In the Year 2011, the Environmental Endowment for New Jersey awarded 21 grants totaling $212,520 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 2011:

1)  American Littoral Society ($9,500), Highlands, New Jersey: for their project to protect the important coastal resources in NJ’s Delaware Bayshore region by working at the grassroots, municipal, county and state levels for sustainable land use and tools that will support it. (732-291-0055)

2) Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions ($10,500) Mendham, New Jersey:  through meetings and workshops, conference calls, articles, website updates and technical assistance, ANJEC will educate on local enforcement of State laws and ordinances to complement State water protection measures. (973-539-7543)

3) Clean Water Fund ($12,000) Belmar, New Jersey:  to expand CWF’s “Healthy Schools/Healthy Towns/Cleaner Waters” initiative within targeted watersheds including engaging public in implementation of the state’s new fertilizer reduction measures and integrating CWF’s water pollution prevention strategies—pesticide free and no idling zones, greener cleaning, integrated water and pest management—into state-driven “Sustainable NJ” program. (732-280-0370)

4) Coalition for Peace and Justice ($9,500) Linwood, New Jersey:  to educate the public on the environmental effects of Salem Units 1 and 2 and to act as a nuclear health and safety watchdog for southern New Jersey. (609-335-8176)

5) Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Inc. ($11,000) Milanville, Pennsylvania:  for public education, grassroots organizing and public advocacy to disallow gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin thus preserving water quality. (570-729-8687)

6) Delaware Riverkeeper Network ($11,000), Bristol, Pennsylvania:  to support litigation and advocacy necessary to prevent the Delaware Deepening proposal. (215-369-1188)

7) Eastern Environmental Law Center ($12,000) Newark, New Jersey: to provide legal assistance to clients seeking to improve the health of their watersheds by calling for the remediation of hazardous waste, fighting to stop air pollution, and protecting land and other natural resources. (973-424-1166)

8) Edison Wetlands Association ($12,000), Edison, New Jersey:  for their Raritan River Project to help protect human health and the environment in Central New Jersey through the cleanup of toxic waste sites, balanced greenfield development, environmental justice, land preservation, conservation and environmental education. (732-321-1300)

9) Future City Inc. (4,520), Elizabeth, New Jersey:  to continue to educate and raise multilingual residents’ awareness for personal actions regarding clean water issues helping them make the connection between polluted water and their behaviors, environment and its impact on the quality of life.  (908-659-0689)

10) Green Delaware ($9,500) Port Penn, Delaware:  to continue their legislative, administrative, technical and grassroots advocacy work to help public recognize the connection between environmental issues and human health and quality of life, targeting issues where public participation can make a difference including global warming and energy-related water issues. (302-299-6783)

11) Ironbound Community Corporation ($10,500) Newark, New Jersey:  for the creation of a one-mile park along the Passaic in the Ironbound and the cleanup of the Passaic River.  (973-589-3353)

12) Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center ($11,000) Wilmington, Delaware:  to work on environmental projects in the lower Delaware River Basin to reduce water pollution by advocating for stronger environmental controls and regulations and better enforcement of current laws and regulations.  (302-477-2086)

13) National Institute for Healthy Human Spaces ($10,500) Camden, New Jersey:  to develop a regional environmental profile of contrasting towns in South Jersey to inform and affect environmental improvements and environmental awareness; to train prospective EJ citizens in how to effectively engage in civic action; and to promote initiatives that lead to site remediation and Health Schools Reforms in New Jersey. (856-831-7359)

14) New Jersey Audubon Society ($8,000) Bernardsville, New Jersey:  to continue work to assure qualified appointments to important commissions that help safeguard NJ’s waterways, watersheds and overall environmental integrity and insuring that important Commissions and Boards are not abolished.  (908-204-8998)

15) New Jersey Highlands Coalition ($9,000) Boonton, New Jersey:  to inform stakeholders and decision makers about the crucial importance of Highlands protection, and the importance of promulgating protective legislation.  (973-588-7190)

16) Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (New Jersey PEER) ($10,500), Washington, DC:  to undertake an aggressive media/communications campaign challenging state and federal agencies to enforce clean water guarantees.  (202-265-7337)

17) Sierra Club-New Jersey Chapter ($10,500) Trenton, New Jersey:  for an advocacy and outreach campaign that protects New Jersey’s water supply and prepares our state and municipalities for the effects that climate change will inevitably have on our waterways. (609-656-7612)

18) South Camden Citizens in Action, Inc. ($11,000) Camden, New Jersey:  to continue their neighborhood based environmental justice campaign to prevent further pollution of South Camden, increase public awareness about environmental justice, develop the capacity of the neighborhood based leadership to advocate on their own behalf for clean air and better quality of life. (856-910-8080)

19) Thomas Edison State College for NJ Environmental Justice Alliance ($10,500) Trenton, New Jersey:  to implement three day-long workshops that will provide information on environmental justice issues, including cumulative impacts. (609-777-4351)

20) Trout Unlimited, Inc. ($9,500) Arlington, Virginia:  to help prevent the destruction of the Delaware River watershed from activities associated with development Marcellus Shale gas resources, they will train sportsmen and women in stream surveillance protocols to enable them to act as watchdogs for long-term drilling impacts and violation of state laws. (703-284-9437)

21) Work Environment Council of New Jersey (WEC) ($10,000) Trenton, New Jersey:  to build public support for right to know and OPRA laws that help prevent pollution and workplace hazards by advocating for better DEP chemical reporting rules.  (609-695-7100)

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