GLIN==> Helping You Protect the Great Lakes - Freshwater Future Fall 2009 Grants Available

Helping You Protect the Great Lakes
Freshwater Future Fall 2009 Grants Available

Our lakes, rivers, wetlands and Great Lakes have never needed citizen and community involvement more.  Fortunately, more and more citizens are getting involved to help protect and restore the waters in their community, watch-dog the enforcement of environmental laws, and create change through civic engagement.  Realizing the importance of grassroots involvement, Freshwater Future provides financial assistance through our grants program to grassroots projects working to protect inland lakes, rivers, and wetlands.   Organizations must be a member of Freshwater Future to be eligible for our grants program.

NEW!!!!     Insight Services Grants: Growing Success
This program is a competitive program to receive financial assistance for Freshwater Future's professional organizational development and technical assistance.  The Insight Services Grants: Growing Success Program provides grant awards be used for assistance from Freshwater Future to build capacity of grassroots organizations, which could include training, board development, membership expansion, fundraising,  and strategic planning.  Grant funds will be used for Freshwater Future staff  time to provide professional assistance to your project or organization, no monetary award will be made to your organization.  A 25% match by your organization is required for this program.

Our priority funding areas include:

*         Program and Technical Assistance Grants Priority Funding Areas Include:

*         Projects to protect and restore wetlands

*         Restoration activities

*         Land use planning and zoning

*         Development, implementation and enforcement of local, state, provincial and federal habitat protection regulations.



*         NEW--Insight Grants Funding Areas Include:

*         Financial management

*         Board Development

*         Fundraising planning

*         Membership tracking



Deadline: September 30, 2009.  Go to www.freshwaterfuture.org<http://www.freshwaterfuture.org>/grants for more information and to apply.


Kristy Meyer, M.S.
Director of Agriculture & Clean Water Programs
Ohio Environmental Council
1207 Grandview Ave., Ste. 201
Columbus, OH 43212
Direct Phone: (614) 487-5842
OEC Phone: (614) 487-7506
Kristy at theOEC.org
Twitter.com/AgWaterKristy<http://www.twitter.com/AgWaterKristy>
Facebook/OhioEnvironmentalCouncil<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-OH/The-Ohio-Environmental-Council/18540061737?ref=ts>

Join the OEC and water advocates from around the state for the 2009 Clean Water Conference, October 2-3 in Mt. Sterling. Tickets are on sale now; group rates available! Click here<http://www.theoec.org/CWC09.htm> for details.

Please think of the environment before you print this email.

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