About the Momentum Conservation Land Trust Grant Fund Program
The Momentum Conservation Land Trust Grant Fund provides general operating support to Maine land trusts. This is a competitive grant program open to all land trusts in Maine. We will prioritize funding applicants that are: working to center justice, open to trying new things, expressing vulnerability through sharing learnings, and committed to challenging colonial systems in conservation.
Our Program Goals:
• Strengthen the land trust community’s governance, leadership, strategic planning, financial stability, programming, and organizational development.
• Help land trusts integrate equity and inclusion in their organizational policies, practices, and programming.
• Position land trusts to broaden their membership, including by engaging BIPOC, low-income people, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities.
• Support land trusts in developing additional social capital and infrastructure by facilitating connections to share lessons, opportunities, and growth.
• Ensure that conservation is rooted in community, and that conserved land is accessible to the broadest range of communities for meaningful experience.
