Grant program overview

Municipalities at the Benefactor level may submit grant applications to the Conservancy who will review them and select which projects to fund. This grant program will help you to meet MCM #2 - Public Involvement and Participation and add to your BMP inventory. Some examples of potential projects include rain gardens, bioswales, stormwater basin naturalizations, riparian buffer plantings, and rain barrel installations.

project requirements and restrictions

  • Projects must be budgeted at $5,000 or below. Any amount over $5,000 will be the responsibility of the municipality.

  • Projects must be focused on stormwater pollution in some form. Favor will be given to on-the-ground projects.

  • If the project requires construction equipment, the municipality must be able to provide the equipment and the staff to operate it at no cost to the Conservancy.

  • If the project requires engineers and/or other consultants, the municipality must provide this service at no cost to the Conservancy.

  • The Conservancy will not be financially responsible for projects that go over budget.

  • The municipality, with PWC guidance, will be responsible for recruiting municipal residents as volunteers for project installations.

  • The municipality will be responsible for all on-going maintenance and/or repair of the project.

  • Projects must be completed before the municipality’s yearly MS4 membership with the Conservancy ends.

  • In order for your application to be considered, it must be submitted no later than May 1, 2024.


Bucher Park Rain Garden - 2017 MS4 Grant Project

Bucher Park Rain Garden - 2017 MS4 Grant Project

2024 MS4 Grant Application

Tell us about your proposed project by filling out and submitting the below form.

Questions? Contact our Director of Conservation

Telford Rain Garden - 2018 MS4 Grant Project

Perkiomen Trail Rain Garden - 2019 MS4 Grant Project

Perkiomen Trail Rain Garden - 2019 MS4 Grant Project

Whites Rd. Rain Garden - 2019 MS4 Grant Project

Whites Rd. Rain Garden - 2019 MS4 Grant Project

Cuddy Park Rain Garden - 2020 MS4 Grant Project

Cuddy Park Rain Garden - 2020 MS4 Grant Project

Douglass Park Rain Garden - 2021 MS4 Grant Project

Indian Creek Streambank Planting - 2022 MS4 Grant Project