Maine Coast Protection Initiative





	MCPI Grant Programs The following summarizes the funds MCPI is investing directly to advance the collective conservation goals of the Maine coast. Implementation Grants Implementation Grants provide support for organizations that implement the strategies in the Framework, particularly related to goal 1 and goal 3, which focus on Conserved Lands and Funding and Public Support. Nearly $163,00 has been awarded of the full $220,000 available for Implementation Grants. Update: Implementation grant awards have been selected--learn more! Final Report: Form for Implementation Grant recipients Dec 4: deadline for recipients who received their funding in 2005 Feb 1 : deadline for recipients who received their funding in 2006 Capacity-Building Grants Capacity-building grants are intended to advance goal 2, to help land trusts move to a higher level of organizational or programmatic capacity so they can dramatically increase the pace of land conservation along Maine’s coast. Eligibility for this type of grant is restricted to land trusts. The MCPI anticipates that there will be a total of $350,000 available to support two sets of capacity building grant programs, one directed toward strategy 2.1 and one directed toward strategy 2.2 of the MCPI Strategic Conservation Framework. Update: $250,000 of Capacity Building Grants for Coastal Maine Land Trusts (strategies 2.1 and 2.4) has just been awarded to 8 land trusts--learn more! Note: In addition to these grants, MCPI expects to announce a second program (strategy 2.2) for smaller organizational development grants in 2007, as funding permits. GIS Grants This grant program supports projects that create and enhance the capacity needed to address the GIS needs of Maine’s coastal land trust community as identified in the MCPI GIS Needs Assessment. Update: $70,000 was awarded to 3 Mapping Resource Service Centers along the Maine coast- learn more! See the Project Activities section, or download the MCPI Strategic Conservation Framework (PDF) for more details on the strategies supported by these grants.


















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MCPI Grant Programs

Implementation Grants

Capacity-Building Grants

GIS Grants

See the Project Activities section, or download the MCPI Strategic Conservation Framework (PDF) for more details on the strategies supported by these grants.