Project Grant 96335701

The $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) will fund the Stillmeadow Peacepark and Learning Center for the Clinical Study and Teaching of Urban Ecology and Environmental Justice in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant aims to provide ecosystem services, social benefits, and economic advantages to the urban community through comprehensive forestry initiatives...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded Civic Works, Inc. a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA #66.815) to provide workforce development services in Baltimore, Maryland from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. Under this award, Civic Works will recruit, train, and place 240 unemployed and underemployed Baltimore residents in environmental remediation careers through 8 classroom and hands-on training courses. Trainees will obtain...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant to Baltimore Tree Trust Inc. under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). This 5-year grant, awarded in July 2024, supports comprehensive urban forestry initiatives that focus on planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in cities and towns. Key products and services to be delivered through this...

The Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project (SBFUAP) was awarded a $445,846 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support SBFUAP's "Edible City Initiative: Activating Sacra" project from September 2022 through September 2025. The project aims to encourage and promote urban agricultural practices in Sacramento,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $299,000 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to build equitable university-community research collaborations on Chicago's South Side. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2.5-year grant include: Formalizing a partnership between UIC's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department and the Urban Growers...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,000,000 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) Project Grant to Civic Works, Inc., a Baltimore-based non-profit organization, on July 14, 2024. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative called the "Baltimore Community Canopy Initiative" focused on planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in Baltimore. Key activities will...

This Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $3,291,202 in funding to the City of Baltimore's Department of Public Works. The purpose of this award is to enhance the city's efforts to reduce municipal solid waste generation and increase organic waste diversion through the development of a new solar-powered composting facility. Specifically, the funding...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Department of Housing & Community Development, $4.1 million on April 1, 2026, under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900). The award funds comprehensive identification and control of lead-based paint hazards in pre-1960 privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing units in Baltimore, with particular focus on pre-1940...

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...

The federal Project Grant award of $495,903.77, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902), is funding the Columbia Center For Urban Agriculture (doing business as Billy) to demonstrate urban land remediation for specialty crop production over a three-year period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The organization specializes in urban agriculture, regenerative farming practices,...