| The Franklin Parker Small Grants program
provides funding for non-profit conservation organizations
working in the Garden State. These grants are designed
to provide assistance to exemplary land acquisition, stewardship
and restoration projects which are featured in CRI’s
Geographic Funds or The Conservation
Exchange. Since its inception in 2006, the Franklin Parker
Small Grants Program has awarded $220,000 to 47 non-profit
conservation organizations for projects located throughout
New Jersey.
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The purpose of these grants is to provide seed money for the initiation of
projects, to help cover certain costs which are not fully
reimbursable by other existing grant programs, such as appraisal
and survey expenses, and to provide matching funds to support
non-profit stewardship and restoration projects. Funding
for these small grants has been provided by the William Penn
Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Victoria
Foundation, the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Mary Reinhart
Stackhouse Foundation, and several individuals.
Click Here for Information about CRI's 2009 Franklin Parker Small Grant Awards
Click Here for Information about CRI's 2008 Franklin Parker Small Grants Awards
Click Here for Information about CRI's 2007 Small Grant Awards
Click Here for Information about CRI's 2006 Small Grant Awards
Eligibility and Grant Award Criteria
- Eligibility for small grants is limited to projects in New Jersey which
are featured in CRI’s Geographic Funds or The Conservation Exchange. To find out how to have a project featured, click
here.
- Small grants will range from a minimum of $1,000 to a
maximum of $10,000, with the majority of grants in the $2,500
to $5,000 range;
- Small grants may be used only for specific purposes related
to project initiation or leverage of other project funding,
such as the costs of appraisals, surveys, closing costs
or other items which are only partially reimbursable through
existing public funding sources, and expenses necessary
to satisfy matching grant requirements for small stewardship
or restoration grants available through such public programs
as the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, Partners for
Wildlife, and the Landowner Incentives Program;
- Preference will be given to featured projects which: (1)
have demonstrated superior initiative and progress; (2)
provide higher leverage of CRI’s small grant funds;
(3) demonstrate innovation or creativity in deal structure,
range or nature of partnerships, or sources of funding;
and (4) are being undertaken by small and intermediate-sized
land trusts and other conservation organizations;
- Grant awards will seek to include a mix
of projects from around New Jersey which include: “seed
funding” awards to help jump-start projects; awards
to help non-profits cover un-reimbursed project costs for
featured projects which are under contract or which have
recently closed; and highly-leveraged matching small grants
for stewardship or restoration projects.
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