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LONG ISLAND SOUND FUTURES FUND SMALL 2007 GRANT AWARDS About the LISS Futures Fund
2007 Large Projects
2006 Large Projects l 2006 Small Projects
2005 Project Summaries Grants in the State of New York l Grants in the State of Connecticut  Printer-friendly version in Adobe Acrobat
2007 New York Small Grant Project Descriptions
Project Title: Long Island Sound Component of the 2007 NY State Beach Cleanup
Grantee: America Littoral Society
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $6,000
Matching Contributions: $6,000
Total Project Costs: $5,000
Project Area: Beaches Suffolk, Nassau and Westchester Counties, New York
The American Littoral Society will coordinate the 2007 International Coastal Cleanup at beaches in New York on the Long Island Sound; the data will be compiled and strategies developed for combating marine pollution and to educate the public about floatable pollution and prevention.
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Project Title: Third Annual Family Day Celebrating National Estuaries Day
Grantee: Long Island Seaport and Eco Center
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $6,000
Matching Funds: $6,040
Total Project Costs: $12,040
Project Area: Port Jefferson, NY
The Long Island Seaport and Eco Center will hold its 3rd annual Family Day attracting 500 celebrants to National Estuaries Day along the Port Jefferson waterfront promenade which fronts the Long Island Sound Estuary.
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CONNECTICUT SMALL GRANT PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
Project Title: SoundHarbors
Grantee: SoundWaters
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $5,450
Matching Funds: $31,750
Total Project Costs: $37,200
Project Area: Fairfield County, CT
SoundWaters will conduct an outreach and education program to over 1,000 residents of three coastal communities featuring dock-side presentation on the ecology of Long Island Sound; and to three local media outlets to leverage the dock-side presentations into stories and articles.
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Project Title: Summer Youth Employment Program - Science on the River
Grantee: Riverfront Recapture
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $6,000
Matching Funds: $10,000
Total Project Costs: $16,000
Project Area: Wethersfield Cove, Hartford, CT
Riverfront Recapture will work with inner-city youth from Hartford on projects that restore and monitor fisheries in the Connecticut River with a goal of introducing them to environmental science and to develop their job readiness skills.
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Project Title: National Estuary Day at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
Grantee: Sea Research Foundation
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $6,000
Matching Funds: $2,500
Total Project Costs: $8,500
Project Area: Mystic, CT
Sea Research Foundation will host a National Estuary Day celebration focusing on increasing public awareness about the threats facing Long Island Sound and the abundance of its natural resources with a goal of increasing community connections with the Sound.
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Project Title: Long Island Sound Public Service Announcements: A Child’s Perspective
Grantee: The Montessori School
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $1,000
Matching Funds: $1,000
Total Project Costs: $2,000
Project Area: Wilton, CT
The Montessori School students will research the relationships between the human population of the Long Island Sound and link that study to develop a series of 30 second Public Service Announcements to be aired in over 20 radio stations in the Long Island Sound coverage area.
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Project Title: Lighthouse Point Park Fall Migration Festival
Grantee: City of New Haven, Parks, Recreation and Tree Department
Long Island Sound Futures Funds: $1,250
Matching Funds: $4,500
Total Project Costs: $5,750
Project Area: City of New Haven, CT
The City of New Haven will present two live bird of prey shows including a falconry demonstration during its Fall Migration Festival.
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