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Statewide Community Salmon Fund

Deadline: January 13, 2006

Link: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/csf/statewide.cfm

The Community Salmon Fund has released a next RFP for a final, statewide CSF round. This round will be open to all areas that ran NFWF/SRFB funded CSF programs this year (including the North Olympic Peninsula), and will disperse approximately $300,000 in additional funds. Details regarding deadlines, maximum grant amounts, and application form are available at http://www.nfwf.org/programs/csf/statewide.cfm.

Proposals are due January 13, 2006. The max grant award is $50,000. The match requirement is 50% of requested amount (i.e., $10,000 in cash or in-kind match for a grant request of $20,000). Eligible Projects:

  1. Restoration of habitat within and along salmon-bearing rivers and streams, the upland areas affecting them, and nearshore areas.
  2. Project design and development that is anticipated to lead to an on-the-ground restoration project within 18 months.

There are no restrictions on the number of proposals an organization can submit (or the number of grants that can be awarded). Groups that have previously applied for or received a grant are welcome to submit projects this round as well.

NFWF and SRFB will make the final decision on which projects are funded in March 2006, based on consistency with local lead entity strategy and scores/comments received from the statewide review team.

We are still aiming for a project completion date of October 2006 for projects funded this round, although there may be an opportunity to extend the deadline with SRFB. We will keep you updated on the timeline as we continue to work with SRFB this coming spring, and encourage folks to apply even if they think their timeline may run past October.

For questions, contact Nick Pearson or Autumn Salamack at Evergreen Funding Consultants at (206) 691-0700 or asalamack@evergreenfc.com

Check out 2004 and 2005 funded projects in the NOPLE area.