Projects
Grant Number: 20251473  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront. 
Year Issued: 2025 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
Susan Lane 
susan.lane@ppsne.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20241215  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront.
 
Year Issued: 2024 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20231329  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven's waterfront. 
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20190127  
To support an examination of the seasonal variation in the composition and quantity of microplastic particles from wastewater treatment facilities discharging treated wastewater into the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,000 
        Southern Connecticut State University  
  
  Contact Information
Vincent Breslin 
Breslinv1@southernct.edu 
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 20190129  
To support staffing for programs including boating event rentals, club boating programs, and vendor-operated rentals of kayaks and paddle boards on the New Haven Harbor and on the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,800 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
John Pescatore 
jpescatore11@gmail.com 
www.canaldock.org
Grant Number: 20180206  
To provide general operating support for recreational and educational programs related to the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor. 
Year Issued: 2018 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse  
  
  Contact Information
John Pescatore 
jpescatore11@gmail.com 
www.canaldock.org
Grant Number: 20150153  
to support the Be the Solution to Pollution project which raises awareness of how pollution threatens the health of humans, animals, and the environment along the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $13,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Ms. Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20140143  
to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.  
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $15,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20130053  
To provide general operating support for fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River and promoting activities that safeguard the health of residents that use the Quinnipiac River. 
 
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $7,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20120096  
To support the education of fishers on safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and work with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in the area in appropriate languages as well as support an exchange program where Quinnipiac River fishers can trade their lead weights for non-lead weights. 
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $2,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
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