Federal grants to Chesapeake Bay Trust
Chesapeake Bay Trust in Annapolis, Maryland received $30.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 8 awards. Its largest program was Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program, with $17.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$30.5 million
- Awards8
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.5 million
- Largest award$17.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $1.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $1.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $295,109 |
| FY 2024 | 5 | $24.0 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $3.5 million |
Programs that fund Chesapeake Bay Trust
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | 1 | $17.0 million |
| Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | 3 | $12.2 million |
| Chesapeake Bay Studies | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | 2 | $205,985 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | 1 | $17.0 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 3 | $12.2 million |
| Department of Commerce | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Department of the Interior | 2 | $205,985 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation reduction act Maryland mid atlantic environmental justice fund urban and community forestry | Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program | August 19, 2024 | $17.0 million |
| Description: this cooperative agreement approves federal funds of $13 million while awarding federal funds of $6,000,000 for administration of the community capacity building - small watershed grants program, which aims to build the capacity of frontline organizations working collaboratively on commu | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | March 6, 2024 | $9.5 million |
| The action awards federal funds of $900,000 to the chesapeake bay trust (CBT) to support chesapeake bay program goal implementation teams (GITS), designated work groups and action teams to meet their responsibilities, targets, outcomes and goals under the 2014 chesapeake bay watershed agreement. Fed | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | August 19, 2021 | $2.5 million |
| Title: environmental literacy capacity building in the chesapeake region: a regional outdoor learning network initiative and equitable youth environmental education program in partnership with NOAA overview: the trust seeks to increase regional capacity for environmental literacy planning and implem | Chesapeake Bay Studies | July 12, 2023 | $600,000 |
| Environmental education capacity building in the chesapeake region: a regional outdoor learning network initiative (OLNI) and mini-grants program effort in partnership with NOAA | Chesapeake Bay Studies | May 28, 2021 | $431,999 |
| Chesapeake bay trust this cooperative agreement funds the chesapeake bay trust (CBT) to establish an innovative financing system that will result in greater financing scale and efficiency in support of water quality and pollution reductions defined in the upcoming conowingo dam watershed implementat | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | September 17, 2021 | $273,394 |
| Supporting youth conservation jobs in the chesapeake watershed | Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | July 23, 2021 | $200,305 |
| This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs.the publi | Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities | September 17, 2024 | $5,680 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Chesapeake Bay Trust get?
$30.5 million in 8 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Chesapeake Bay Trust the most?
The Department of Agriculture, with $17.0 million in 1 award. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Commerce follow.
What is Chesapeake Bay Trust's largest federal grant?
$17.0 million under Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program, with its first action in the period on August 19, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Chesapeake Bay Trust?
Its largest are Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program, Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants and Chesapeake Bay Studies.
Other grant recipients in Annapolis
- State of Maryland
- State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Maryland Department of Budget and Management
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
- Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, Inc
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
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