Available Grants in the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape

This page lists many of the grants available for work completed within the bounds of the Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape.

Multi-County Grants

• Pennsylvania Environmental Council Mini Grant Programs
  • Grant deadline vary
• The Nature Conservancy’s Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program
  • Grant is due in early February
• FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
  • In 2025 there is a Flood Mitigation Assistance grant program and a Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program.
  • Applications due in April
• ATV and Snowmobile Grants
  • DCNR offers two grant rounds annually for ATV and snowmobile projects
    • Spring: Always opens first business day in February and closes the last business day in March.
    • Fall: Always opens first business day in August and closes the last business day in September.
• RISE PA (Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania)
  • Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency, and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.
  • Portal opening in March, closing April-June
• NFWF Chesapeake Small Watershed Grants Program
  • Grants for projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that promote voluntary, community-based efforts to protect and restore the diverse and vital habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
  • Due in May
• Healing the Planet Grant Program
  • Eligible projects must be located in areas where The Giant Company, locally known as Giant and Martin’s, operates stores within Pennsylvania.
  • Due in July
  • Previous rounds have supported native tree plantings, food waste prevention, improving the health and quality of waterways, and supporting community green spaces
• Open Space Institute Appalachian Landscapes Project Grants
  • OSI provides grants that support the strategic use of land protection to address climate change and water quality in select geographies in the eastern U.S. (The KRCL is part of this region)
  • Due in early December

Monroe County Grants

• One for Nature Mini-Grant Program
  • Grants due at the end of January

Cumberland County Grants

• Land Partnership Grants
  • The Land Partnerships Grant Program provides financial assistance to municipalities and non-profit organizations for the purpose of agriculture preservation, natural resource protection, creation of parks, trails & greenways and planning and ordinance assistance projects.
  • Grants due mid-December and mid-June