TORONTO — RBC today announced its latest round of RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty-one organizations, selected out of 159 applicants from around the world, will share more than $4,194,000 million in grants for programs that help protect watersheds and improve access to clean drinking water. Recipients will deliver programs in Canada, the United States and the British Isles.
   
"Once again, we were pleased by the quality of grant applications in this second year of the RBC Blue Water Project," said Gordon M. Nixon, president and CEO, RBC. "It's gratifying to see that there's such a vital network of organizations who share our concern for water and that so many people are doing critical, on-the-ground work protecting fresh water resources worldwide."
   
"It was a daunting exercise to evaluate and choose from the 159 applications," said Rob de Loe, professor and University Research Chair in Water Policy and Governance, University of Waterloo, and chair of the RBC Blue Water Project Advisory Panel. "We were looking for innovative, collaborative programs that would provide a significant, measurable environmental and social impact. I'm confident that the 31 finalists represent a strong-cross section of local, regional and national programs that will result in better protection for watersheds and improved access to clean drinking water."
   
The RBC Blue Water Project is intended help foster a culture of water stewardship in Canada and abroad and includes a 10-year, $50 million philanthropic commitment to programs supporting watershed protection and access to clean drinking water. Since 2007, RBC has committed more than $20.48 million in single and multi-year grants to 155 organizations, including the 31 announced today.

For more information on the RBC Blue Water Project, as well as grant guidelines and application forms, visit www.rbc.com/bluewater.

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