The
Environmental Endowment for New Jersey was incorporated in April 1991 to
receive and administer a $900,000 settlement of a court case brought under
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and subsequently received $4.9
million in the settlement of five other cases. Since 1992, EENJ has
awarded a total of 420 environmental grants totaling $4,344,272. On average, EENJ
funds approximately 15 to 20 organizations per year with the average grant
being in the range of $3,000 to $10,000.
Grants
are made in accordance with the terms of the settlement Court Orders
(see
Eligibility)
and are generally funded by investment income. Non-profit
organizations in the northeast metropolitan area of the State and in the
Delaware River Basin and the Schuylkill Valley have received funding to
carry out a variety of environmental improvement projects. Maximum grants
for 2010 will be $15,000.
Grants are announced on Earth Day
each year.
