Project Grant 00D34915

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $136,629 to New York Sun Works Inc. to implement an environmental education program in New York City. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate climate and environmental education practices, methods, and techniques that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in over 1,600 K-8th grade students...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded Chicago Public Schools $1.236 million under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to renovate multiple schoolyards as part of the Space to Grow (STG) program. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through October 31, 2027, will fund the replacement of impervious surfaces with green infrastructure elements including rain gardens, bioswales, underground storage systems, and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), will fund the Children and Teachers Foundation of the Chicago Teachers Union to implement an environmental education program in Chicago, Illinois. The $223,600 award, effective February 1, 2025, will support the design, demonstration, and dissemination of environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental...

The Green-Wood Historic Fund, Inc. received a $535,735 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program. Under the award, Green-Wood will implement new environmental education programming for approximately 2,000 middle school students annually in Brooklyn, New York through August 2024. The programming will expand Green-Wood's existing education offerings and provide hands-on, outdoor opportunities for New York City students to learn...

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...

The Wildlife Conservation Society received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on August 15, 2022 to support the IGNITING MARINE PROTECTION & CAREERS FOR TEENS (IMPACT) program. The grant was awarded under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215)....

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $500,000.00 Project Grant to New York Sun Works Inc., a non-profit organization, to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education services to K-12 schools and students through hands-on hydroponic farming projects. The grant funding, provided under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for...

Federal Grant Award Summary Teaching Responsible Earth Education (T.R.E.E.) received $137,600 in funding through the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and methods in New Orleans and Covington, Louisiana. The primary deliverable is a five-day overnight environmental education program serving 230 fifth-grade students, five teachers, and 30 volunteers, with curriculum...

New York Sun Works Inc., a non-profit organization, received an $800,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide STEM education services to K-12 schools through hands-on hydroponic farming projects. The funding, awarded on July 1, 2023, supports the organization's efforts to build sustainable agriculture labs, deliver integrated STEM and agriculture curriculum, and enable students to gain firsthand experience with hydroponic...

This $145,408 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Living Classrooms Foundation's efforts to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in Baltimore, Maryland. The funding will enable the grantee to implement three key program elements: 1) Watershed Stream Studies for 400 9th grade students at four Baltimore City high schools, 2) the School Leadership in...