UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT FUND (MEF)
The Mitigation and Enhancement Fund provides financial assistance to projects, activities, and endeavors that will restore, protect, and/or enhance the river ecosystem affected by the 15-mile Falls hydroelectric project, or that will serve as mitigation for some of the impacts of the project.
This grant round is managed by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Upper Valley Region. Visit their website for more details, or to download MEF Guidelines and Coversheet, a list of past MEF grant awards, and MEF proposal categories and evaluation criteria.
Application Deadline
Grant decisions are made once a year. Complete applications must be received by 5:00 PM on November 30, 2009. Grant awards are announced in February. Concept papers for large grant proposals of greater than $25,000 must be received by September 30th. If the deadline dates falls on a weekend or holiday, then the deadline is the PREVIOUS Friday.
In extraordinary circumstances (for special opportunities or time-sensitive projects), the advisory committee may consider grant requests outside the normal application deadline. Examples of such circumstances include land purchases where an option or sales agreement does not coincide with the application deadline, or where a commitment of funds is needed to match other, time-sensitive funding sources. In these cases, the applicant must submit a concept paper and a formal application using the same format required for applications submitted by the regular deadlines.
To Apply
This grant round is managed by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: Upper Valley Region. Visit their website to download MEF Guidelines and Coversheet, a list of past MEF grant awards, and MEF proposal categories and evaluation criteria.
For more information, contact Upper Valley Region Senior Program Officer Kevin Peterson at 603-653-0387 x1270 or by email at kp@nhcf.org.
