Grants

LISFC makes a wide range of grants covering many areas of environmental activity. We do both aligned grantmaking and pooled grantmaking. Below is an overview of grants made in 2025 with our pooled resources. Most of these would have been too large or complex for our members to have made on their own.

Save the Sound

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: To pilot ecoSPEARS as a tool to decontaminate dam sediment in situ

Eastern Connecticut Conservation District

Amount: $82,241

Purpose: To establish the Eastern CT Watershed Network

Connecticut Audubon Society

Amount: $56,247

Purpose: To pilot water quality testing on the lower Connecticut River to collect data and raise awareness about threats posed by neonicotinoid pesticides to the LIS 

Clean Up Sound & Harbors (CUSH)

Amount:  $40,800

Purpose: To identify sources of high bacteria readings in CUSH monitored estuaries. Based on these sources, develop action plans towards mitigating water quality 

Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment

Amount: $37,500

Purpose: To fund Citizen Advisory Committee Coordinator position

Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment

Amount: $40,000

Purpose: To organize and host a Long Island forum for municipalities and not-for-profits to develop priority projects list 

National Audubon Society

Amount: $30,000

Purpose: Establish a full-time staff position to manage the 125 volunteers through the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds.

Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration (CORR)

Amount: $27,500

Purpose: Purchase an industrial bucket-washing machine to clean oyster shell collection buckets

Seatuck Environmental Association 

Amount: $26,516 

Purpose: To establish the Beach-nesting Bird Workgroup (BNBW) and collect data on bird populations and threats 

Henry L. Ferguson Museum 

Amount: $15,741 

Purpose: To gather feedback from boaters and homeowners on the eco-mooring communication plan, which aims to protect eelgrass areas