People’s Water Board Coalition Detroit
Amount: $1500
Project Title: Great Lakes Bi-National Strategic Meeting: Grassroots and Environmental Organizations for Water Rights
Project Description: The coalitions People’s Water Board and Water Is Life will organize a two-day meeting in Detroit to gather Michigan, Ontario and Quebec groups to plan and build toward solutions to shared concerns about water rights.
Women’s Healthy Environments Network
Amount: $1800
Project Title: Gender and Toxics
Project Description: As Canada reviews many of its environmental laws, through the Chemicals of Mutual Concern process, Women’s Healthy Environments Network will use their expertise in knowledge of vulnerable populations to help understand the role of toxics on health in the Great Lakes.
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Amount: $2500
Project Title: Osceola Township Aquifer Monitoring Project
Project Description: Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation will use a digital acoustic groundwater monitoring system to measure groundwater levels where Nestle Waters is currently making water withdrawls. This data will provide baseline for measuring the impacts of withdrawl.
Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative
Amount: $3500
Project Title: Water Impact on Immigrants Event
Project Description: Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative will bring together members of the Hispanic, Chinese and Arab communities of Flint. Together they will plan to address the blackout of information for immigrant populations – specifically in the case of the Flint Water Crisis – by creating a plan for information to be presented in many l language so that non English speaking populations can have access to the same information.
Friends of Kingston Inner Harbour
Amount: $1500
Project Title: GPS Pilot Project: Part of Demographic Study of Inner Harbour Turtle Habitat
Project Description: Through monitoring of turtles and their habitat along part of Kingston’s Inner Harbour shoreline, Friends of Kingston Inner Harbour will be able to provide more detailed information about their habitat and importance of protecting it from a shoreline development has been proposed.
Two Rivers Coalition
Amount: $1500
Project Title: Testing for E. coli to Support River Health
Project Description: Two Rivers Coalition will use grant funds for E. coli sampling to test potentially leaking septic systems. If they find leaking, they will be able to use data with the county health department to address proper septic inspection and the role of septic in contamination of streams.
Coalition to Save the Menominee River, Ltd
Amount: $2500
Project Title: Building Advocacy for the Protection of Fresh Water of the Menominee River
Project Description: Coalition to Save the Menominee River will use grant funds to provide information to people about threats ? potential mining activities ? to the Menominee River so that they may be knowledgeable to take action to protect the river.
Friends of the Black River Forest
Amount: $2500
Project Title: Saving Rare Lake Michigan Dunes and Wetlands
Project Description: Friends of the Black Forest will provide expert testimony and legal review for the preservation of a coastal wetland in Wisconsin from a proposed development.
Lake Erie Collective Grants
Tides Canada Initiative Society
Amount: $22000
Project Title: The 2018 Lake Erie Collective Campaign
Project Description: Canadian Freshwater Alliance – a project of Tides Canada Initiatives Society – is working with Freshwater Future Canada and Environmental Defence in implementing an education and engagement strategy to build public momentum for action on Lake Erie in Ontario.
Freshwater Future Canada
Amount: $22000
Project Title: The Lake Erie Collective’s 2018 Campaign
Project Description: Freshwater Future Canada is working with Canadian Freshwater Alliance and Environmental Defence in implementing an education and engagement strategy to build public momentum for action on Lake Erie in Ontario.
Environmental Defence Canada
Amount: $26000
Project Title: The Lake Erie Collective’s 2018 Campaign
Project Description: Environmental Defence is working with Canadian Freshwater Alliance and Freshwater Future Canada in implementing an education and engagement strategy to build public momentum for action on Lake Erie in Ontario.
Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
Amount: $1200
Project Title: Water ambassadors: Planning a Multigenerational Experiential Community Engagement Advocacy for Wellness Campaign
Project Description: Grant funds will be used to assist with stipends for participants in the creation of an awareness and bas-building campaign with a goal of creating lifelong commitments to water responsibility and community advocacy.
Hold Erie Coke Accountable
Amount: $1500
Project Title: Citizen Engagement to Protect Community & Lake Erie Coke NPDES Permit Renewal
Project Description: Hold Erie Coke Accountable will engage the local community for an upcoming public hearing by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Erie Cokes Inc’s Renewal application for the air and water quality permits. Their efforts will help educate citizens and encourage them to participate.
