Fast Facts about our Updated Request for Proposals
Freshwater Future
Spring and Fall 2008 Funding Cycles

Purpose of the Grants Program: The goal of Freshwater Future grants program is to provide financial support to advocacy activities that strengthen the role of individuals and community groups working locally to protect and restore shorelines, inland lakes, rivers, wetlands, and other aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin. Advocacy work, as defined here, involves local community members actively promoting aquatic habitat protection by influencing community and/or individual behavior or opinion, corporate conduct, and/or public policy.

Eligibility:

Priority Funding Areas: The following program areas direct Freshwater Future's grant making for the Spring and Fall 2008 funding cycles. Projects to protect aquatic habitats in the following strategic program areas will be considered:

FUNDING PROGRAMS

There are three funding programs in the Freshwater Future Grant Program. The first two, Project Grants and Technical Grants provide grant awards ranging from $500 to $3,500 U.S. dollars (USD). The third, Special Opportunity Grants (Emergency Grants) are up to $500.

For past funded projects visit www.freshwaterfuture.org.

Submitting Your Application: The application format for all three program areas are found on-line at www.freshwaterfuture.org.

Deadlines:

Spring 2008 Funding Cycle
March 28, 2008

Fall 2008 Funding Cycle
September 29, 2008

Applications must be received electronically by midnight.


Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

For more information, please contact:

info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200