The Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund
Established in 2018 to promote a sustainable Long Island Sound, the Sound Stewardship Fund provides additional space for funders who care about the Long Island Sound to work together to make a positive impact on its ecological health; work in alignment with the federal Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2015; help nonprofits working to restore the health and living resources of the Sound achieve conservation outcomes in a more effective and collaborative way; support capacity-building efforts that strengthen nonprofits working to protect the Sound.
The Long Island Sound Collaborative is a diverse group of funders with missions that include the protection and restoration of the Long Island Sound. Initially created to align grantmaking around the protection and restoration of the Sound, the Collaborative has focused on understanding the myriad of issues facing this tidal estuary and identifying possible solutions. The goal is to have a greater impact by pooling our knowledge, expertise, relationships, and funding. These efforts have resulted in annual Long Island Sound Report Cards and an ongoing Unified Water Study initiative, which have subsequently been funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. Today, the collaborative continues its commitment to support projects that address pressing challenges and provide for a healthy, productive, and resilient Sound now and into the future.
All the grants and work from the collaborative fall within any part of the Long Island Sound watershed in the states of Connecticut and New York as shown on the LISSF Boundary Map.
Click here for information on the LISSF 2023 RFP.
Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
Community Foundation of Middlesex County
The Eder Family Foundation, Inc.
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
The Fred I and Gilda Nobel Foundation, Inc.
Jeniam Foundation
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
Long Island Community Foundation
McCance Foundation
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
New York Community Trust
New York Community Bank Foundation
Pamela and Richard Rubinstein Foundation
Rauch Foundation
Rockfall Foundation
Ms. Wendy W. Roberts
Westchester Community Foundation
Ash Creek Conservation Association
Chesapeake Commons
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
City Island Oyster Reef, Inc.
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc.
Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.
CUSH, Inc. (Clean Up Sound and Harbors)
Earthplace
Friends of the Bay
Groundwork Bridgeport
Group for the East End, Inc.
Guardians of Flushing Bay
Henry L. Ferguson Museum
Housatonic Valley Association, Inc.
Nature Conservancy, Connecticut Chapter
New Haven/Urban Resources Institute
Save the Sound
Sea Research Foundation
Seatuck Environmental Association, Inc.
Solar Youth
SoundWaters
The Sound School
Trust for Public Land
University of Connecticut
Westchester Land Trust
Westchester Parks Foundation, Inc.
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For more information about the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund contact:
David M. Okorn, Executive Director
Long Island Community Foundation
dmokorn@licf.org
For more information on how to donate and/or join the collaborative, please contact:
Marie Smith, Director of Donor Relations and Communications
Long Island Community Foundation
msmith@licf.org