Great Lake Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund (GLAHNF) grants program
Purpose of the Grants Program: The goal of the Great Lake Aquatic Habitat
Network and Fund (GLAHNF) grants program is to provide financial support to advocacy
activities that strengthen the role of individuals and community groups working locally to
protect and restore shorelines, inland lakes, rivers,wetlands, and other aquatic habitats in the
Great Lakes Basin. Advocacy work, as defined here, involves local community members
actively promoting aquatic habitat protection by influencing community and/or individual
behavior or opinion, corporate conduct, and/or public policy.
What is Grassroots: Applicants must be grassroots groups with limited funds that rely
on volunteers for all or a majority of their work and that can demonstrate the capacity to
accomplish the project. While GLAHNF has no specific budgetary limitation for eligibility, it is
highly unlikely a group with an annual budget over approximately $200,000 will be
considered eligible as a grassroots initiative under our definition.
