Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Crown Family Philanthropies: Grants for Climate & Energy

Type

Funding

Organization

Crown Family Philanthropies

Description

The successor to the Arie and Ida Crown foundation, Crown Family Philanthropies funds a bevy of social causes in Chicago and in the Midwest more broadly. Grants for environmental issues, including climate change, constitute some of this largesse. The award amounts are large, but relatively few, and an organization must meet numerous criteria to get them.

Funding Amount

$10 million in total programming.

Matching Funds

The foundation requires that your annual budget be $200,000 or more, that you are not running recurring deficits, and that you do not rely to any large degree on government funding. And fundraising cannot constitute more than 25 percent of your total program expenses.

Geography

Chicago

Cook county

Michigan

Eligibility

Have 501(c)(3) status or have a fiscal agent with 501(c)(3) status
Have an annual budget of $200K or more
Be primarily independent from government support
Provide service to residents of Greater Chicago and Cook County. Unsolicited applications from organizations operating in Israel are not accepted. Geographic exceptions are made by invitation only.

Website

http://www.crownfamilyphilanthropies.org/ApplyGrant/overview.aspx

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.