Cooperative Agreement L14AC00343

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Openlands, a non-profit organization, to implement an environmental education initiative in Chicago, Illinois. The project will train over 30 educators to integrate outdoor learning and hands-on environmental stewardship activities into their lesson plans, empowering them to become teacher leaders who inspire other educators to adapt...

Grant Award Summary Teaching Responsible Earth Education (T.R.E.E.) received a $137,600 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) for the period of August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. The primary products and services include: (1) design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices and techniques targeting increased environmental literacy in New Orleans and Covington,...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the Youth Environmental Alliance, Inc. to implement an environmental education project in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include...

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) received a $233,640 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The two-year project grant will support TPL in delivering environmental education through stewardship of five green schoolyards in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Specifically, TPL will develop site-specific programs with five Title I schools and partner community organizations to educate elementary and...

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC) was awarded a $130,626 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to develop a Junior Young Naturalist program. The program will provide environmental education to middle school students through Propel Schools' summer camps for five weeks and a one-week intensive program for 12 youth ages 13-15. It will also provide $5,000 subawards to five organizations to support...

This $80,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund a comprehensive environmental education initiative led by Learning Endeavors, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in the Hawaiian Islands and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $137,500 Project Grant to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education program in Jefferson County, Colorado. The 2-year project, beginning on February 1, 2025 and ending on January 31, 2027, will be funded through the EPA's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The project aims to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will increase...

The Hubbard County Soil & Water Conservation District received a $130,667 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to implement a two-year environmental education initiative in northern Minnesota. The project aims to: 1) support teachers in using hands-on projects to engage students in environmental issues, 2) interweave teaching about environmental concepts with the skill of cone collecting, 3) empower lower-income and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to implement an environmental education project in Georgia's Metro Atlanta area. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors by designing, demonstrating, and disseminating environmental education practices, methods, and techniques. Key activities include...

This Project Grant award of $234,136 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will enable the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) to implement an environmental education project in Southeast Louisiana. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors among 260 students, 20 educators, and 1,000 community members in the West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Orleans, St. John the...