Community Conservation and Education Grant Program

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JSWCD’s Community Conservation and Education (CCE) grant offers funding to community organizations in Jackson County for conservation projects with an educational emphasis. This program leverages partner expertise countywide to design and execute top-tier conservation and education initiatives that alige with JSWCD’s goals and priorities.

Eligible Entities:

Nonprofits, government organizations, Tribes, educational institutions

Other Eligibility Requirements:

Eligible projects: natural resource conservation and education projects with a strong educational emphasis for public benefit in Jackson County.
Entities cannot have a current JSWCD CCE grant open

Funding:

Maximum $10,000/project
No matching funds required (new in 2024-25!) - projects with demonstrated support and engagement from multiple partners and funders will be prioritized
Funds are typically disbursed one time at project completion

Application Periods:

The application window for fiscal year 2024-2025 grants will be announced in late summer 2024

Interested?

Contact Executive Director Jill Smedstad to be added to our list to recieve more information when it becomes available: jill.smedstad@jswcd.org.

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