Grant sources

Publications

Grassroots Grants: An Activist’s Guide to Grantseeking, by Andy Robinson, Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Organizations

Inquire at local city council or county supervisor offices for local grants.

Land and water agencies such as:

* State Land Departments for urban and community forestry grants. In Arizona search for the Arizona State Land Department, Forestry Division, Urban and Community Forestry Program’s Community Challenge Grant Program. Can fund the planting of trees in water harvesting earthworks, along with cistern-building and greywater-harvesting workshops.

* The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Stewardship Incentive Program. Matches your expenses for erosion control, water harvesting earthworks, and revegetation projects on private land of 1,000 acres or less (some exceptions for parcels up to 5,000 acres) up to $10,000 per landowner per fiscal year.

* State Fish and Game or Federal Fish and Wildlife services for wildlife habitat creation (supported by water harvesting strategies). Grants provide for work on private land and public land such as school grounds.

* State Departments of Water Resources or Water Protection for watershed improvement and education grants. Can fund the creation of demonstration sites, workshops, and presentations.

* Natural Conservation Resource Departments. They provide free resources to help assess and improve your site’s watershed and wildlife habitat.

* PRO Neighborhoods, www.proneighborhoods.org. A grants and technical assistance program for local communities based in Pima County, Arizona offering small grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to groups working together to mobilize and build upon existing talents and resources within the community.

* Federal government grants: www.grants.gov. The City of Portland, Oregon has used grants from this website to host a stormwater conference, create a sustainable stormwater street, and other stormwater related grants.

Grant writing

Grassroots Grants: An Activist’s Guide to Proposal Writing, by Andy Robinson. Chardon Press, 1996.

Source of loans for water-harvesting projects

Permaculture Credit Union. Office location: 4250 Cerrillos Road, 2nd floor, Santa Fe, NM 87507. Mailing address: PO Box 29300, Santa Fe NM 87592-9300. Phone: 866-954-3479 or 505-954-3479; website: www.pcuonline.org; email: perma@pcuonline.org.