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Funding Opportunities: Other Grant Sources

Great Lakes Funding Opportunities

  • Based in Chicago, the Joyce Foundation supports efforts to strengthen public policies in ways that improve the quality of life in the Great Lakes region. Program areas include education, employment, the environment, and many others.
  • The Beldon Fund's mission is to build a national consensus to achieve and sustain a healthy planet by supporting effective, nonprofit advocacy organizations. The Fund's key states program provides funds for Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida, and North Carolina.
  • The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supports efforts that create healthy human communities and natural environments in the Chicago region and in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The Foundation is particularly interested in collaborative projects focused on the environment and conservation or on arts and culture.
  • The George Gund Foundation was established to contribute to human well-being and to meet the changing opportunities and problems of our society. The Foundation has grant-making interests in the arts, civic affairs, economic development, education, the environment, and human services. Its primary focus is in the greater Cleveland area and the state of Ohio.
  • The Great Lakes Fishery Trust's (GLFT) mission is to provide funding to enhance, protect, and rehabilitate Great Lakes fishery resources. The GLFT funds projects related to Great Lakes fisheries to help mitigate fish losses.
  • The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is a partnership that provides an online location for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes/St. Lawrence region of North America. GLIN provides a searchable funding and grants guide of many regional funding opportunities.
  • The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation formed by the governors of the Great Lakes states. It is a permanent environmental endowment that supports collaborative actions to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
  • The Indianapolis Power & Light Company supports the Golden Eagle Environmental Grants program. The program is designed to fund projects which will preserve, protect, enhance, or restore environmental and biological resources throughout Indiana. Grants are available for any unit of Indiana local or state government and nonprofit organizations.
  • The mission of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund is to empower citizens to take action at the community level to protect and restore wetlands, shorelines, rivers, lakes, and other aquatic habitats throughout the Great Lakes Basin. The Network and Fund provide consultation and financial resources, share information, and foster communication between citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats.