Grant Programs

Maryland Environmental Trust makes grants available to land trusts and community environmental organizations within Maryland.

Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants, funded in part by the State Highway Administration, presents the Margaret Rosch Jones Award and the Bill James Environmental Grants to volunteer or non-profit groups who do environmental education projects.

Janice Hollmann Grants, funded by the State Highway Administration, are made towards the work of land trusts to support their land conservation, outreach and stewardship programs. Eligible organizations are invited to submit proposals annually.

Janice Hollmann Grants
Applications open until March 31, 2012
Click here to download the application in Adobe Acrobat format. (File size is 96KB)
Click here to download the application in Word Document format

Applications may also be obtained from the Maryland Environmental Trust. Contact Katherine Mahood at kmahood.state.md.us or 410-514-7915.

Keep Maryland Beautiful

The Maryland Environmental Trust's Keep Maryland Beautiful Program, funded in part by the State Highway Administration, presents the Margaret Rosch Jones Award and the Bill James Environmental Grants to volunteer or non-profit groups who do environmental education projects.

• The Margaret Rosch Jones Award
  of up to $2,000 is for non-profit groups or communities which show continuing plans for a project that has already demonstrated a basic understanding and resolution of an environmental issue.
• The Bill James Environmental Grants
  of up to $1,000 are for proposed environmental education projects by school groups, science and ecology clubs, and other non-profit youth groups.
• Keep Maryland Beautiful Guidelines

Applications may also be obtained from the Maryland Environmental Trust. Contact Catherine Ford at cford@dnr.state.md.us.