WHAT WE HAVE FUNDED - HOW WE AND OUR PARTNERS BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY
2025 Grants and Sponsorships The Hamden Seed Library: a joint project of the Hamden Land Conservation Trust and the Hamden Public Library, $3,218. Specifically, they plan to establish a tool library through which participants may check out tools to which they may not otherwise have access, conduct educational seed propagation workshops, and create educational outreach materials. New Haven Ecology Project, Every Child Outside, $7,500. Common Ground’s Field trip program enables pre-school through 8th grade youth living in urban areas to experience activities that help them gain an understanding of the interconnectedness of our natural planet and our important roles as caretakers. West River Riparian Buffer Restoration, Mianus Chapter of Trout Unlimited, $7,247. This is a volunteer riparian restoration project along 250 linear feet of the West River at West Rock State Park in New Haven that involves removing invasive species and replanting with native plants. Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Newhallville STREET Garden Development and Greater New Haven Organic Gardening Classes. $6.700. Specifically, this project will develop a new community garden at 254 Shelton Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, dubbed the STREET Garden. New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation (NCAT), $8,800. Our grant supports 5 New Haven Bike Month Events that encourage active transportation as an alternative to driving. In addition, NCAT will organize and host 5 walk audits at and around New Haven public schools. Shoreline Greenway Trail, Internships and Community Outreach/Engagement, $6,570. Interns will do outreach, mapping, archiving, technical support, and events that increase awareness for community members near the trail of the existing trail sections and proposed route in East Haven and New Haven. Radical Adventure Riders New Haven, Build a Bike Class $4,466. A cohort of 8 people will build a bike in a six-week class, get a tool kit and follow up with a celebratory bikepacking trip. New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, Tree Ambassadors 2.0, $4,500. This program seeks to improve tree planting in neighborhoods with low tree canopy . New Haven Leon Sister City Project (NHLSCP), DeCARbonize our Oceans, $7,000. The DeCARbonize campaign will educate students, the public, and New Haven’s City leadership about how our current car-centric transportation system MICROGRANTS
SPONSORSHIPS 2024 Grants and Sponsorships Huneebee Project, Inc. 2024 Community Based Pollinator Workshops, $9,966 Root Life, LLC, Sustainable Roots for Community Fruits, $8,000 East Shore District Health Department, Microbial Source Tracking of Bacterial Contamination in East Haven Waters, $8,000 Solar Youth, Inc. Green Jobs Youth Development Program, $7,000 Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Shepard Street Community Garden Improvements, $3,000 Towers at Tower Lane, Towers Accessible Community Garden, $8,500 New Haven Leon Sister City Project, Climate Leadership Project, $2,500 Connecticut Outdoor Environmental Education Association (COEEA), Training and Supporting Title 1 schools in New Haven, $5,000 Gather New Haven, Cultivating Environmental Stewards, $7,500 Haven's Harvest, Revving Up to Recover More Food, $6000 We are excited about these wonderful projects and wish them well. MICROGRANTS New Haven Free Public Library, Seed Library Events, $1,000 New Haven Bicycle Club, 2024 East Rock Century Ride, $1,000 333 Valley Street, an Intergenerational Organization, Around the Table, $1,000 Wilbur Cross High School, Expanded Compost Program, $1,000 Innovative use of Knotweed Project, $1,000 Lincoln Bassett School boat tour outing, $1,000 SPONSORSHIPS New Haven Sister City Project (fiscal sponsor) Rock2Rock, $1,000 New Haven Bicycle Month, Fair Haven Day, $500 CitySeed, CitySeed Farmers