Make a Splash grants available for Tacoma stormwater projects

The City of Tacoma’s Environmental Services Department is awarding Make a Splash grant rebates of up to $4,000 to anyone with a Tacoma project that will help protect surface water resources.

Make a Splash grants are designed for projects that have a strong stormwater pollution prevention message or provide a stormwater benefit. Submitted projects must meet at least one of the program goals of education, surface water protection, or habitat restoration and tree planting. Water conservation or clean drinking water focused projects will not be considered. Grants are open to anyone considering a project within Tacoma city limits.

“It’s exciting to see the variety of creative and unique projects that get submitted,” said Program Manager Shauna Hansen. “Each year we fund remarkable projects initiated by dedicated individuals who demonstrate that together we can make a big impact to protect Puget Sound.”

Applications are due Fri., May 22. To find out more about the grant, past projects, or to download an application, go to cityoftacoma.org/makeasplash, e-mail makeasplash@cityoftacoma.org, or call (253) 502-2284.

Here are some of the recent Make a Splash grant recipients and their projects:

2013

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts – Urban Water Pollution Environmental Education Project – $4,000
Tacoma Nature Center – Water Sleuths VIII – $4,000
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department – Tacoma-Pierce County Children’s Water Festival – $4,000
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium – Puget Sound Super Heroes – $4,000
Puget Creek Restoration Society – Puget Gulch Restoration, Macro invertebrate Monitoring for Puget/Mason Creeks & Outreach and Education to the Community – $970
First Creek Middle School/Tacoma Public Schools – First Creek Water Quality Improvement Project – $2,650
Earth Economics – Tacoma’s Stormwater Management and Ecosystem Service Value – $4,000
Pacific Education Institute (PEI) – Watershed Adventure Program – $4,000
Puget Sound Car Wash Association – Car Wash Pollution Radio Spots – $4,000
Bryant Montessori PTO – Waterwise Garden – $1,226
Allen Renaissance Inc. – Computer Clubhouse of Tacoma Summer Challenge – $1,978
Lutheran Community Services – Seniors and the Environment – $4,000
University of Washington Tacoma – UWT and First Creek Middle School Joint Monitoring Project – $3,975
Northwest Leadership Foundation – Eastside Youth Gardens – $4,000
Andrew Dixon – North Tacoma Trees – $2,000
Bryant Montessori Middle School/Tacoma School District – Swan Creek Watershed Study and Restoration – $1,400

2012

Bryant Montessori Middle School – Swan Creek Watershed Study and Restoration – $1,660
First Creek Middle School – First Creek Watershed Restoration – $4,000
Tacoma Pierce County Health Department – Tacoma Pierce County Children’s Water Festival – $4,000
Lutheran Community Service – Senior Environmental Impact – $4,000
Puget Sound Car Wash Association – Fish-Friendly Street Banner – $4,000
Point Defiance Zoological Society – Zoo Hillside and Watershed Education – $4,000
Point Defiance Zoological Society – Puget Sound Super Heroes – $4,000
University of Washington Tacoma – UWT Green Roof Initiative – $4,000
Citizens for a Healthy Bay – Water Quality Education and Outreach Program – $2,202
Rodney Raccoon – Rodney Raccoon Goes Green Video Game – $4,000
Commencement Bay Maritime Fest – Squeaky Green Clean – $3,972

2011

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department – Tacoma-Pierce County Children’s Water Festival – $4,000
Marine View Drivers – Marine View Drive Beach Clean-Up – $500
Foss Waterway Seaport – Urban Estuary Education – $2,900
Guadalupe Land Trust – Rainwater Fish Wheel at Gallucci Learning Garden – $1,500
Bryant Montessori School – Swan Creek Watershed Study and Restoration Project – $3,800
Tacoma Nature Center – Water Sleuths VII – $4,000
Puget Creek Restoration Society – Puget Gulch Restoration, Macroinvertebrate Monitoring for Puget/Mason Creeks and Outreach and Education to the Community – $2,000
Lutheran Community Services – Senior Environmental Impact – $2,500
Lowell Elementary School – Monitoring the Health and Productivity of Marine and Freshwater Environments – $3,700
First Creek Middle School – First Creek Watershed Restoration – $3,800
Water Quality Education for the Latino Community – $2,300
Building Youth through Music/WayOut Kids – Rodney Raccoon Goes Green! Video – $4,000
Citizens for a Healthy Bay – Clean Boating Fuel Bibs – $3,900
Foss Waterway Seaport – Stadium High School Environmental/Marine Ecology Club – $3,600
Puget Sound Car Wash Association – PSCWA Charity Car Wash Video Contest – $4,000

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the City of Tacoma’s Make a Splash grant program, click on the following links: