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 404 environmental grants totaling $4,189,752. On average, EENJ
funds approximately 20 to 30 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 2009 will be $15,000.
Grants are announced on Earth Day
each year.
