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To be eligible for an Innovation Grant, the applying organization must meet the following requirements:

• Constitute a branch, office, or other operational unit of the National Audubon Society (including National or State Offices; field units such as Audubon Centers and Sanctuaries), or be an Audubon Certified Chapter, or Audubon Certified Chapter-run Center or Sanctuary. Independent Audubon entities that wish to participate in a cooperative arrangement with National Audubon Society for this purpose are also eligible. Other organizations are encouraged to apply if they partner with an Audubon group on their project. (Find an Audubon group near you.) If there are no Audubon organizations in your area, your organization may apply with partners of its own.

• Be a 501(c)3 tax-exempt public charity

• Have a commitment from at least one partner organization to serve as a collaborator

• Have adequate collective experience and organizational capacity to administer, implement, and evaluate the project

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Successful projects will:

• Achieve measurable, on-the-ground conservation results that contribute to one or more of the conservation goals of the TogetherGreen program (Habitat/Land, Water, Energy). Those changes may be ecological (for example, restoration of a wetland) or behavioral (for example, getting a particular audience to drive less).
• Reach under-represented and/or diverse audiences
• Demonstrate innovation and/or replicability
• Take place in the United States
• Achieve results during the course of the one-year grant period, which will run from June, 2012 - June, 2013.

Applications will be reviewed by an expert selection committee composed of individuals from the Audubon network and other organizations representing a wide variety of fields, including conservation planning, evaluation, science, education, communications, and conservation biology. Each application will be reviewed by a team of three reviewers from inside and outside of the Audubon network. All applicants can contact grants@togethergreen.org to receive reviewers’ feedback on their applications once decisions have been announced.

To find out how proposals are scored and ranked by reviewers, please see pages 3-6 of the Everything You Need to Know document.

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TogetherGreen Innovation Grants may not be used for indirect costs, overhead, or other expenses not directly related to the project. Funds may not be used for travel to scientific or professional meetings or conferences, legal actions, land acquisitions, endowments, lobbying, electioneering, or construction of buildings.

Projects can receive a maximum of two Innovation Grants.

All grant funds must be expended during the course of the grant period, which will run from June 2012 to June 2013. We will be unable to award extensions beyond that date.

All Innovation Grant applications must be submitted using our online form, unless you are applying for one of the small Planning Grants. (Planning Grant applications should be submitted via email.) To help you fill out the application, we have included the application questions in a Word document so that you can work on your answers offline. When you are ready, create an account and copy and paste your answers to each question into the online form.

The deadline for submission is 11:59 pm PDT April 2, 2012.

Awards will be announced by early June 2012.

 

If you have any questions about the TogetherGreen Innovation Grants Program, consult the list of Frequently Asked Questions or contact the Innovation Grants manager at grants@togethergreen.org.