Funding search · environmental education · Maryland
Who funds environmental education work in Maryland
15 funders have a record of paying for environmental education work by Maryland recipients: 61 grants totaling $4.9M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Chesapeake Bay Trust ($1.7M), The Sinsky-Kresser-Racusin Memorial Foundation ($10,000) and Dr Scholl Foundation ($65,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Maryland recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Chesapeake Bay TrustAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $9,315 to MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE — environmental education
The Sinsky-Kresser-Racusin Memorial FoundationOwings Mills, MD
6 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2025Largest: $2,000 to Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center — environmental education
Largest: $20,000 to Chesapeake Bay Foundation — chesapeake bay environmental education program
League of Conservation Voters EducationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $647,555 · through 2024Largest: $327,800 to MARYLAND LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — environmental education, capacity building, and non-partisan engagement
North American Association for Environmental EducaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $92,634 · through 2024Largest: $57,375 to ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY — environmental education projects
League of Conservation VotersWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2023Largest: $772,000 to MARYLAND LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC — environmental education, capacity building, and advocacy
Largest: $150,000 to CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC — maryland environmental education pro
Largest: $10,138 to LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION — support baltimore environmental education (bees) summer program for the summer funding collaborative
Alliance for the Chesapeake BayAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $180,989 · through 2024Largest: $60,017 to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science — restoration, community stewardship and environmental education
Largest: $4,629 to NATURE FORWARD — environmental educator training
Largest: $100,000 to LIVING CLASSROOMS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION — lc-ncr environmental education programming and general support
Largest: $7,500 to Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund — environmental education
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