Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    TWO CENTS FOR COMPOST PROGRAM: A VOLUNTARY DONATION PROGRAM IN WHICH COMPOST PRODUCERS AGREE TO PAY INTO A FUND THAT WILL BE MANAGED BY CCREF. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, PRODUCERS WILL PAY .02 PER TON OF COMPOST THAT THEY SELL, OR A PENNY PER CUBIC YARD. THIS MONEY WILL BE PLACED IN A DEDICATED FUND THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE CCREF. AFTER ESTABLISHING GRANT- MAKING CRITERIA, THE CCREF WILL USE AN OPEN RFP PROCESS TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS. YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SCHOLARSHIP: THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP SUPPORT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF COMPOST USE AND APPLICATION, AND THE SOIL WATER CONNECTION. THE GOAL IS TO BRING ATTENTION TO EMERGING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF COMPOST.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Apr 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $36.4K

  • Compost Research and Education Program

    TWO CENTS FOR COMPOST PROGRAM: A VOLUNTARY DONATION PROGRAM IN WHICH COMPOST PRODUCERS AGREE TO PAY INTO A FUND THAT WILL BE MANAGED BY CCREF. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, PRODUCERS WILL PAY .02 PER TON OF COMPOST THAT THEY SELL, OR A PENNY PER CUBIC YARD. THIS MONEY WILL BE PLACED IN A DEDICATED FUND THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE CCREF. AFTER ESTABLISHING GRANT- MAKING CRITERIA, THE CCREF WILL USE AN OPEN RFP PROCESS TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS. YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SCHOLARSHIP: THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP SUPPORT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF COMPOST USE AND APPLICATION, AND THE SOIL WATER CONNECTION. THE GOAL IS TO BRING ATTENTION TO EMERGING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF COMPOST.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Apr 1, 2021 – Mar 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $123.6K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    1.THIS YEAR, CREF ADVANCED A MUCH-NEEDED COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE TEST METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF COMPOSTING AND COMPOST (TMECC) WITH THE SUPPORT OF 20+ EXPERT REVIEWERS. THESE PHASE I UPDATES FOCUS ON THE U.S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL'S SEAL OF TESTING ASSURANCE METHODS AND ONCE COMPLETE, WILL PROVIDE A STRONG, RELEVANT FOUNDATION FOR COMPOST SCIENCE AND THE GROWING ORGANICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY. 2.OUR COMPOST OPERATIONS TRAINING COURSE (COTC) IS THE EDUCATIONAL GOLD STANDARD FOR COMMERCIAL-SCALE COMPOSTING, TRAINING 1,500+ PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY OVER 15 YEARS. 3.INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK (ICAW) IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION INITIATIVE OF THE COMPOST INDUSTRY. CREF COORDINATES ITS CELEBRATION DURING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY WITH U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. THE ICAW POSTER CONTEST HAD SUBMISSIONS FROM OVER 700 APPLICANTS FROM OVER 70 COUNTRIES. 4.THE COMPOSTABLE FIELD TESTING PROGRAM (CFTP) IS AN ONGOING INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT ASSESSING THE DISINTEGRATION OF COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS IN VARIED COMPOST FACILITY SYSTEMS, WITH A GOAL OF DATA SHARED ON A PUBLIC, OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM. CFTP STAFF ALSO CO-AUTHORED THE NEWLY-PUBLISHED ASTM FIELD TEST STANDARDS, AND ARE WORKING TO PUBLISH THEIR OWN DETAILED FIELD TESTING METHODS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE FOR IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY.
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    Not indicated
    Dates
    Apr 1, 2024 – Mar 31, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $421.8K