CWI External Links

Drinking Water

Grant Writing Resources:

EPA Grant Writing Tutorial

http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants/src/grant.htm

Tips and Techniques on Grant Writing

http://granthelp.clarityconnect.com

Grant Writing Resources

http://grantproposal.com

Tips for writing grants for watershed restoration

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/granttips3.pdf

Fundraising Information

Groundspring.orgs Online Fundraising Handbook

http://www.groundspring.org/learningcenter/handbook.cfm

Rivernetworks Fundraising Guide

http://rivernetwork.org/fundraisingguide/

Identifying Costs

Primer on Habitat Cost (Developed by Evergreen Funding Consultants)

http://sspa.boisestate.edu/efc/Tools_Services/WatershedFunding/region7/primer.pdf

Equip Cost Lists (Cost lists for agricultural practices by state/county)

http://www.programs.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/nationalcosts/

Calculating the value of volunteer time (Independent Sector)

http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/volunteer_time.html

Hourly Wage by Occupation (The Bureau of Labor Statistics)

http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm

Determining Fair Market Value of Donations (IRS document)

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p561.pdf

Funding Info Links

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/funding/funding1.htm

A Guide to Funding Resources is a compilation of information from both governmental and private sources on funding opportunities available to local governments, small businesses, organizations, associations, groups, and individuals. The directories, catalogs, guides, newsletters, annual reports, computer database services, and other resources cited in this directory cover available grants and funding, information on the grant seeking process, analyses of grant making programs, tips for proposal writing and presentation development, and bibliographies of additional resources.  Lists funding directories by state.

http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/wacademy/fund.html

Catalog of Federal Funding for Watershed Protection

http://www.cfda.gov

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Federal Register

www.grants.gov

Grants.gov – electronic database of federal grant opportunities

http://www.osmre.gov/funding1.htm

Office of Surface Mining Watershed Restoration Project Funding Oppertunities

http://cat.sonoran.org/

Electronic fundraising and technical assistance resource directory

http://www.ega.org

Environmental Grantmakers Association

http://www.fdncenter.org/

Foundation Center

http://www.cof.org

Council on Foundations – links to major foundations

http://www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/resources/search.asp

Red Lodge Funding Clearinghouse

http://www.trailsandgreenways.org/TAG_active_pages/TechnicalAssistance/main.asp

Funding database

http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=1071&folder_id=825

Matrix of Local Finance Tools

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/federal.htm Grants and Related Resources - Federal Funding Tools and Information Sources

http://www.conservationgrants.com/water.htm

Conservation Grants Center

Information:

http://www.lgean.org/html/toolbox.cfm

Local Government Environmental Assistance Network – Offers “tools” to assist local governments in their efforts to protect the environment.

http://stormwaterfinance.urbancenter.iupui.edu/home.htm

Web site designed to help communities find ways to pay for stormwater management projects.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/

National Agricultural Library Water Quality information Center

http://www.thewatershedinstitute.org

Information for watershed Groups including funding information

http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/index.htm

Site for EPA clean water financing

http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/MMGI/funding.html

A State and Local Government Guide to Environmental Program Funding Alternatives

 http://www.estuaries.org/objects/FFGFY2003FullFinalv2.pdf

The guide lists each program, along with support type, purpose, funding, eligibility, and examples.  You can also contact Nidhi Rana of RAE at 703/524-0248 with questions.

www.enviroscapes.com

Website for Watershed Education

www.pprc.org/pprc/about/about.html

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center – source of information on pollution prevention for business, government, non-profit and other sector organizations.

http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/Incentives/Report/Conservation%20in%20America.pdf

State Government Incentives for Habitat Conservation.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/funding/fundguide.html#Public Funding

A Guide to Funding Resources, Rural Information Center Publication Series

http://www.innonet.org/resources/links.cfm

Links for nonprofits / finding funds

http://www.epa.gov/win/

EPA’s watershed Information Network – info on resources for watersheds

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/wetlands/programs/grants/grant_links.htm

Links to resources

http://www.rivernetwork.org/library/resource/

River Network Info

What is a watershed

http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/Brochures/GetToKnow.html

Community Quilt Concept of financing

http://www.efc.umd.edu/our_work/quilt.cfm

http://www.efc.umd.edu/our_work/quality.cfm

Community Asset Inventory

http://www.asu.edu/caed/proceedings98/Mourad/mourad.html

Articles – Success Stories

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20021230/northwest/37743.shtml

Article in The Olympian – “Inmate volunteers help Stillaguamish Tribe restore watershed”

http://www.cascadehs.csd.k12.id.us/advbio/class.html

Article on the Advanced Biology Class at Cascade High School where Students are challenged to create their own environmentally oriented projects, do their own research, raise their own funds, and implement their projects.