disenfranchised to gain better access to resources that support local improvements.
Request Amounts:

• There will be no maximum request; however, requests will generally be at the following scales:

Up to $15,000 for projects serving a single small neighborhood (on the order of 25 to 100 trees)Up to $45,000 for projects serving multiple neighborhoods within a community (on theorder of 75 to 300 trees) Up to $200,000 for projects serving multiple communities (on the order of 300 to 1,000 trees)Up to $1,000,000 for projects serving communities across an entire county-scale (on the order of 2,000 to 6,000 trees)