Fund For Lake Michigan

Sweet Water Mini-Grant Program 2017

Southeast Wisconsin Watersheds Trust (Sweet Water) ($60,000)The Fund for Lake Michigan is happy to continue supporting Sweet Water’s popular Mini-Grant program with this two-year, $60,000 award. This program supports projects that advance local water quality initiatives, promote green infrastructure, and improve riparian buffers and habitat at the neighborhood-level. Sweet Water awards grants up to $5,000 to community, civic, and non-profit organizations for these types of on-the-ground projects. Past grantees have reached a wide group of stakeholders in the community through their various projects. Furthermore, this program helps effectively further the objectives of the Menomonee, Kinnickinnic, Root, Pike, and Wind Point Watershed Restoration Plans.

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