Aileen Hughes Grant
Aileen Hughes Grant recognizes Maryland land trust representatives whose leadership advances conservation or organizational development and funds their trusts’ programming to encourage excellence and collaboration.
Funder: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Due Dates: December 1, 2026, 4:00 p.m. EST (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,000; projects completed within 12 months of the award
Summary: Recognizes leadership, partnership, or innovation by a Maryland land trust representative and supports the trust’s programming.
Key Information: A Maryland land trust must nominate the individual; funding goes to a land trust, not the individual.
Description
The Aileen Hughes Grant is an annual award within the Keep Maryland Beautiful Grant Program’s Land Trust Assistance Grants. It recognizes an individual representing a Maryland land trust whose leadership, partnership, or innovation has advanced a conservation project or organizational development. The award supports local land trust programming while encouraging excellence and collaboration in Maryland’s land trust community.
The grant honors Aileen Hughes, a conservation leader and longtime president of the American Chestnut Land Trust. The Maryland Environmental Trust participates in the Keep Maryland Beautiful partnership, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust administers its applications.
