Great Lakes Protection Fund
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Great Lakes Protection Fund
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Great Lakes Protection Fund - our mission is to identify, demonstrate, and promote regional action to enhance the health of the #GreatLakes ecosystem.
A new partnership with Moonshot Missions is one of four new investments advancing regional water leadership. The peer led PRESERVE network will help more than 25 utilities turn operational savings into cleaner water. Learn more in our new blog. https://bit.ly/4omzz61
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great Lakes innovation starts with strong concepts that can be tested, refined, and scaled. We partner with teams ready to turn good thinking into real impact. Bring your idea and start the conversation. https://bit.ly/42xZb6M
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What does innovation for the Lakes look like?
The GLPF Quarterly Newsletter showcases the ideas, teams, and tools making a difference—right now.
Subscribe and explore what’s working across the Great Lakes. https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Innovation begins with connection. We’re looking for bold thinkers and practical doers ready to improve how our region manages water, supports farms, and restores ecosystems. Bring us your idea. Start a conversation with us today.
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Big change starts small and grows through partnership. If you’re advancing an idea that could strengthen the health of our water, our land, or our communities, we want to connect. Let’s build something transformative together.
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ICYMI: Freshwater and five land trusts are using advanced modeling to target farmland that drives nutrient pollution. Their regional collaboration is restoring key acres and proving a scalable, science-based path to clean water and healthy habitats. https://bit.ly/4h26Ocy
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
From regenerative land practices to smarter urban water systems, real transformation is happening in our basin.
Stay in the loop with the Great Lakes Protection Fund’s quarterly updates.
Subscribe today. https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Every breakthrough begins with a connection. If you’re working on a solution that could benefit our water, our land, or our communities, we want to hear from you.
Start a conversation with us. http://bit.ly/45vQ4pW
September 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Together we are advancing green infrastructure and reimagining how water moves through our cities. Read the Resilient Infrastructure Sustainable Communities (RISC) in the Great Lakes Region report to see how. https://bit.ly/4fXGlwi
September 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Stories worth sharing. Solutions worth scaling.
Our newsletter brings you the latest on collaborative efforts restoring the Great Lakes.
Subscribe now and stay close to the work driving ecological and economic resilience. https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Real impact takes real partnership. Chicago’s new flood sensors are live in the neighborhoods that need them most. Built with Verizon, Hyfi, CNT, & community leadership. Smart, people-first infrastructure. Powered by collaboration. https://vz.to/3VheNIz
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Transforming how our region stewards water means embracing bold new models. From regenerative dairy to decentralized stormwater solutions, we’re supporting teams that reimagine what’s possible. Start a conversation about your bold idea to protect the Great Lakes. http://bit.ly/45vQ4pW
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Innovation is moving fast across the Great Lakes region. Catch up on the solutions reshaping our waters, coasts, and communities—delivered straight to your inbox.
Subscribe to the GLPF newsletter and be part of the change. https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New Investment! Designing Market Pathways for Agroforestry Adoption on Problematic Cropland is a new 2025 design project laying the groundwork to connect early adopters of tree crops with committed buyers, improving farm viability and water quality basin-wide.
August 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Greater Lakes Promise is proving that permanent land conservation can drive real water quality gains. By restoring farmland in key watersheds, they’re building a cleaner, healthier future for the Great Lakes. Start a conversation about your role. https://bit.ly/40uk56Q
August 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Fresh ideas. Real progress. Each quarter, we highlight breakthrough strategies, bold teams, and new paths to protect and restore the Great Lakes.
Subscribe to the GLPF Quarterly Newsletter and stay connected to impact. https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Transforming how our region stewards water means embracing bold new models. From regenerative dairy to decentralized stormwater solutions, we’re supporting teams that reimagine what’s possible. Start a conversation about your bold idea to protect the Great Lakes. http://bit.ly/45vQ4pW
August 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Have a bold idea to protect the Great Lakes? We support teams creating new solutions with big impact. If you’re ready to turn innovation into action, we want to hear from you. Start the conversation today. https://glpf.org/for-innovators/start-here/
July 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join us in welcoming Sharon Walton, our new VP of Finance and Administration. Her leadership will help power our work to protect and restore the Great Lakes. https://glpf.org/blog/we-welcome-sharon-walton-our-new-vice-president-of-finance-and-administration/
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Since 1989, our endowment has powered bold ideas, from pioneering ballast water solutions to advancing water quality trading. We’re always seeking the next innovation to protect the Great Lakes for the generations ahead. https://glpf.org/
July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Stay in the loop with the people and projects shaping the future of the Great Lakes. Our quarterly newsletter delivers funding updates, project milestones, and forward-looking ideas. Sign up and be part of the momentum: https://bit.ly/3SvXbHI
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New Investment! Designing Market Pathways for Agroforestry Adoption on Problematic Cropland is a new 2025 design project laying the groundwork to connect early adopters of tree crops with committed buyers, improving farm viability and water quality basin-wide.
June 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A healthier Great Lakes ecosystem starts with reducing toxic pollution. We’re funding solutions that cut persistent bioaccumulative toxics. Have an idea? start a conversation with us and help protect our waters. https://bit.ly/42xZb6M
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ICYMI: Farewell PFAS.

A GLPF-supported project is testing technology that goes beyond removing PFAS from water. It destroys them completely. This is real progress, turning breakthrough science into lasting clean water for the Great Lakes region. https://bit.ly/42W5oel
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Coastlines are where land and lake meet and where restoration can deliver big returns. We support projects that use nature-based solutions to reduce erosion and build resilience across Great Lakes shorelines. https://glpf.org/
June 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM