Funding search · EIN 526065757 · Annapolis, MD

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Name: Chesapeake Bay Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

51
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $13,323
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Chesapeake Bay Trust4 grants · $543,873
Lynnhaven River Now1 grant · $183,000
Center for Watershed Protection3 grants · $162,367
Conservation and Development Area Council1 grant · $108,326
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (Ipl)2 grants · $98,363
Solar Oysters Llc2 grants · $75,000
Shorerivers3 grants · $59,920
Va Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage2 grants · $52,220
Capital Area Greenbelt Association1 grant · $49,845
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay2 grants · $47,002

Giving over time

$502,127

2021

$297,546

2022

$380,305

2023

$558,397

2024

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$183,000
Lynnhaven River Now · Virginia Beach, VA · 2021
Eastern Oyster Restoration in the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River
$146,692
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Program Administration
$136,088
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Program Administration
$133,887
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Program Administration
$127,206
Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis, MD · 2021
Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant Program Administration
$108,326
Conservation and Development Area Council · Carlisle, PA · 2024
Expanding Rotational Grazing through the Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance.
$101,543
Center for Watershed Protection · Fulton, MD · 2024
Choptank: Building Capacity to Enhance Watershed and Community Health
$70,478
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (Ipl) · Richmond, VA · 2023
Greening Faith Places and Community Spaces project to enhance water quality improvement efforts in Central Virginia.
$49,845
Capital Area Greenbelt Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Keystone 10 million trees project for restoration of the city of Greenbelt's Parkway Creek
$48,767
Center for Watershed Protection · Fulton, MD · 2023
Choptank: Building Capacity to Enhance Watershed and Community Health
$38,306
Virginia Department of Forestry Commonwealth of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$37,500
Solar Oysters Llc · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Restoring Oysters in the Baltimore Harbor
$37,500
Solar Oysters Llc · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Restoring Oysters in the Baltimore Harbor
$33,311
Capital Rc&D Area Council · Carlisle, PA · 2021
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$31,313
Capital Area Intermediate Unit · Enola, PA · 2024
Build and strengthen effective MWEEs into sustained and systemic student-led environmental action teams in Pennsylvania.
$31,092
Va Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage · Richmond, VA · 2024
Establishing a Plan for Virginia's Freshwater Mussels
$27,885
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (Ipl) · Richmond, VA · 2024
Greening Faith Places and Community Spaces project to enhance water quality improvement efforts in Central Virginia.
$27,040
Shorerivers · Easton, MD · 2022
Envision the Choptank: Building Capacity to Enhance Watershed and Community Health
$25,053
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Accelerating Riparian Forest Buffer Implementation in Priority Pennsylvania Counties
$23,455
Alliance for the Chespeake Bay · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Accelerating Riparian Forest Buffer Implementation in Priority Pennsylvania Counties
$22,573
Shorerivers · Easton, MD · 2023
Envision the Choptank: Building Capacity to Enhance Watershed and Community Health - Year 2
$21,949
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · Annapolis, MD · 2021
Accelerating Riparian Forest Buffer Implementation in Priority Pennsylvania Counties
$21,128
Va Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage · Richmond, VA · 2023
Establishing a Plan for Virginia's Freshwater Mussels
$16,189
Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council · Carlisle, PA · 2023
Expanding Rotational Grazing through the Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance.
$14,255
Future Harvest · Cockeysville, MD · 2024
Expanding Rotational Grazing through the Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance.
$13,323
Groundwork Rva · Richmond, VA · 2024
Greening Faith Places and Community Spaces project to enhance water quality improvement efforts in Central Virginia.
$12,062
Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education · York, PA · 2022
Woodland Restoration Project at Horn Farm Center
$12,057
Center for Watershed Protection · Fulton, MD · 2022
Envision the Choptank: Building Capacity to Enhance Watershed and Community Health - Year 2
$12,000
Let'S Go 1-2-3 · Cheltenham, PA · 2024
Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Award for community engagement and environmental conservation work in PA
$11,716
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
Comprehensive South River Sanctuary Scale Oyster Restoration
$11,449
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Accelerating Riparian Forest Buffer Implementation in Priority Pennsylvania Counties
$11,088
Groundwork Rva · Richmond, VA · 2021
Greening Southside Richmond (VA)
$10,438
Capital Area Intermediate Unit · Enola, PA · 2023
Build and strengthen effective MWEEs into sustained and systemic student-led environmental action teams in Pennsylvania.
$10,307
Shorerivers · Easton, MD · 2021
Systemic Solutions: Advancing Environmental Literacy & Supporting Clean Water Initiatives in the Susquehanna Watershed
$10,135
Virginia Forage & Grassland Council · Crewe, VA · 2023
Expanding Rotational Grazing through the Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance.
$10,000
Western Md Rc&D · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Upper Potomac Farm Stewardship Program and Regenerative Agriculture Education (MD, WV)
$9,000
Future Harvest Casa · Cockeysville, MD · 2022
Upper Potomac Farm Stewardship Program and Regenerative Agriculture Education
$8,532
Western Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Council · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Upper Potomac Farm Stewardship Program and Regenerative Agriculture Education
$7,658
Virginia Forage & Grasslands Council · Crewe, VA · 2021
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$7,233
Virginia Department of Forestry Commonwealth of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$7,120
Crow and Berry · Morgantown, PA · 2021
NE SARE Silvopasture Pilot Project in Lancaster County, PA
$6,660
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2021
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$6,392
Chesapeake Conservancy · Annapolis, MD · 2021
Buffer Restoration in the Upper James Watershed
$6,365
Virginia Forage & Grassland Council · Crewe, VA · 2024
Expanding Rotational Grazing through the Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance.
$6,295
Enrichmond Foundation (Southside Releaf) · Richmond, VA · 2021
Greening Southside Richmond (VA)
$6,235
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
Comprehensive South River Sanctuary Scale Oyster Restoration
$6,038
Groundwork Rva · Richmond, VA · 2023
Greening Faith Places and Community Spaces project to enhance water quality improvement efforts in Central Virginia.
$5,758
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Comprehensive South River Sanctuary Scale Oyster Restoration
$5,501
Southside Releaf · Richmond, VA · 2023
Greening Faith Places and Community Spaces project to enhance water quality improvement efforts in Central Virginia.
$5,335
Future Harvest Casa · Cockeysville, MD · 2021
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing
$5,297
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2022
Mountains to Bay Grazing Alliance to promote rotational grazing

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