Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
Grant Term Fiscal Organization & Contact Project Description Amount (Mos.) Year Alliance for The Great Lakes to work with other organizations and coalitions in 135,000 12 2018 Chicago a coordinated fashion to support the city in Joel Brammeier implementing integrated water management policies and practices
to move water-related local and regional 60,000 12 2017 planning forward to achieve on-the-ground 60,000 12 2016 results and policy improvements in Detroit while 60,000 12 2015 inspiring citizen engagement Alliance of Rouge Communities to secure and facilitate assistance from the EPA 61,251 18 2012 Canton through the Great Lakes Legacy Fund to work James W. Ridgway with industry to remediate contaminated sediments in the Rouge River Area of Concern Belle Isle Conservancy to construct a stormwater demonstration garden 500,000 24 2019 For Oudolf Garden Detroit and related educational and community Duncan Campbell education as part of Oudolf Garden Detroit
Capuchin Soup Kitchen to fund rainwater harvesting systems at two 132,800 18 2012 Detroit (in partnership with significant urban farms in the city of Detroit Detroit Black Community Food Security Network) Patrick Crouch; Malik Yakini Chandler Park Conservancy for stormwater management installation and 607,000 36 2016 Detroit operating support for The Chandler Park Alex J. Allen III Conservancy Charles H. Wright Museum of planning grant for development of final concept 157,000 12 2018 African American History and work plan for collaborative storm water 54,000 12 2017 Detroit demonstration site between The Wright Museum Leslie Tom and the Michigan Science Center Christ Church Cranbrook to collaborate with DWSD and Detroit churches 16,000 12 2018 Bloomfield Hills to provide programming in water stewardship
Clean Water Fund to educate residents about ways they can 10,000 12 2015 Clinton Township cleanup and protect Lake St. Clair and connect 100,000 12 2012 them to governmental efforts with linkages to 30,000 12 2011 the lake Clinton River Watershed Council for construction of biocells and other stormwater 50,000 12 2016 Rochester Hills features at the Center Street Parklet in Royal Oak Anne Brasie to support WaterTowns!, a community-based 225,000 36 2019 initiative designed to help towns and cities in the 255,000 36 2016 watershed leverage the assets of the Clinton 180,000 36 2013 River and Lake St. Clair for water-oriented community development
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
College for Creative Studies to partner with Detroit Future City and Greening 150,000 24 2015 Detroit of Detroit to create four large community- generated public art projects for Detroit's neighborhoods through the CPAD program Cranbrook Educational to create 3 new community gardens to 90,000 24 2011 Community demonstrate freshwater management through Bloomfield Hills green infrastructure in collaboration with Welcome Missionary Baptist Church, Greater Pontiac Community Coalition, Pontiac Garden Club, Pontiac Public Schools, Lawrence Technological University and the Engineering Society of Detroit Detroit Economic Growth for contractor training and funding to help 650,000 24 2017 Association property owners construct green infrastructure Detroit to manage stormwater and qualify for a credit towards the DWSD drainage charge
to match an EPA GLRI grant to test and develop 500,000 24 2014 methods for improving stormwater management through green infrastructure in the Near Eastside Drainage District of Detroit Detroit Future City to support an assessment of the existing and 50,000 9 2018 Detroit projected market for jobs that support the Anika Goss Foster expansion of green stormwater infrastructure in Detroit
for Land + Water WORKS, a coalition working to 1,010,000 24 2019 involve Detroiters in scaling up green stormwater 125,000 6 2018 infrastructure. The program's keystone is an 326,500 12 2017 ambassador network of neighborhood leaders and nonprofits that are working to engage their family, friends, and neighbors in conversations and projects on land and water stewardship
to develop a competitive application to US 115,000 6 2016 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for disaster response funding for sustainable infrastructure to improve resiliency
for development and implementation of the 140,000 6 2016 Vacant Lot Transformation Guide including a 80,000 12 2015 mini-grant program, technical assistance, and communications and storytelling
to engage landscape architect consultants as part 100,000 12 2011 of the technical team for the Detroit Works Project
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
Detroit Greenways Coalition to encourage stormwater management practices 20,000 12 2018 Detroit in tandem with greenways 20,000 8 2018 Todd Scott 10,000 12 2017 5,0000 12 2015 10,000 12 2013 Develop Detroit to pilot sustainable building practices and green 700,000 24 2019 Detroit property management at the University Sonya Mays Meadows multifamily development; apply lessons from this pilot to all Develop Detroit projects in metro-Detroit; educate other developers on how to adopt these practices Detroit Science Center Inc for a challenge grant to construct the Clean 125,000 12 2009 Detroit Water Through Greenengineering exhibit collection Downtown Detroit Partnership to incorporate green infrastructure capital 250,000 12 2017 Detroit improvements into the Woodward Avenue bike Eric Larson mobility streetscape design Eastern Market Corporation to develop stormwater management practices, 75,000 12 2015 Detroit organizational structure and funding mechanisms Daniel S Carmody to establish a Stormwater Management District as part of the Market's 2025 Strategy.
Eastside Community Network to support the Lower East Side Action Plan (LEAP) 300,000 12 2018 Detroit on the lower east side of Detroit, a multi-agency 250,000 community-based planning process to determine 250,000 equitable, productive and environmentally 250,000 sustainable re-use of vacant land on Detroit's 100,000 lower eastside 170,000 170,000 146,000 120,000
Freshwater Future to continue a neighborhood climate resilience to 35,000 12 2015 Petoskey provide regrants and related technical assistance 35,000 12 2014 Jill M. Ryan to fund community-based climate adaptation 35,000 12 2012 projects in the Detroit area Friends of The Rouge For the Rain Gardens to the Rescue program 330,000 36 2018 Plymouth Mrs. Marie T McCormick to support the volunteer benthic 80,000 23 2011 macroinvertebrate sampling program as part of a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to create or restore 25 acres of green infrastructure and improve wildlife habitat in Detroit and in Wayne County
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
Funders Network For Smart to support green stormwater infrastructure 50,000 18 2017 Growth And Livable projects within the national Partners for Places Communities Inc matching grant program, catalyzing partnerships Coral Gables between municipal or county-level sustainability directors and local, place-based foundations Genesis HOPE To support engineering design of a shared GSI 110,000 12 2019 Detroit practice between a new mixed use affordable Jeanine Hatcher housing development and an adjacent church in Detroit to qualify for a DWSD drainage credit
Great Lakes Commission to increase the adoption of green stormwater 245,000 24 2019 Ann Arbor infrastructure practices by supporting a 245,000 24 2017 Darren Nichols mentoring network of green infrastructure champions across the binational Great Lakes basin Greening of Detroit for a challenge grant for general operating 100,000 24 2018 Detroit support 50,000 12 2017 Lionel Bradford to begin renovating W.I. Meyers Nursery, which 350,000 24 2017 will provide important training opportunities for 350,000 24 2020 Detroiters as they grow trees and native plants for Detroit's green infrastructure
to partner with DTE and the City of Detroit to 110,000 9 2016 reactivate Detroit's former O'Shea Park into a unique amenity that combines recreation, education and public space with innovative energy and blue/green infrastructure functions that extend into the neighborhood
to support the civic engagement and GSI 68,000 12 2016 activities related to the City of Detroit pilot project in the Fitzgerald neighborhood
to strengthen organizational infrastructures at 300,000 24 2013 the Greening and Ecoworks (formerly WARM), creating the additional capacity to play a pivotal role in shaping a sustainable future for Detroit including improved water qualify
to test a new vacant land reclamation model that 160,000 18 2010 will create swaths of newly forested land in Detroit to mitigate storm water runoff
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
Jefferson East Inc to transform an abandoned Detroit block into a 250,000 12 2018 Detroit mixed-use, mixed-income development Joshua R. Elling incorporating public space, green design and water conservation
Joy-Southfield Community to design and engineer a Transportation 80,000 12 2015 Development Corporation Alternative Program for Joy Road that Detroit incorporates green stormwater infrastructure David J. Law along a commercial corridor Keep Growing Detroit to research and advocate for the role of urban 406,203 36 2018 Detroit agriculture in managing stormwater and provide Ashley Atkinson growers with the knowledge and infrastructure they need to be good water stewards for the "Growing Sustainable Water Solutions" project, a collaboration of Keep Growing Detroit, 383,000 36 2015 Sierra Club and Friends of The Rouge, to educate and enable residents to build rain gardens, water catchment systems and healthy soils to help manage stormwater and conserve water Lawrence Technological to develop a binational stormwater technology 120,000 12 2016 University transfer collaborative for the Great Lakes Basin in Southfield partnership with the Great Lakes Commission Don Carpenter to underwrite the production by Issue Media 22,000 9 2013 Group of stories of people working on innovative green infrastructure in Detroit
to develop a stormwater management 57,000 12 2011 educational trail for the Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute Michigan Community Resources to provide mini grants of up to $5,000 and 75,000 12 2017 Detroit technical assistance for small projects in Detroit 60,000 12 2016 Shamyle Dobbs that support green stormwater infrastructure Midtown Detroit, Inc To incorporate sustainability into cultural campus 60,000 12 2018 planning efforts 100,000 12 2019
Motorcities National Heritage to transform a neglected urban space into an 170,000 12 2017 Area Partnership Incorporated experiential gateway that interprets the history Detroit of labor, industry and environment Shawn Pomaville Museum of Contemporary Art To support GSI design and engineering for 130,000 12 2019 Detroit (MOCAD) MOCAD’s outdoor campus renovation Detroit Elysia Borowy-Reeder
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
National Fish and Wildlife to create the Southeast Michigan Resiliency 600,000 38 2018 Foundation Fund, a public private fund to support green Ft. Snelling, MN stormwater infrastructure and habitat in the Aislynn Gauchay seven county southeast Michigan region Nature Conservancy to develop a prototype green infrastructure 241,000 24 2017 Lansing project tracking and communications 63,000 6 2016 Mrs. Helen Taylor knowledgebase and web interface for the City of Detroit
to advance green infrastructure (GI) in Detroit by 1,200,000 60 2016 modifying policies to incentivize GI, securing investments under the DWSD stormwater permit, and establishing the conditions for implementation Oakland Avenue Urban Farm continue to develop green infrastructure and 20,000 12 2014 Detroit (with Northend Christian other green technologies demonstration projects CDC) and related education in the North End Jerry Hebron to expand an existing neighborhood 20,000 12 2013 demonstration home to include educational strategies related to alternative energy and low- impact green infrastructure options River Network to examine and advance opportunities for 60,000 24 2011 Portland greater coordination among municipalities to use Nicole Silk green infrastructure to minimize climate impacts, improve water efficiency, and promote green jobs Sierra Club Foundation to support efforts to promote the use of urban 75,000 24 2017 Lansing green infrastructure in Detroit 75,000 12 2016 Gail Philbin 75,000 12 2015 75,000 12 2014 75,000 12 2013 79,700 12 2012 75,000 12 2011 Southwest Detroit Business to explore the Michigan Brownfield Act as a 108,000 12 2019 Association financing mechanism for commercial businesses Detroit to install green stormwater infrastructure and Rob Dewaelsche qualify for a Drainage Credit
Six Rivers Regional Land to create a model wetlands databank and 100,000 24 2010 Conservancy outreach program in Oakland and Macomb Rochester Counties to identify the highest priority wetlands Christopher Bunch and connect landowners with wetlands with those in need of performing mitigation Southwest Housing Solutions for a storm water mitigation and demonstration 75,000 24 2010 Detroit project as part of a new creative arts center in Timothy Thorland southwest Detroit
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Green Infrastructure Grants List as of September 2019
Student Conservation to give underserved Detroit youth the training, 60,000 12 2016 Association Inc tools, and experience to have a stake in the 50,000 12 2015 Arlington environmental health and green infrastructure of Jaime Berman Matyas their communities
University of Michigan to design and construct a set of triple-bottom- 215,000 36 2019 Anya Sirota line green stormwater infrastructure demonstration projects at Oakland Avenue Urban Farm. This project will integrate the work of designers, engineers, and a local community development corporation to ensure that selected practices are effective, relevant, beautiful, and replicable
Joan Nassauer to measure social and environmental impacts of 1,149,277 36 2016 GSI projects in the Cody Rouge neighborhood of Detroit TOTAL GSI GRANTS: 17,184,731