Quinnipiac River Fund Grant Program

Grants to Connecticut nonprofit organizations in eligible communities to enhance the water quality of local water bodies and their watersheds. Funding may be used for activities such as research, public education, land purchases, environmental advocacy, and habitat restoration. Applicants must provide services within the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven's 20-town area: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, North Branford, North Haven, West Haven, Oxford, New Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, Orange, and Woodbridge.

The mission of the Quinnipiac River Fund is to improve the environmental quality of the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor and their watersheds. The committee considers projects for grant funding that work toward this goal. Examples include:

1. Studying the pollution of the waterbodies.
2. Studying the ecology of the waterbodies.
3. Researching methods of reducing pollution, or otherwise improving the environmental health of the waterbodies.
4. Addressing means of reducing both non-point and point sources of pollution to the waterbodies.
5. Researching the permitting process, researching particular permits, and making recommendations as to findings.
6. Providing public education about the waterbodies.
7. Purchasing land in the watersheds for conservation, pollution reduction, and/or improving public access.
8. Environmental advocacy.
9. Habitat restoration.

Note: Projects involving the education of schoolchildren will be considered for grant funding only if they contribute to improving the environmental quality of the Quinnipiac River and its watershed.