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2016 Grants List Organization Purpose Amount Alzheimer’s Research Alzheimer’s Disease and to support the Zenith and $300,000 year 2 of Related Disorders International Research Grant 2 year, $600,000 Association Programs, which fund leading grant; plus additional research and connections $300,000 for one year between researchers around the world Great Lakes Ausable to implement actions to $33,000 - year 3 of 3 year, Bayfield continue to improve water $100,000 grant Conservation quality for the Bayfield River, Authority Lake Huron in Ontario Alliance for The Great Lakes to move water-related local $60,000 and regional planning forward to achieve on-the-ground results and policy improvements in Detroit while inspiring citizen engagement Belle Isle Conservancy for renewed support for the $25,000 - year 1 of 2 year, volunteer-membership initiative $50,000 grant Chandler Park Conservancy for stormwater management $200,000 – year 1 of 3 year, installation and operating support $600,000 grant for The Chandler Park Conservancy Clinton River Watershed to continue to support $75,000 – year 1 of Council WaterTowns!, a of 3 year, $225,000 grant community-based initiative designed to help towns and cities in the watershed leverage the assets of the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair for water-oriented community development Clinton River for continued general operating $50,000 – year 1 of Watershed support: $50,000 per year over 3 year, $200,000 grant Council three years, plus $50,000 in 2016 for construction of biocells and other stormwater features at the Center Street Parklet in Royal Oak 1 2016 Grants List Community to provide mini grants of up to $60,000 Legal Resources $5,000 for small projects in Detroit that support blue-green Infrastructure Detroit Economic to implement the Field $140,000 Growth Association Guide to Working With Lots (Detroit Future City) Detroit, MI Detroit Educational to work with partners to create, $250,000 - year 2 of 3 Television Foundation curate and distribute multi-platform year, $850,000 grant content embracing Basin matters (policy, research, restoration, economy, land use, recreation) to inspire informed, responsible action Eastside Community to continue the Lower East $250,000 Network Side Action Plan (LEAP) on the lower east side of Detroit Freshwater Future to create the Great $500,000 over 2 years Lakes Network to support binational collaboration amongst nonprofits to improve water-related outcomes, with an initial emphasis on the Western Lake Erie Basin Friends Of The for continued general $26,000 - yr 1 of Detroit River operating support 3 year, $66,000 grant Friends Of The for continued general $40,000 - year 1 of 3 Rouge operating support year, $120,000 grant Great Lakes to build a collaborative $125,000 – year 1 of Commission information sharing platform 2 year $250,000 grant for the Great Lakes region called "Blue Accounting" focused on Source Water Initiative that will develop a Phosphorus Reduction Tracking System to track progress toward 2 2016 Grants List the 40 percent phosphorus reduction target for Western Lake Erie by 2025 Greening of Detroit to support the civic engagement $68,000 Detroit, MI activities related to the City of Detroit’s green infrastructure pilot Project in Fitzgerald Greening Of to partner with DTE and the City of Detroit $110,000 Detroit to 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 Huron River Watershed for a challenge grant to $100,000 - year 1 Council continue to support the of 3 year, $300,000 grant RiverUp! initiative to restore (contingent on match) and revitalize the Huron River corridor for the benefit of local economies and residents, and conservation of a shared natural heritage Huron River for continued general operating $100,000 – year 1 of Watershed Council support 3 year, $300,000 grant Keep Growing Detroit for the “Growing Sustainable $131,000 - year 2 Water Solutions” project, of 3 year, a collaboration with the Sierra $383,000 grant Club and Friends of the Rouge to educate and enable residents to build rain gardens, water catchment systems and healthy soils to manage stormwater and conserve water Lawrence Technological to develop a binational stormwater $120,000 University technology transfer collaborative for the Great Lakes Basin in partnership with the Great Lakes Commission Michigan League of for a six-month planning $35,000 Conservation Voters grant to develop a public 3 2016 Grants List Education Fund education and action plan to encourage policies that will help reduce toxic algae in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Motorcities to transform a neglected urban $170,000 National space into an experiential gateway