The Maryland Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation and Agriculture, along with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, are partnering to accept applications for this year’s Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants program.
About $327,000 is available for this year’s grant round.
These grants are offered annually to volunteer groups, nonprofit organizations, communities and land trusts in Maryland to support environmental education projects, community stewardship and the protection of natural resources in urban and rural areas.
Applications for funding will be accepted now through Friday, Nov. 15.
Awards will be announced in March 2025.
Keep Maryland Beautiful grants include:
- Community stewardship grants for volunteer groups, nonprofits, local governments and schools
- Capacity building grants for Maryland’s land trusts
- Grants for nonprofits to implement forestry projects on agricultural land
Funding for the Keep Maryland Beautiful grants is provided by the Maryland Environmental Trust, a unit of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture.