NEGEF received 59 proposals and funded 35 groups this round. The grants totaled $64,140, bringing the total amount granted since NEGEF's beginning in 1996 to over $500,000 to 224 different groups around New England. Listed below are the groups who received support during our most recent grant round.
Allin's Cove Neighborhood Coalition Blackstone Valley Community Pollution Cape Clean Air
Citizens for Preserving South Lee Citizens for Smart Growth Cobbler's Brook Stream Team Committee to Keep Waterboro From Becoming the Pits Concord Citizens for Responsible Tower Siting Contoocook/North Branch Rivers Local Advisory Committee Environment Council of RI/RI Sustainability Coalition Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts Frenchman Bay Conservancy Friends of the Mad River Georges River Land Trust Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Greater Boston Environmental Justice Network Greater Springfield Nutrition and Wellness Coalition Green Mountain Conservation Group Lawrence Environmental Action Group Mount Desert Island Water Quality Coalition Native Forest Network New England Coalition for Sustainable Population People of Ayer Concerned about the Environment People's Earth Network Presumpscot River Watch Project GREEN (D.A.R.E.) Project Laundry List Route 2 Citizen's Alliance Sippican Lands Trust - Marion, MA South End/Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust Vanderbilt Farm Homeowners Association Vermont Genetic Engineering Action Network Vermonters for a Clean Environment York Land Trust Youth in Action
Barrington, RI
$2,000
To keep the community informed of the progress of plans by the Army Corps or Engineers for restoration of 11 acres of salt marsh and to provide information to the Corps to help cut costs of the project.
Woonsocket, RI
$1,500
To help fund the expansion of the current efforts of education, protection and restoration in the Blackstone River Valley by including vernal pool identification/education.
Sandwich, MA
$2,000
To continue their education and organizing campaign to promote the clean-up of the Canal Electric Power Plant.
South Lee, MA
$1,800
To help fund legal and technical assistance to counter a proposed development on the east face of Beartown Mountain in South Lee.
Exeter, NH
$2,000
To help fund a campaign against urban sprawl by opposing Wal-Mart's intention of locating in Exeter.
Merrimac, MA
$1,000
To help fund a Stream Team which will work to increase awareness of Cobbler's Brook and its value to the community, restore the Greenway so it protects the quality and flow of water, and enhance the recreational benefits of the Greenway.
East Waterboro, ME
$1,550
To educate the public about a proposed town ordinance on gravel pit operation which will be voted on at the annual town meeting.
Concord, MA
$2,500
To help fund a conference, "Microwaving Communities: The Link Between Cell Phone Antennas and Your Health".
Hancock, NH
$1,500
To purchase a new computer in order to combine previous data from two difference sources, and hire an intern to pull together data from three more towns not included in the original database.
Providence, RI
$1,500
To fund a conference to address issues of long term sustainability in Rhode Island.
Leverett, MA
$1,500
To fund the design, printing and mailing of brochures designed to educate key sectors of the housing industry about the connection between toxic chemicals in homes and health problems which may result, including allergies, asthma and chemical sensitivity.
Ellsworth, ME
$1,500
To help fund the creation of an ongoing development program in order to take a more proactive approach to land protection.
Waitsfield, VT
$1,500
To help fund the preparation, publication and distribution of "Caring for the Best River Ever: A Citizens' Guide to Living in the Mad River Watershed", an educational booklet to raise public awareness about how their daily actions can impact the watershed.
Rockland, ME
$2,000
To develop and print a Conservation Trails Map/Educational Brochure that will educate recreational trail users and encourage them to become partners for conservation in the region.
East Orland, ME
$1,600
To pay for the costs of printing and postage for fundraising materials and to help pay for a part-time project coordinator/fundraising consultant to assist the volunteer board.
Roxbury,MA
$2,000
To help GBEJN to build the essential infrastructure to enable its members to share information and resources on environmental issues and to give a strong voice to the grassroots environmental justice movement citywide.
Springfield, MA
$2,000
To help fund a gathering of low-income community gardeners from the Pioneer Valley who might benefit from net-working, having on-site soil testing, and learning more about composting, organic garden practices and land ownership options.
S. Effingham, NH
$2,000
To broaden the scope of GMCC as an active conservation organization and to continue as a resource for the six towns in the Ossipee Watershed.
Lawrence, MA
$2,000
To help support a new chapter in its efforts to reduce waste, increase recycling and foster other alternatives to incineration of trash in the lower Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts.
Mt. Desert, ME
$2,000
To help support the initial organization and start-up costs of a non-profit coalition that will support environmental projects on Mt. Desert Island.
Burlington, VT
$1,500
To garner public support for the concept of a black bear and songbird refuge in the Lamb Brook area of the Green Mountain National Forest.
Sullivan, NH
$1,500
To help fund a coordinator who will organize population activist meetings and trainings to generate additional grassroots activism on the population issue and raise public awareness of population and consumption issues.
Ayer, MA
$2,000
To help fund a campaign to stop a rail system facility's proposed 40-acre asphalt parking lot to be sited on top of a primary aquifer and adjacent to wetlands.
Jamaica Plain, MA
$2,000
To help fund the Biodevastation Conference 2000 to be held in Boston, the fourth in a series of conferences centered on the topic of genetic engineering.
Portland, ME
$2,190
To support the production of three newsletters and to assure a biannual release of PRW newsletters through 2001 to educate the public on watershed issues, share monitoring data, increase membership and recruit new volunteers.
Providence, RI
$2,000
To help fund work to ensure that neighbors in low income communities of color benefit from newly-won vacant lot policies, helping families get the lots and pushing the city to follow through on its commitments to make the lots lead safe.
South Royalton, VT
$2,000
To help fund expenses related to organizational development, including incorporation and long-range planning.
Cabot, VT
$2,000
To help fund costs associated with their work to oppose the widening of US Route 2 in Cabot.
$2,000
To fund the printing of new all-purpose "people reaching" materials which can be used to reach members, advocates and funders to help the growth of the land trust.
Boston, MA
$2,000
To expand and support the Garden Partners in Community Service Program, a network that links urban open space to the larger community through learning garden plots and plots for horticultural therapy.
Portsmouth, RI
$2,000
To help fund legal and professional fees contracted in the effort to preserve a 36-acre wetlands/old growth forested area being proposed for development on Aquidneck Island.
Montpelier, VT
$2,000
To educate Vermonters about genetically engineered foods by holding educational forums, producing fact sheets and a newsletter, holding farmer kitchen meetings, and producing a GE consumer guide.
Danby, VT
$1,500
To keep the public informed and educated about the changing energy marketplace that gave birth to the natural gas power plant and pipeline project.
York Harbor, ME
$2,000
To help pay for the design and printing of a new brochure as part of a comprehensive public outreach education program.
Providence, RI
$2,000
To expand its youth community organizing work by intensifying its focus on specific environmental issues, including lead poisoning, vacant lots and unsafe traffic conditions.