2009 EENJ Grants

     In the Year 2009, the Environmental Endowment for New Jersey awarded 16 grants totaling $154,520 to non-profit organizations to carry out a variety of environmental improvement projects in the northeast metropolitan area and in the Delaware River Basin and the Schuylkill Valley.   The Endowment Board voted to make the following grants in 2009:

1.       American Littoral Society ($10,000) Highlands, New Jersey:  to safeguard Delaware Bay and its tributaries from inappropriate development through advocacy, education, and outreach about the impact of human behavior on land, on local waterways, and what citizens and their elected officials should do. (732-291-0055)

2.       Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions ($10,000) Mendham, New Jersey:  will inform environmental commissions, local officials and staff about the need for and requirements of state water protection regulations and how to implement these regulations locally. (973-539-7543)

3.       Clean Water Fund ($10,000) Belmar, New Jersey:  help towns and schools establish pesticide free zones, fertilizer and diesel reduction measures and green cleaning protocols.  (732-280-0370)

4.       Coalition for Peace and Justice ($10,000) Linwood, New Jersey:  public education on the effects of the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear power plants on the Delaware River and Estuary and on the environment in Southern New Jersey. (609-601-8583)

5.       Delaware Riverkeeper Network ($10,000), Bristol, Pennsylvania:  to support their ongoing advocacy and upcoming litigation to prevent the proposed deepening of the Delaware River’s main navigation channel  (215-369-1188)

6.       Eastern Environmental Law Center ($10,000) Newark, New Jersey:  for their Healthy Watersheds project providing pro bono legal assistance to clients seeking to improve the health of the watersheds by seeking remediation of hazardous waste, fighting to stop air pollution and protecting land and other natural resources. (973-424-1166)

7.       Edison Wetlands Association ($10,000), Edison, New Jersey:  for the Raritan River Project working to protect human health and the environment in Central Jersey through the cleanup of toxic waste sites, balance Greenfield development, environmental justice, land preservation, conservation and environmental education.  (732-321-1300)

8.       Future City, Inc. ($4,520) Elizabeth, New Jersey:   to conduct an aggressive, culturally relevant clean water public advocacy and education campaign (Spanish).  (908-659-0689)

9.       Green Delaware ($10,000) Port Penn, Delaware:  for administrative, technical and grassroots advocacy towards clean air, clean water, “zero waste” and reform of Delaware energy policy in favor of wind, solar and conservation.  (302-834-3466)

10.    Ironbound Community Corp. ($10,000) Newark, New Jersey:  continue its community-based planning and advocacy to ensure residents participation in the design and implementation of the Ironbound Waterfront Park and in the process begin the   (973-589-3353)

11.    Overpeck Preserve, Inc. ($10,000) Leonia, New Jersey:  for supervision of landfill lake restoration and area remediation and overseeing the essential preservation of wildlife. (201-446-2652)

12.    Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center ($10,000) Wilmington, Delaware:  project to improve water quality in the Lower Delaware River watershed by blocking the Delaware Deepening, conducting a NPDES compliance sweep of major sources, and pressing for incorporation of TMDL effluent limits into new and renewed NPDES permits issued in impaired waters.  (302-477-2072)

13.    Sierra Club-New Jersey Chapter ($10,000) Trenton, New Jersey:  for their Campaign for Clean Water in a Changing Climate project which will support citizen involvement in regulatory and local planning. (609-656-7612)

14.    South Camden Citizens in Action ($10,000), Camden, New Jersey:  support the prevention of further pollution of South Camden, increase awareness about environmental justice, develop capacity of the neighborhood based leadership to advocate on their own behalf for clean air and better water quality.  (856-910-8080)

15.    South Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, Inc. ($10,000), Camden, New Jersey:  to address the issues of creating a more livable, greener and sustainable city by developing a model site remediation-urban redevelopment-green jobs initiative that achieves both economic and development benefits. (856-365-9038)

16.    Work Environment Council of New Jersey ($10,000), Trenton, New Jersey:  to continue educational project on the Open Public Records Act and other right to know laws that help prevent pollution and workplace hazards.  (609-695-7100)