Member
Organization
You must be a current Member Organization of Freshwater Future. Member Organizations are eligible to submit one application in each grant cycle, and are eligible to receive one grant from each grant program per calendar year.
501(c)(3)
You must be a US nonprofit that is a 501(c)(3), a Canadian charity, or able to provide a fiscal sponsor that is either a US nonprofit 501(c)(3) or is a Canadian Charity.
Great lakes
Your project impacts the Great Lakes
Grant Reports
You must have no outstanding grant reports with Freshwater Future.
Advocacy
This is the part of your project that encourages permanent and broad-reaching change at the corporate, community, or regulatory level. This goes beyond education or stewardship by providing people or institutions with the tools, resources, and information they need to implement lasting change. However, the program does not support lobbying. Please call if you have questions about what counts as lobbying.
Grassroots
Your project must be a grassroots initiative. Grassroots groups are those with limited funds that rely on volunteers for all or a majority of their work. While Freshwater Future has no specific budgetary limitation for eligibility, it is highly unlikely a group with an annual budget over approx. $200,000 will be considered eligible as a grassroots initiative.