Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) Grant Awards: Beginning 2006
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 19 Dec 2023This dataset provides the region, grantee name, year awarded, project name, project description, amount awarded and type of grant awarded. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Office of Environmental Justice manages the grant programs. The Community Impact Grants program started in 2006.
This dataset has the following 7 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | Year grant was awarded. | 2008 2018 2017 2012 2021 view top 100 |
| Grantee | grantee | text | Name of organization awarded the grant. | Groundwork Hudson Valley West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT for Environmental Justice) Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Inc. United Community Centers, Inc. Bronx River Alliance view top 100 |
| Project Name | project_name | text | Name of the project awarded. | Public Housing Recycling Pilot Program In Our Backyard Shore Corps: Green Stewards Youth Internship & Workforce Development Program Poughkeepsie Gardens Grow, Revitalize, Engage, Educate, Nurture (GREEN) view top 100 |
| Project Description | project_description | text | Short description of the project awarded. | To provide training in urban agriculture. To provide training in solar installation. To provide training in green infrastructure. To help renters in Rochester’s Potential Environmental Justice Areas identify and reduce environmental risk factors in their homes, especially as they relate to energy efficiency. To build 5 new community gardens on vacant properties and 35-50 raised beds gardens at homes located in the City Binghamton, Village of Johnson City, and Town of Union to enable more people to safely grow food for themselves and their families. view top 100 |
| Amount Awarded | amount_awarded | number | The amount of award given. | 100000 50000 25000 10000 99995 view top 100 |
| Grant Type | grant_type | text | Type of grant that grantee was awarded. | Community Impact Community Impact Grant Green Jobs Community Air Monitoring Capacity Building Program Green Gems view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | Indicates the NYSDEC Region grantee is located in • Region 1: (Long Island) Nassau and Suffolk counties; • Region 2: (New York City) Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island; • Region 3: (Lower Hudson Valley) Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties; • Region 4: (Capital Region/Northern Catskills) Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties; • Region 5: (Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain) Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; • Region 6: (Western Adirondacks/Eastern Lake Ontario) Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties; • Region 7: (Central New York) Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties; • Region 8: (Western Finger Lakes) Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; • Region 9: (Western New York) Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties. | 2 9 4 3 7 view top 100 |