Markets, $1,000 English Station Walking Tours, $300 2023 grants, microgrants and sponsorships 10,000 Hawks, Critical Air Quality Monitoring around Tweed HVN Airport, $10,000 New Haven Leon Sister City Project, Climate Leadership Project, $7,500 Gather New Haven, Growing Entrepreneurs: Conservation Track, $10,000 Community Placemaking Engagement Network (CPEN), The West River Nature Education and Canoeing Program, $9,800 New Haven Ecology Project, Common Ground Mobile Market, $7,000 New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, Exploring Nature in East Rock Park, $7,000 CT NOFA, Advocacy for CT Environmental Rights Amendment to the CT Constitution, $3,000. SPONSORSHIPS New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation (NCAT), The Street Project, $500 Rock to Rock Environmental Bicycle Ride event, $1,000 New Haven Bioregional Group, Oyster Science presentation, $500 JoAnn Moran, Less Plastic More Fish touring exhibition, $1,000 CT Outdoor Environmental Education Association, sponsor annual conference environmental education, $500 MICROGRANTS The Sound School, Sound School Compost Program, $675 Hamden Seed Library, Rain Barrel and Rain Garden Project at the Brundage Library in Hamden, CT, $1,000. New Haven Bike Month 2023, Fair Haven Day, $1,000 Town of Hamden, Assessing the Quality of Municipal Leaf Compost, $870 Wilbur Cross High School Environmental Club, composting pilot program, $1,000 Amity High School pond restoration project, $1,000 2022 grants, micogrants and sponsorships New Haven Ecology Project, Common Ground Mobile Market, $10,000 Save the Sound, Expanded Approach, Community Projects in Fair Haven, $7,549 Menunkatuck Audubon, Native Plants for a Bird Friendly New Haven, $7,783 New Haven Leon Sister City Project, Climate Leadership Project, $7,500 CT Audubon, New Haven Summer Camp Experiential excursions to CAS coast, $6,258 microgrants and sponsorships Winnett Food Forrest, conversion of empty lot to permaculture in Hamden, $1,000 Nadine Nelson, Master Cooks Corp Online Project, $1,000 Rock to Rock sponsorship, $1,000 Urban Resources Initiative, 1000 trees event $1,000 Gather New Haven, Fair at the Armory sponsorship, $2,500 Arts Council of Greater New Haven, sponsorship, reimagining New Haven event, $1,500 CT Outdoor Environmental Education Association, Annual Meeting sponsorship, $500 JoAnn Moran, travelling art show featuring art made by students using recycled materials, $2,500
2021 grants, microgrants and sponsorships Solar Youth: Trailblazers - $3,500: Youth led project that connects neighborhoods in the West Rock neighborhoods by building trails. West River Watershed Coalition: Restoring a Resilient West River in Edgewood Park - $9,700: Seed grant money to evaluate bank stabilization in an eroded area. SCSU Office of Sustainability, Integrating Land and Marine Stewardship with Kelp at the SCSU Campus Community Garden - $9,980: Partnering with a CT aquaculture company to harvest kelp and evaluate using it as a soil amendment in growing crops. River Advocates of South Central CT: Impaired River Investigation - $5,000: Student interns will sample local rivers to inform us and CT's DEEP (Department of Energy and Environmental Protection) about the health status of our local rivers. Southwest Conservation District: Farm River Greenway Trail - $10,000: Seed grant money to develop a greenway in East Haven, CT. This the first grant we have awarded to this organization and the second grant awarded in East Haven in ten years. New Haven Urban Resources Initiative: Park Score for Environmental Justice - $8,000: Survey parks in New Haven for more equitable allocation of resources in the future. New Haven Leon Sister City Project: Climate Leadership Organizing - $7,500: Youth-led advocacy to ask political entities to approve policies that address climate change. SPONSORSHIPS: Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride - $1,000, April 2021 CT Green Building Council Summit - $1,000, March 25 & 26, 2021 Strong Towns, sponsorship for speaker Nov 15, 2021, $500