Heritage Area that interprets the history of labor, Partnership industry and environment (incl. $20,000 as a challenge grant) National Wildlife Federation for continued support for the $150,000 - year 1 of 3 Healing Our Waters -Great year, $450,000 grant Lakes Coalition (HOW), with an emphasis on broadening and deepening its membership Nature to advance blue-green infrastructure $240,000 - Conservancy (BGI) in Detroit by helping modify year 2 of 5 year, policies to incentivize BGI, securing $1,200,000 grant investments under the DWSD stormwater permit, and helping establish the conditions for implementation Nature Conservancy to develop a prototype green $63,000 infrastructure project tracking and communications knowledgebase and web interface for the City of Detroit Sierra Club to continue support for the Great $75,000 Foundation Lakes Great Communities San Francisco/Detroit Campaign efforts to promote the use of green infrastructure in Detroit Student Conservation to give underserved Detroit $60,000 Association youth the training, tools, and experience to have a stake in the environmental health and green infrastructure of their communities Trout Unlimited to engage Trout Unlimited members and $100,000 other anglers as advocates for Great Lakes restoration 4 2016 Grants List University of Michigan to link stakeholders, science and $1 million - year 1 of (Water Center) modeling across the Detroit River 2 year, $2,994,000 Ann Arbor, MI and Lake Erie watersheds to inform grant Wayne State University to improve Great Lakes water $438,000 – year 2 of quality by connecting regional 3 year, $650,000 and bi-national science for grant monitoring, preventing and mitigating urban stresses in the Huron to Erie corridor Environmental Health, Justice & Equitable Development Community Development for a pre-development process $ 25,000 Advocates of Detroit among four institutional partners to build the framework for a community development system in Detroit. Detroit Economic Growth to help increase small business $ 300,000 towards Association investment on neighborhood 3 year, $500,000 grant grant commercial corridors by matching buildings and businesses with competitive grants, loans and counseling Detroit Food & to support development of $ 30,000 Entrepreneurship Academy a just and equitable food system by investing in Detroit's high school students as the leaders, entrepreneurs, employees, and employers of tomorrow Detroit Food Policy Council to facilitate action on $45,000 recommendations from the Economic Analysis of Detroit's Food System Detroit Hispanic for the Informed Action to $133,834 year 1 Development Corporation Promote Environmental of 3 year, Engagement, Advocacy, and $395,000 grant Leadership (I-APEEAL), a 5 2016 Grants List collaborative including the University of Michigan and others, to develop a public health action plan and foster leadership and advocacy to implement the plan within the framework of the Detroit Environmental Agenda Detroiters Working For for renewed general operating $75,000 Environmental Justice support Detroiters Working For to support continued work on $414,000 - yr 2 of 3 Environmental Justice the Detroit Environmental Agenda yr, $621,000 grant Ecology Center for renewed general operating support $100,000 EcoWorks to continue support for the $10,000 Great Lakes Bioneers Fair Food Network to build organizational capacity $30,000 - yr 1 of 3 year, $90,000 grant Fair Food to expand Double Up Food Bucks $25,000 - year 2 of Network in grocery stores, leveraging 4 year, $100,000 grant federal funds and building evidence regarding effective food and nutrition assistance policy Keep Growing Detroit to continue to support Keep Growing $25,000 - year 2 of 2 year, Detroit's efforts to promote food $50,000 grant sovereignty in Detroit by distributing resources, hosting education and community events, and building capacity to decentralize and broaden leadership Michigan to continue to advocate at a state-wide level $50,000 Environmental on environmental health, justice, and water Council issues facing metro Detroit Wayne State to support Detroit's environmental $400,000 University sustainability through a partnership between the Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program and community-based organizations focused on environmental health, justice 6 2016 Grants List and equitable development and to support a collaborative project to address an environmental issue (to be selected by the fellows) that will impact Detroit's future Wayne State University to address sources of air pollution, $300,000 towards 3 year, providing organizational support $375,000 grant and coordination for the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, coordinating an Air Quality Advisory