Puget Sound/Salish Sea Watershed Fund

Grants to Washington Non-Profits to Improve Water
Quality in the Puget Sound & Related Watersheds

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Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

LOI Date:

07/31/14

Deadline Date:

09/15/14 5:00 PM Receipt

Description:

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Grants starting at $10,000 to Whatcom, Skagit or San Juan Counties, Washington non-profit organizations to enhance and restore shoreline and nearshore water quality and associated habitat within the waters of the Puget sound and its estuaries. All proposals for more than $25,000 are strongly encouraged to submit a pre-proposal by July 31, 2014.

Grant funds may be used for land acquisition, planning, permitting, monitoring and management. Preferred projects are those that are of sufficient scale or significance to make a meaningful contribution to habitat restoration or enhancement in the Puget Sound (including the Salish Sea) and that can be completed within two years of the grant award.

These are the types of projects and activities that are eligible for funding:
-Enhancement or restoration of fish and wildlife habitat, including spawning habitat, in riparian, wetland or shoreline areas. Preference will be given to projects related to improving Pacific herring and other forage fish habitat.
-Restoration of historical or highly-degraded coastal wetlands areas or other aquatic resources that particularly relate to improving water quality.
-Removal of physical barriers such as bulkheads, culverts or dams and associated restoration activities.
-Land acquisition and associated planning, permitting, monitoring and management.
-Acquisition, restoration and enhancement projects may include educational and interpretive elements (such as sign and brochures) to educate the public.
-Reasonable organizational expenses, including staff, related to watershed improvement projects.

It is anticipated that grants will be awarded in the range of $10,000 to $250,000, and it is anticipated that grants will be awarded at both ends of this range.

GrantWatch ID#:

GrantWatch ID#: 145901

Estimated Size of Grant:

Anticipated grant range is $10,000 - $250,000.

Term of Contract:

Preference will be given to projects that can be completed within two years of the grant award.

Eligibility:

See RFP and/or Grant Guidelines for full eligibility

Additional Eligibility Criteria:

-Project must be located in Whatcom, Skagit or San Juan Counties. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate significant past experience operating in these Counties and/or are based in these Counties.

-The project must be designed to improve (or prevent degradation) of the water quality of coastal wetlands, shorelines and nearshore waters associated with the Samish River, Nooksack River and other coastal watersheds within Whatcom, Skagit or San Juan Counties.

-The applicant must demonstrate the capacity to complete the proposed project, including experience in successfully conducting similar or otherwise related work in the past. Preference will be extended to projects that can demonstrate a long-term management and/or stewardship plan to preserve the project extending well beyond the end of the grant period.

-The applicant must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit, or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) non-profit; or a governmental or tribal entity.

The following activities or types of projects will not be funded:
-Endowment, capital improvement or other similar projects (unless the proposed project directly involves watershed habitat acquisition or restoration).
-Engineering projects that do not directly enhance natural ecosystem processes.
-Policy advocacy, litigation, community organizing or general public outreach.
-Grants to individuals.
-Grants to for-profit businesses.
-Grants for general operating support.
-Grants for projects that are not Puget Sound/Salish Sea Watershed related, or are not in Whatcom, Skagit or San Juan Counties.
-Electoral involvement.
-Lobbying.

Pre-Application Information:

Preference will be given to projects that demonstrate matching funds. Applicants seeking greater than $25,000 must demonstrate at least 1:1 match; applicants seeking greater than $100,000 must demonstrate at least a 2:1 match.

All proposals for more than $25,000 are strongly encouraged to submit a pre-proposal by 5:00 PM July 31, 2014. Please refer to the Pre-Proposal instructions in the Request for Proposals (RFP).

Final applications must be received by 5:00 PM, September 15, 2014.