2020 grants, microgrants and sponsorships Audubon CT, Designing a Healthy Habitat at Momauguin Elementary School, East Haven, $9.147 Bradley St. Bicycle Co op, Bike Repair Clinics and Green Space Rides, $4,175 NH Ecology Project, Common Ground, Farm and Garden Conferences, $10,000 New Haven Land Trust, Growing Entrepreneurs Compost Track, $10,000 New Haven Climate Movement, Youth Climate Action Project, $6,000 Urban Resources Initiative, Tree Ambassador Program, $5,000 River Advocates of South Central CT, Greater New Haven Impaired Waters Monitoring and Advocacy, $4,600 Southern CT State University office of Sustainability, Pollinator Pathway at the Campus Community Garden, $8,000 microgrants and sponsorships Rock to Rock sponsorship, $1,000 Center for Latino Progress, Transportation summit sponsorship, $1,000 Sunrise New Haven, climate change advocacy, $1,000 Fixing Fathers, Fishing event 2020, $997 Noah's Dove, Recycled Justice, $1,000 Community Place Making Engagement Network, Learning Corridor Flow Through Plantar Box, $1,000
2019 grants, microgrants and sponsorships Solar Youth, Summer Camp Environmental Justice, $10,000 New Haven Farms. Farm Based Wellness, $10,000 Bradley Street Bicycle Coop, Bicycle Repair Clinics, $8,000 Save the Sound, Edible Rain Garden, $5,000 Love Fed Home Farms, creating safe raised beds in low income communities, $10,000 West River Neighborhood Services, Red Hen Community Garden, $4,048 Massoro Community Farm, Worm Composting and educational outreach, $5,500 microgrants and sponsorships Fixing Fathers, Fishing Derby Event, $990 Mornings with Mubarakah, online journalism radio program, Women and the Environment, $1,000 Southern CT State University, Food Insecurity, the unspoken truth, sponsorship, $950 Booker T Washington Academy, Ecosystem Inquiry Based Science Project, $870 Metropolitan Business Academy, Climate Change Eco Fair, $1,000 Rock to Rock sponsorship, $1,000 Center for Latino Progress, Multimodal and transit summit sponsorship, $1,000
2018 grants, microgrants and sponsorships New Haven Bike Month, community outreach event $6,000 Bradley Street Bicycle Coop, Bicycling Recycling Program, $8,340 Data Haven, Neighborhood Data Gathering New Haven, East Haven, Woodbridge and Hamden, $9,000 Friends of Edgewood Park, Park Restoration using Goats, $10,000 New Haven Ecology Project, School Gardens, $10,000 New Haven Land Trust, Schooner Camp, scholarships for Low income residents, $10,000 Solar Youth, West Rock Neighborhood Stewards, $8,000 microgrants and sponsorships New Haven Bioregional Group, videographer for "Bringing in the Rain" event about residential stormwater, $400 River Advocates of South Central CT, Lunch and Learn, teaching Public works to protectriparian buffers, $1,000 Southern CT State University, EPA Conference support, $8000 NH Leon Sister City Project, goNHgo carfree challenge outreach support, $550 Honey Bees, newly organized effort to teach bee keeping to youth, $1,000 New Haven Urban Canopy Parklet, creating safe outdoor restaurant space in Fair Haven, $1,000 Rock to Rock sponsorship, $1,000 CT Folk Festival, Green Expo, sponsorship, $1,000
2017 Grants and microgrants
Elm City Cycling (fiscal sponsor), New Haven Bike Month 2017, Open Streets, $8,000
CT Fund for the Environment, Community Sustainability, Stewardship and Education in the West River Watershed, $6,000
NH/Leon Sister City Project (fiscal sponsor), GoNHGo-Capacity Building, $5,750
New Haven Land Trust, Growing Entrepreneurs, $10,000
Solar Youth, Beaver Pond Stewardship Initiative, $3,500
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, GIVES: Growing Involvement Via (new)
Engagement Strategies, $7,500
Southern CT State University (fiscal sponsor), Water Bottle survey, $500
Pumpout Boat - East Shore Health District, $1,000
Climate Movement - New Haven Leon SCP, $1,000
Climate Change Education - New Haven Leon SCP, $1,000
