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<h2 style="text-align:center">Funding and Technical Assistance
Opportunities</h2>
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<ol>
<li> Gulf Coast Conservation Grants, National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation</li>
<li> Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act State Implementation Support Grant, EPA</li>
<li> Environmental Education Grants, Captain Planet Foundation</li>
<li> Environmental Grants, Patagonia</li>
<li> Creativity Connects, National Endowment for the Arts</li>
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<p><b>1. Gulf Coast Conservation Grants, National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation</b></p>
<p>Details <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nfwf.org/gulfconservation/Pages/2017rfp.aspx">here.</a></p>
<p>Application closes January 26, 2017.</p>
<p>Funding amount: $50,000 - $250,000</p>
<p>"The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is
soliciting proposals to support conservation projects that
enhance coastal ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and bolster
priority fish and wildlife populations, while strengthening
resilience within the coastal region. </p>
<p>The program seeks to build and maintain the resilience of the
Gulf Coasts ecosystems, living resources and communities by
supporting critical gaps in conservation and catalyzing
conservation solutions through strategic planning, innovation
and technology that can be applied at a landscape scale.
Specific priorities focus on strengthening coastal resilience;
advancing conservation and management on private lands for
wildlife and water quality; and conserving living resources by
protecting and accelerating the recovery of key species
dependent on the Gulf, including coastal birds, sea turtles,
marine mammals, and oysters. Eligible applicants include
non-profit 501(c) organizations, U.S. Federal government
agencies, state government agencies, county and municipal
governments, Indian tribes and educational institutions."</p>
<p><b>2. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act State Implementation Support Grant</b></p>
<p>Details <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.epa.gov/grants/comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation-and-liability-act-section-128a-state">here.</a></p>
<p>Application closes January 31, 2017.</p>
<p>Funding amount: The maximum amount for the cooperative
agreement is $1,000,000. </p>
<p>The EPA is announcing $1 million in a grant to provide
support state implementation support related to CERCLA 128(a).
The EPA anticipates award of one cooperative agreement to
support state implementation for CERCLA 128(a) and other
brownfields related issues. The purpose of this cooperative
agreement is to fund research, training, and technical
assistance to promote and stimulate information exchange among
State officials managing solid, hazardous and brownfields
response programs (response programs), and EPA officials to
jointly resolve Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Section 128(a)
co-implementor and co-regulator issues, and identify
emerging response program issues that are of interest to
States. </p>
<p><b>3. Environmental Education Grants, Captain Planet
Foundation</b></p>
<p>Details <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/">here.</a></p>
<p>Funding range: $500 to $2,500</p>
<p>Applications due by January 31, 2017.</p>
<p>"The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to give the
next generation of environmental stewards an active
understanding and love for the natural world in which they
live. The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to
U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating
budget of less than $3 million. Grants from the Captain Planet
Foundation are intended to:</p>
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<li> Provide hands-on environmental stewardship opportunities
for youth;</li>
<li> Serve as a catalyst to getting environment-based
education in schools;</li>
<li> Inspire youth and communities to participate in community
service through environmental stewardship activities."</li>
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<p><b>4. Environmental Grants, Patagonia</b></p>
<p>Details <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.patagonia.com/grant-guidelines.html">here.</a></p>
<p>Application closes April 30, 2017.</p>
<p>Funding amount: $2,500 - $15,000</p>
<p>"We support small, grassroots, activist organizations with
provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged
campaigns to preserve and protect our environment. Your
efforts should be quantifiable, with specific goals,
objectives and action plans, and should include measures for
evaluating success. We fund work that:</p>
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<li> is action-oriented</li>
<li> builds public involvement and support</li>
<li> is strategic</li>
<li> focuses on root causes</li>
<li> accomplishes specific goals and objectives</li>
</ul>
<p>We accept one proposal per group, per fiscal year (May 1st -
April 30th)."</p>
<p><b>5. Creativity Connects, National Endowment for the Arts</b></p>
<p>Details <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/art-works/creativity-connects-projects">here.</a></p>
<p>Applications close May 04, 2017.</p>
<p>Funding amount: $20,000 - $100,000</p>
<p>"Creativity Connects is an initiative that shows how the arts
contribute to the nations creative ecosystem, investigates
how support systems for the arts are changing, explores how
the arts can connect with other sectors that want and utilize
creativity, and invests in innovative projects to spark new,
collaborative ideas. A key component of Creativity Connects is
a grant opportunity in the Art Works category that supports
collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships between the
arts and non-arts sectors, specifically: Agriculture, Business
and Economic Development, Science, Technology, Healthcare,
Community, Education, Environment, Military, Transportation.
Applicant Eligibility: Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S.
organizations; units of state or local government; or
federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply."</p>
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