CGA Applicant Form

Welcome to the Community Green Access (CGA) mini-grants application portal! CGA offers financial and technical support from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to local groups seeking to connect their community members to nature.

By participating in the CGA mini-grant, awardees will receive the resources to help build their long-term capacity for environmental stewardship and project support in the form of online tools, project technical assistance, and more.

You may return to this application at any point. If you are applying with a fiscal sponsor, please upload a Letter of Support or Memorandum of Agreement (MOU). A copy of the RFP can be found here.

This application should take no longer than 1-2 hours.

Eligibility:

501(c)(3)’s, tribal organizations, or community based organizations with fiscal agents with 501(c)(3) status
Organizations led by and/or or based in overburdened or marginalized communities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and are directly engaging said community members through the proposed project
Organizations with an annual operating budget under $1,000,000
Application maximum budget of $20,000
GAAP audit (where a GAAP audit is not available, an organization will be asked to complete a Finance and Controls Questionnaire upon conditional award notification)

Resources:

Organizational Information

Will your organization be working with a fiscal sponsor? *

Yes

No

Applicant Organization Name *

Applicant Organization EIN Number *

Project Contact Name *

Project Contact Email *

Project Contact Phone Number *

Applicant Organization Website

Fiscal Sponsor Information

Fiscal Sponsor Organization Name *

Fiscal Sponsor EIN Number *

Fiscal Sponsor Main Contact Name *

Fiscal Sponsor Main Contact Email *

Fiscal Sponsor Main Contact Phone *

Project Information

Project Theme *

Project Secondary Theme (If Applicable)

Project Title *

Project Location (City, State) *

Project Description *

0/150 words

Application Narrative

1. Provide an introduction of your organization. * 🛈

0/150 words

2a. Describe the community group or individuals that will directly benefit from this project. *

0/150 words

2b. Provide the URL link to the township/address CEJST page: https://shorturl.at/vKLUZ * 🛈

3. What is your project idea and how did it originate? * 🛈

0/150 words

4a. What is your project idea and goal/intended end result? * 🛈

0/150 words

4b. How many community members do you plan to engage? *

5. How will the funding dollars be spent? * 🛈

0/150 words

6. (Optional) Provide any additional information for consideration of your CGA application.

0/150 words

Funding Request (in dollar amount) *

Check here if you are using this funding to leverage or assist other funded work/a larger project concept. (your response will not affect your application status)

Yes, this funding will leverage or assist other funded work

Fiscal Sponsor - Letter of Support or MOU *

GAAP Audit (if unavailable, leave blank and the Alliance will follow up with a Financial Questionnaire)