River Advocates of South Central Connecticut, $1,000
2016 Grants, and microgrants
CT Coalition for Environmental Justice, Be the Solution to Pollution, $6,000
CT Fund for the Environment, Green Infrastructure Outreach, $6,000
EcoWorks, Environmental Education and Outreach Workshops, $7,000
New Haven Bike Month, Community wide bicycle events for bike month, $5,000
New Haven Land Trust, Explore the Quinnipiac and Sound, $9,000
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, parks / Urban Nature, $7,000
Long Wharf Theatre, Bicycle Rack, $1,000
West River Watershed Coalition, Brochure printing, $700
Elm City Parks Conservancy (fiscal sponsor), Newhallville Learning Corridor, $1,000
2014 - 2015 Grants and microgrants
Common Ground High School, New Leaders for Environmental Justice-A course at Common Ground, $7,000
EcoWorks, Creative Reuse for the Arts, $5,000
Institute for Educational Innovation, Quinnipiac River Salt Marsh Teachers Training, $3,000
New Haven Farms, Farm-Based Wellness Program, $8,000
New Haven Land Trust, Community Garden Community Outreach Program, $3,000
Solar Youth, Long Island Sound Leaders in Training, $5,000
Gardeners of Ivy Street Garden, Ivy Street Greenhouse Project, $3,000
Massoro Community Farm, Native Planting and Interactive Education, $2,000
New Haven Youth Conservation Corps, Purchase bicycle for student interns, $1,000 Stevens Street Community Garden, community-building activities, $1,000
Hill Regional Career High School, Panther Garden Club, $500 New Haven Farms, purchase construction materials for hot composting bins - Peels and Wheels compost program, $1,000
2013 - 2014 Grants and microgrants
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, Community Planning for Greenspace, $4,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Best Practices for Residential Storm Management, $10,000
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, West River Green Infrastructure Project, $10,000
Quinnipiac University, Surveying the Quinnipiac River phase III, $3,000
EcoWorks, Creative Reuse for Art Supplies, $3,000
West River Watershed Partnership, West River Water Festival, community building in West River, $800
Field of Greens Community Garden, establish a community garden in the Hill neighborhood, $1,000
New Haven Bioregional Group, Jonathan Bates Speaker Series, talk about permaculture, $1,000
KenshoSEED, develop an urban Seed ponics lab, $1,000
2012 - 2013 Major Grants and microgrants
Common Ground High School, Every Child Outside, $10,000
Solar Youth, Youth-led Exploration and Restoration in the Pond Lily Nature Preserve, $10,000
CT Coalition for Environmental Justice, New Haven Asthma Outreach, $5,000
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, Community Greenspace and Healthy Yards, $10,000
PSEG Grant: New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, Trees Mitigate Air Pollution, $5,000
CT Coalition for Environmental Justice, New Haven Asthma Outreach, $5,000
Quinnipiac University, Surveying the Quinnipiac River phase II, $3,000
NH/Leon Sister City Project, New Haven Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge, outreach education about climate change, $765
Elm City Parks Conservancy, East Shore Festival, community building in East Shore neighborhood, $500
2011 - 2012 Grants
Solar Youth, Citycology expansion into the Newhallville neighborhood, $10,000
New Haven Land Trust, Long Wharf Nature Preserve Restoration, $10,000
Common Ground High School, Expansion of New Leaders-New Haven Program, $9,000
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Pathway to Green Infrastructure Website, $9,000
NH/Leon Sister City Project, Walk/Bike/Transit Campaign, $2,000
Quinnipiac University, Survey of PAHs in the Quinnipiac River, $2,130
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association, Department of Public Works Pollution Prevention Breakfast, $3,000
West River Neighborhood Services, West River Community Garden Hoop House, $2,970
