SPRING 2015
The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund is a joint program of the New York State
Office of the Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation.
IMPORTANT
DATES
Community Meeting
about GCEF 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Applicant Workshops
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Applicant Webinar
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Volunteer gardeners in McGolrick Park’s new native garden
GCEF’S FIRST NEWSLETTER!
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the
Greenpoint Community Environmental
Fund Newsletter. As a regular feature
of the GCEF program moving forward,
the goal of this and future newsletter
editions will be to provide you with information on the progress of the program,
updates on already funded projects
and ways you can get involved.
laboration with the Greenpoint community—to fund projects that address
Greenpoint’s environmental priorities.
2014 was an exciting year for GCEF
beginning in the spring with 18 Small
Grants—a total of $395,000 combined
with almost $200,00 in matching funds—
awarded to projects requesting $25,000 or
less. By summertime, Greenpointers were
By way of background,
GCEF is a $19.5 million
“To date, GCEF has been successful in bringing
community grant pro$35 million to addressing the environmental
gram created by the
improvement priorities of Greenpoint residents,”
New York State Office
of the Attorney Gensays Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General of
eral and Department of
New York. “Key to this tremendous success has
Environmental Conservabeen the partnership we’ve established with the
tion. Funding for GCEF
community in implementing the program.”
was obtained by the
State in a settlement
with ExxonMobil over its Greenpoint
already beginning to see GCEF dollars
oil spill. Since its creation, the program
on the ground, working to green the
has been working hard—in close colcommunity. (Continued on next page)
Applicant Bootcamp
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Applicant Workshops
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
All Proposals Due
Thurs., August 6, 2015
Deadline: 11:59pm
Announcement of Small
Grant Funding
October 2015
Community
Preferencing for
Large and Legacy
Grant Funding
Week of Nov. 16, 2015
Announcement of
Large and Legacy
Grant Funding
December 2015
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SPRING 2015
The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund is a joint program of the New York State
Office of the Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation.
In the fall of 2014, Greenpoint residents turned out in
force to voice their preferences among proposals for
Large and Legacy Grants (those from $25,000 to over
$2 million), demonstrating not only that Greenpointers
have a direct role in guiding the program’s
implementation but also that this is a community that
cares about its environmental future. By years end,
GCEF announced grants for an additional 6 projects,
the top vote-getters in the preferencing. These grants,
totaling $11 million and leveraging another $24
million in matching funds, bring the program’s total
investment in Greenpoint to date to $35 million dollars!
2015 should be just as thrilling, with the launch of the
final round of GCEF and fresh opportunity for community residents, organizations, and institutions to develop
their ideas for improving Greenpoint’s environment.
There will be lots of GCEF events in the months ahead,
including a variety of workshops that cover everything
from GCEF idea “labs” to nurture ideas into proposals
to definitive “how-to’s” on submitting an application.
Please share this newsletter with your friends, neighbors,
and anyone else interested in learning about how
GCEF is contributing to a greener Greenpoint.
Greenpoint residents discuss project ideas at a GCEF workshop
GCEF’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In total, GCEF has invested $35,000,000
in Greenpoint’s environmental improvement priorities—with more to come!
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