NIPSCO and the NiSource Charitable Foundation awarded grants to 23 local nonprofits to help fund environmental projects.
Now in its 10th year, the grant program has provided about $700,000 in funding for nearly 170 projects. The grants support environmental education and restoration across northern Indiana. This year’s recipients, selected by a review committee, will each receive a grant between $500 and $5,000.
An expanded grant for Monarch Joint Venture will support the enhancement of pollinator habitats across multiple public lands and publicly accessible areas in northern Indiana. Volunteer efforts will include monarch tagging and planting native plants and milkweed plugs at Pisgah Marsh. Other monarch tagging events are planned for Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve, Reynolds Creek Gamebird Habitat Area and Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area.
This year’s grant recipients include:
• Monarch Joint Venture, Monarch Pollinator Projects across Northern Indiana
• Boy Scouts of America Anthony Wayne Area Council, Montessori Environmental Stewardship Curriculum in Pleasant Lake
• Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy, Borton Wetlands Habitat Restoration
• Delta Institute, Urban Forestry and Community Engagement in Hammond
• Field Station Cooperative, Nature Pre-school at Indiana Dunes National Park
• Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana, Pollinator Project at Camp McMillen
• Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, High School Outdoor Career Pathways
• Indiana University Foundation, The Pollinator Orchard at IU Kokomo
• International Friendship Gardens, Environmental Survey
• LaGrange County Department of Parks and Recreation, Nature Day Camps
• LaPorte County Soil and Water Conservation District, Kankakee River Days
• Legacy Foundation, Stewart Mattix Prairie Restoration
• Little River Wetlands, Native Habitat Restoration
• MLK Montessori School, STEAM Summer Camp
• Michigan City Parks Department, 2025 Trail Creek Week
• Mongo Community Development Association, Pollinator Garden Expansion
• Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, We Are Our Nature’s Keepers
• Niches Land Trust, Summer Adventure Camp
• Northwest Indiana Paddling Association, River Clearing East Branch Little Calumet River
• Oak Farm Montessori School, Forest Path Improvement Project
• PFW Foundation, Conservation Conversation
• Shirley Heinze Land Trust, Public Access Improvements to J. Timothy Ritchie Nature Preserve
Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) has operated in northern Indiana for over 100 years. It serves about 900,000 natural gas and 500,000 electric customers across 32 counties. NIPSCO is part of NiSource’s six regulated utility companies.
