Dominion Resources, the parent company of Dominion East Ohio, announced Wednesday that it award $1 million in environmental education and stewardship grants this year through the Dominion Foundation.
The program supports specific short-term projects by nonprofits and K-12 schools working to improve communities served by Dominion companies.
Nonprofits are invited to apply for grants of as much as $50,000 each for short-term projects that promise measurable results to improve the environment.
Public and private K-12 schools in regions served by Dominion and its subsidiaries are invited to apply for classroom grants of up to $5,000 each for environmental education programs.
“Each year Dominion partners with a broad range of nonprofits and schools to fund meaningful environmental projects that preserve, enhance, or make nature more accessible within our communities,” said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Foundation. “The grants will support a variety of innovative environmental efforts to improve natural spaces and teach students, as well as the public, to treasure natural resources and use them wisely.”
Applications can be submitted through March 1. Winners will be announced in April.
For more information and to submit an online application, visit www.dom.com/envirogrants