Deadline: Various

The Joyce Foundation will seek and support funding opportunities to restore and protect the Great Lakes in the following areas: a) On the ground protection and restoration efforts that can be monitored, documented, and replicated elsewhere; b) Efforts to drive policy development by combining the work of policy advocates with on the ground practitioners, including nontraditional stakeholders; c) Efforts to advocate at the local, state, and national levels for these collectively developed policies.

The Foundation will consider proposals at the local, state, regional, and national levels that address the following four areas:

• Reduce polluted, non-point source runoff from agricultural lands and urban/suburban/exurban lands.


• Protect and restore critical habitats such as wetlands through improved hydrology and other means. Critical habitats exist in developed, rural, and undeveloped landscapes, and projects will be evaluated based on their value for demonstrating successful restoration methods, protecting critical areas for wildlife and water quality, public attraction and accessibility, and political significance.


• Improve coastal health particularly through the increased use of green infrastructure and through new means of financing conventional infrastructure.


• Implement the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.

The Foundation will consider proposals in three areas:

• Efforts to speed the deployment of advanced coal technologies with carbon capture and storage capability.


• Efforts to support the implementation of local, state and regional climate and energy plans.


• Efforts to improve the design, delivery and evaluation of energy efficiency programs that increase customer participation and per customer energy savings.

Related Resources:
Protection and Preservation of the Great Lakes