Seneca Lake Guardian
Amount: $1750
Project Title: Coal Ash Discharge into Seneca and Cayuga Lakes
Project Description: Seneca Lake Guardians will use grant funds to help conduct groundwater monitoring around two coal ash landfills for all of the EPA required testing for chemicals and radioactivity. They will report to the public as well as be involved in commenting on the pending SPDES and landfill permits for one of the two coal ash landfills.
Protect Our Moraine
Amount: $2000
Project Title: Phase 3 of the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan – Citizen Engagement for a greener Plan
Project Description: As part of the City of Guelph’s Clair-Malby Secondary Plan to layout residential designs for its last remaining greenfield, Protect Our Moraine will use grant funds to support innovative, low impact design that minimize the disruption of the groundwater and preserve ecological functions.
WaterLegacy
Amount: $1000
Project Title: Oppose PolyMet Sulfide Mine Permits
Project Description: WaterLegacy will use funding to protect Lake Superior and the Boundary Waters from mining impacts. They will engage citizens through tabling, media and contract to participate appealing DNR Permits.
Flint Neighborhoods United
Amount: $5000
Project Title: Flint Youth Water Testing Program
Project Description: Flint Neighborhoods United will use grant funds to cover volunteer educator stipends for filter education for the Flint Youth Water Testing Program.
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Amount: $300
Project Title: Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Support for River Rally
Project Description: Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve staff will attending River Rally to learn more gain tools to help preserve their watershed through the wild and scenic designation.
Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative
Amount: $3500
Project Title: Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative Special Opportunity Grant
Project Description: Genesee County Hispanic/Latino Collaborative will use fund to cover operational support to continue to provide water for Flint residents.
Freshwater Future
Amount: $2418.59
Project Title: Flight Support for Great Lakes Days and Women In Leadership Conference
Project Description: Freshwater Future provided scholarships to cover the costs of flights for the attendees of both Great Lakes Days and the Women’s Leadership Conference.
Water is Life
Amount: $500
Project Title: Water is Life Festival
Project Description: Funding will support Water is Life’s Festival on September 1, 2018 to both raise awareness and provide an opportunity for citizens to learn about threats to the Great lakes waters and what they can do to help.
Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy
Amount: $500
Project Title: Informing Grosse Ile Residents about Coal Tar Ban
Project Description: Grant funds awarded to help cover expenses associated with mailing a postcard to residents. The goal is to inform residents that Grosse Ile Township imposed a ban on the use of coal tar as a pavement sealant and to outline the penalties and alternatives to protect their water and health.
Flint Development Center
Amount: $2500
Project Title: Transportation Support for Flint Youth Water Testing
National Wildlife Federation
Amount: $1450
Project Title: Women In Conservation Sponsorship
Cool Learning Experience
Grant Amount: $3000
Grant Title: Coaching and Consulting – Succession and Fundraising
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
Grant Amount: $3000
Grant Title: Coaching and Consulting – Strategic Plan
Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust
Grant Amount: $1500
Grant Title: Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust Strategic Planning Continued
Great Lakes Environmental Alliance
Grant Amount: $1500
Grant Title: Great Lakes Environmental Alliance Structural and Financial Planning Assistance
All About Water Leadership Groups
Grant Amount: $1000
Grant Title: Water Affordability and Infrastructure Sessions for the Healing Our Waters Conference
Couchiching Conservancy
Grant Amount: $1500
Grant Title: Couchiching Conservancy Coaching and Consulting Grant
People’s Water Board Coalition Detroit
Grant Amount: $1050
Grant Title: People’s Water Board 501c3 Application
Couchiching Conservancy
Grant Amount: $750
Grant Title: Couchiching Conservancy Volunteer Outreach Assistance
Flint Development Center, Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative
Grant Amount: $25000
Grant Title: Flint Youth Water Testing Program and Community Lab
Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
Grant Amount: $4000
Grant Title: Residential Water Testing for Lead Training
We the People Detroit
Grant Amount: $10000
Grant Title: Training for youth to collect water samples for lead
Several Community Groups
Grant Amount: $3500
Grant Title: Webinars on Creating Communications and Connections to Win, Grant Writing Training, and Funder Communications Webinars
BIG, Blacks in Green
Grant Amount: $3500
Grant Title: Board training, financial management
Several Canadian Community Groups
Grant Amount: $4000
Grant Title: Needs assessment and readiness for consulting services
Hold Erie Coke Accountable
Amount: $1000
Project Title: Erie Coke Title V Permit Review
Project Description: Hold Erie Coke Accountable will use grant funds to complete community Surveys and work with members of the community to educate people on the reporting violations as Erie Coke heads into the renewal process for the Title V Operating Permit.
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