Grant Program Overview: Eligibility

• Corporations (nonstock, nonprofit corporations) registered under chapter 181 of Wisconsin state statutes

• Public agencies (counties, cities, villages, towns, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, school districts, and cooperative educational service agencies)

• State agencies, tribal governments, public colleges, and universities

• Private nonprofit colleges and universities � if the school is not pervasively sectarian, including the absence of sectarian entrance and graduation requirements

• Private pre-school, elementary and high schools �provided that a corporation or public agency applies for funds on their behalf and they meet the following four criteria:

1. Grant funds may not be used for religious activity or instruction.

2. Any materials purchased under the grant shall be nonsectarian in nature and content and may not be used for religious activity or instruction.

3. Title to and administrative control of any capital goods purchased shall remain with the corporation or public agency. However, as long as the environmental education program remains in effect and meets criterion 2, the capital goods may be located in the private school facility.

4. Grant funds may not be used to pay a private school instructor's base salary. Grant funds may only be used to supplement a private school instructor's contractual salary.

Previous grant recipients must have submitted all reports to be awarded funds from the 2008-2009 grant cycle.  Contact the WEEB office if uncertain whether this criterion has been met.

Additional Requirements for Energy Education Category

Energy education grant funds are restricted to organizations within the Focus on Energy territory. All members of the target audience must reside within the Focus on Energy territory. Email energy@uwsp.edu or call (715) 346-4651 to determine eligibility.

If you have an energy education related project proposal and the administering organization and/or target audience members are not in Focus on Energy territory, please apply for funds within the general environmental education program of WEEB.

Additional Requirements for School Forest Education Plan Category

These funds will only be awarded to public school districts with officially registered school forests.
To be eligible for these funds a district MUST have an officially registered school forest site by the grant application deadline (February 15, 2008).A listing of officially registered school forests may be viewed at the LEAF website  http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Adobe/SF/LstP.pdf

Additional Requirements for School Forest Category

These funds will only be awarded to public school districts with officially registered school forests. To be eligible for these funds a district MUST have an officially registered school forest site, and both an approved management plan, and an approved educational plan on file with the LEAF office by the grant application deadline (February 15, 2008). A listing of officially registered school forests may be viewed at the LEAF website http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Adobe/SF/LstP.pdf