{"id":48365,"date":"2026-09-04T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=48365"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:25:50","slug":"dnr-announces-grant-money-available-again-for-venison-donation-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/09\/04\/dnr-announces-grant-money-available-again-for-venison-donation-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR Announces Grant Money Available Again for Venison Donation Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annual program provides funding to process donated deer<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48366\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/venisondonationprogram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48366\" class=\"wp-image-48366\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/venisondonationprogram-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh meat being carved on a butcher&apos;s block\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/venisondonationprogram-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/venisondonationprogram.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is now accepting applications for its<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Venison-Donation-Grant-Program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a02026 venison donation grant program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Grant money is available to organizations to assist with the direct costs of butchering and processing deer with the resulting venison being donated to programs who assist Marylanders in need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A total of $25,000 will be awarded, and grants will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible grantees are county governments, municipal corporations, or any 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applications for venison donation grants must be received by 11:59 p.m. on September 27, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/Venison-Donation-Grant-Program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information and applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0are available on the department\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual program provides funding to process donated deer The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is now accepting applications for its\u00a02026 venison donation grant program. Grant money is available to organizations to assist with the direct costs of butchering and processing deer with the resulting venison being donated to programs who assist Marylanders in need.\u00a0 A total of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/09\/04\/dnr-announces-grant-money-available-again-for-venison-donation-programs\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3059,5458,4960,3837],"class_list":["post-48365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-deer","tag-donations","tag-hunting","tag-venison"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48367,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48365\/revisions\/48367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}