Member Jurisdiction Grant Program Awards $984K in 2023 : King Conservation District

In 2023, KCD grant staff partnered with Advisory Committee members from Sound Cities Association to update the Member Jurisdiction grant application with questions about how projects will address equity and how project outcomes will be evaluated.

In 2023, King Conservation District awarded $984,163 for 26 projects in partnership with 13 jurisdictions. Seven of those grants were awarded to KCD-Seattle Community Partnership nonprofit recipients totaling $413,000 and can be viewed here; 19 of the grants were awarded to other member jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations as shown below.

Visit the Member Jurisdiction Grant Program page to learn more about the program, see funds available for your city, and submit a new grant application.

Award Amount	Member Jurisdiction or Organization	Project Title
$20,000	Auburn	Auburn Farmers Market (AFM) – Marketing & Demonstrations –2023 Season
$8,077	Auburn: White River Valley Museum	2023 Support for Farm Habitat Work and Field Trips
$79,399	Bellevue	Bellevue Well KEPT 2023
$21,240	Burien: EarthCorps	2023 Seahurst Park Forest Management Plan and Community Engagement Services
$5,445	Burien: DIRTCorps, LLC	Salmon Creek Park Blackberry Removal
$12,846.72	Burien	Supplies for Washington Conservation Corps Environmental Justice Partnership Work
$14,000	Carnation	Restoration of Green Buffer for Light Industrial and Residential Uses
$15,000	Des Moines Farmers Market	2023 Senior Low Income Healthy Eating Initiative
$189,643	King County	Keeping Farmers Farming, King County Agriculture Program 2023
$50,000	Kirkland	Green Kirkland Partnership Capacity Development
$2,401.80	Kirkland	Kamiakin Middle School Restoration & Education Project
$20,000	Kirkland	Open Space Tree Inventory and Report
$4,000	Maple Valley	Tahoma High School Green Team Tree Planting
$2,110	Master Gardener Foundation of King County	Bellevue Demonstration Garden Signage Improvement Project
$10,350	Normandy Park	Spring into the Parks
$22,350	Restoration Analytics and Design	2023-2024 Normandy Park Community Foresters Stewardship Program
$37,300	Sammamish	2023-2024 Stormwater Outreach
$57,000	Shoreline Historical Museum	Miyawaki Urban Forest History Project

Please help us spread the word about this funding opportunity that is available to 34 cities in King County. Not every city knows about these funds or that they can choose to partner with nonprofit organizations by designating the group as an applicant. Nonprofit organizations and other groups can manage the grant requirements on behalf of the city. To learn more about what types of projects KCD funds, please contact Jessica.Saavedra@kingcd.org via email, call 425-773-9065, or schedule a meeting with her via Calendly.

KCD is made up of thirty-five Member Jurisdictions (34 cities and unincorporated King County). A portion of KCD’s revenue collected from Member Jurisdictions is set aside as grants for conservation projects prioritized by that Member Jurisdiction. Jurisdictions can utilize the funds for city-led conservation projects, partner with a nonprofit organization to carry out a conservation project or contract with KCD to utilize the funds for an urban forestry project.

You can see previous projects awarded here. To see funds available for your city in 2024 click here.

Member Jurisdiction Grant Program

Jessica Saavedra

Senior Program Manager, Member Jurisdiction Partnerships
425-773-9065
Schedule a meeting with her via Calendly.

Jessica has managed the Member Jurisdiction and WRIA Grant Programs at KCD since March 2007. Jessica has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies and Spanish and graduate level education in the fields of Public Administration, Urban Planning, and Facilitation and Negotiation. She is an experienced program manager responsible for tracking millions of dollars in grant funding with a successful track record of liaising with local governments, nonprofits, and watershed groups on natural resource conservation issues.