Focus on Funding – March 2026
Don’t leave funding to luck! Consider this your shamrock-stamped reminder that funding fortune favors the prepared. Our March lineup highlights opportunities for projects that protect natural resources, improve water quality, expand outdoor access, and improve how people move through their communities. Ready to chase a little green and bring home some gold? Let’s talk strategy.
Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Grants
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
The Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Grants program provides funds for projects that restore, conserve, and connect the fish and wildlife habitat of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. This program offers three funding opportunities: Implementation, Collaborative Conservation, and Planning and Technical Assistance. DETAILS
2026 Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2)
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)
This program provides funding for seven types of grants covering community and watershed forestry, community recreation and conservation planning, land acquisition and conservation, motorized trails, non-motorized trails, and park rehabilitation and development. LEARN MORE
2026 Small Clean Water Fund
Lancaster Clean Water Partners
This grant provides a unique opportunity for education, restoration, and protection projects to improve water quality. DETAILS
DCED’s Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) Program
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED)
Grants can be used to develop, rehabilitate, and enhance transportation assets to ensure a safe and reliable transportation system is available to Pennsylvania residents. Projects with a total cost of $100,000 or more are eligible. LEARN MORE
Dates to Know
RETTEW monitors funding opportunities from government and private entities. Bookmark our Focus on Funding calendar and check it regularly for the latest funding deadlines and webinars.
March 31 – Deadlines for All-Terrain Vehicle and Snowmobile – 4:00 PM; Green Light-Go Program (only for eligible entities that submitted a completed pre-application scoping form by the January deadline) and PA SITES
April 2 – Deadline for Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants – Noon
April 3 – Last Day for WILD Grants Proposal Labs
April 7 – Webinar: South Mountain Partnership Grants
April 9 – Chesapeake WILD Grants Due – Noon; Webinar: Small Grants Info Session, hosted by Lancaster Clean Water Partners
April 30 – Deadlines for 2026 Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) – 4:00 PM, and South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grants Pre-Application
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