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Coastal Grants

The Illinois Coastal Management Program is pleased to adminster several grant opportunities for partners aiming to protect, preserve, and restore the natural and cultural resources of Illinois' Lake Michigan shoreline.

Coastal Competitive Grants Program

Currently open for FY25 applications

Our annual coastal competitive grants program provides individual awards of $1000 - $150,000 of pass-through funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) for projects that meet our yearly priorities of coastal habitat restoration, coastal outreach and education, and coastal community development. 

We are currently soliciting proposals for FY25 Coastal Competitve Grants. For more information, please visit: 

Coastal Competitive Grants Program

Coastal Small Grants

Rolling applications

We are pleased to launch a new, rolling grant program to provide partners with funding for small-scale coastal needs between $1000 - $5000. We can providing funding for amenities such as educational signage, life rings, mobi mats, etc. 

For more information, please visit:

Coastal Small Grants