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Organization |
Grant Deadline | Description | Category | Funding Amount | Geography | Website |
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| Coastal Research Application Funding Opportunity | Sea Grant and the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: June 15, 2022. Sea Grant and the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) announced a new funding opportunity for collaborative projects to integrate research, its application, and community engagement in thematic areas of long-term coastal evolution, extreme storms, and human and ecosystem health. Proposals should address the needs or gaps that have been identified by or are evident from USCRP-funded projects, to move research project findings toward application through service delivery and decision support for coastal community decision-makers, planners, and other coastal stakeholders. It is anticipated that approximately $4,000,000 will be available to fund 10-20 projects at up to $150,000 over two years (Tier 1) or up to $500,000 over four years (Tier 2). Matching funds will not be required for this competition. Learn more and apply here. |
Research, community engagement, coastal communities, climate change, ecosystem health | Up to $150,000 over two years (Tier 1) or up to $500,000 over four years (Tier 2) | National | Link | |
| Fertile Ground Grant Program | Seeds of Native Health, AHA, AICAF |
Deadline Passed 12/19/2017. Deadline for 2018 Unknown.The new Fertile Ground Grant Program funds tribes, Native advocates, Native youth, and Native-led organizations to create sustainable community health improvements through nutrition and food sovereignty efforts. The grants of up to $35,000 will provide support for:
The program is funded by $100,000 from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community through its Seeds of Native Health philanthropic campaign and $100,000 from the AHA through its Voices for Healthy Kids campaign. AICAF will serve as the intermediary partner and administer the program. |
nutrition, food sovereignty, community health, tradition, culture, indigenous knowledge | $0-$35,000 | National | Link | |
| Land Defenders and Water Protectors | Seventh Generation for Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc. |
Deadline Passed 10/11/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples is inviting proposals for the Land Defenders and Water Protectors Program: supporting Indigenous community-based organizations protecting Earth’s natural systems and ability to nurture and sustain life. Upholding Indigenous territorial sovereignty and self-determination, Native land stewardship practices, and the defense of sacred lands, waters and species. Potential projects may include:
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land, water, conservation, indigenous, community-based, sovereignty, stewardship, defense | $500-$10,000 | National | Link | |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peopes - Flicker - Wildfire Response | Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples |
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples is offering emergency funding to Native families impacted by the wildfires in the West. These one-time disbursements will be coordinated through our Flicker Fund to provide help during evacuations, loss of homes, escape from heavy smoke events, and other emergencies. Taking applications from September 10 - 25, 2020. Visit: https://7genfund.submittable.com/submit/174434/flicker-wildfire-response. |
National | Link | |||
| 2018 Responsive Grants Program | Sierra Health Foundation |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: 3/19/2018. Through the Responsive Grants Program, Sierra Health Foundation will invest in communities and organizations that promote health and racial equity to address health disparities and the social determinants of health. Sierra Health Foundation has a broad definition of health, believing there is much more to health than health care. Health is influenced by many factors, including socioeconomic conditions, environment, education, income, housing, neighborhood safety and other drivers of health outcomes – factors that have come to be known as the Social Determinants of Health. Where we live, work and play has a significant influence on our health. Health equity means achieving the highest possible standard of health for all people and giving special attention to the needs of those at greatest risk of poor health, based on social conditions. Racial equity “is the condition that would be achieved if one’s racial identity no longer predicted, in a statistical sense, how one fares. |
health equity, racial equity, quality of life, education, environment, sustainability | Up to $15,000 | Northern California, California, Siskiyou | Link | |
| Funding Opportunity for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure | State of Washington, Department of Ecology |
Deadline Passed 02/04/2020. Deadline Unknown for 2021. The Washington Department of Ecology will open a grant opportunity to install or upgrade existing publicly available direct current fast chargers (DCFC) along high-traffic transportation corridors. Preliminary information on eligibility and minimum criteria is available to provide applicants sufficient time to prepare this funding opportunity. Additional detail, including scoring criteria and process, will be available in the grant guidelines when the funding opportunity opens on December 3, 2019. |
Electric vehicles, transportation, installation, charging stations | up to $600,000 | Washington state | Link | |
| Alaska State's First Lady Volunteer Awards | State-funded |
RFP closed, expect next announcement winter of 2016. The awards recognize volunteers who engage in unpaid charitable activities, demonstrate personal commitment to long-term volunteer services, and make a significant impact for Alaskans. Nominations are due March 3rd. |
Volunteer Recognition | Unknown | Alaska | Link | |
| Alaska Sustainble Salmon Fund | State-funded |
Deadline passed June 15, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. Projects must directly relate to one of the following congressionally authorized uses: Restoring or protecting salmon or steelhead habitat; Maintenance of salmon or steelhead populations necessary for subsistence fishing. |
Conservation, Salmon | $4,000,000 total; funding per project varies | Alaska | Link | |
| TD Green Streets Program | TD Banks and Arbor Day Foundation |
Deadline Passes December 11, 2017. Deadline for 2018 unknown. TD Bank and the Arbor Day Foundation are accepting applications to TD Green Streets, an annual program that supports innovative urban forestry initiatives in low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods. Ten $20,000 grants will be awarded for the purchase of trees, tree planting and maintenance, and educational activities. Up to 50 percent of the proposed funding can be used to purchase new trees. To be eligible for a TD Green Streets grant, qualified municipalities must be a current Arbor Day Foundation Tree City USA-designated community within TD Bank's U.S. footprint. In addition, the trees must be planted in neighborhoods identified as low-to-moderate-income. Municipalities are encouraged to apply in partnership with community partners such as nonprofit organizations, schools, businesses, etc. |
urban forestry, tree planting, forestry education | $20,000 | National | Link | |
| 2022 Tepa Native American Scholarship Funds | Tepa Companies |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: June 30, 2022. The Tepa Native American Scholarship Fund was established by the Tepa Companies who are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. The scholarship was created to build personal and lasting relationships with students who will become the future leaders in Native American communities and possibly within the Tepa Companies. Two awards of $1,000 will be provided to Native American students majoring in Environmental Science, Earth Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance or Business Administration for the 2022 Fall semester. Learn more and apply here. |
Earth science, technology, construction, engineering, | $1000 | National | Link | |
| Alaska Native Social Justice Fund | The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) |
Deadline for 2018 passed 1/5/2018. Deadline for 2019 unknown. The Alaska Community Foundation’s goals for the Alaska Native Social Justice Fund grant cycle are to support strategic collaborations that prioritize leadership development and allow Alaska Native communities to use their own voices to identify and address the social justice issues that are the most important to their communities. These may include, but are not limited to access to and use of traditional resources, overrepresentation in the prison system, under-representation in the political process, and unequal access to education. |
social justice, use of traditional resources | rant awards through this program will range from $5,000 to $20,000 and may be eligible for renewal for an additional year. ACF anticipates awarding 8 to 12 grants. The total 2018 funding available for this program is $140,000. | Alaska | Link | |
| Wildhorse Foundation | The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) |
Deadline Passed 10/01/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. Today, the Wildhorse Foundation donates over $1,000,000 every year to local programs and services that benefit our giving area. We fund projects in the areas of: Arts; Cultural Activities; Education; Environmental Protection; Gambling Addiction Prevention; Education and Treatment; Historic Preservation; Public Health; Public Safety; Salmon Restoration |
environmental protection, education, historic preservation, public health, salmon restoration | up to $20,000 | Oregon, Washington | Link | |
| Equator Prize 2019 Call for Nominations | The Equator Initiative |
Deadline Passed 02/26/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. The Equator Prize 2019 will be awarded to outstanding community and indigenous initiatives that are advancing nature-based solutions for climate change and local sustainable development. The Equator Prize winners will join a prestigious network of 223 community-based organizations from 78 countries that have been awarded the Equator Prize since 2002. Each winning group will receive USD 10,000 and will be invited to participate in a series of policy dialogues and special events during the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2019, culminating in an award ceremony at the beginning of Climate Week. |
community, indigenous, climate change, adaptation, innovation, sustainable development | $10,000 | National, International | Link | |
| Mini Grant Application for Partners for Places – Round 2. | The Funders Network (TFN) and The Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) |
Most Recent Deadline: 7/30/2020. The Funders Network (TFN) and The Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) offer the Partners for Places (P4P) fund to create or improve collaborative partnerships between local government leaders, place-based funders , and frontline community-led group(s). This grant opportunity intends to build these partnerships, so that the these groups can connect and align to produce work that advances an equitable sustainability project. The purpose is to address frontline community priorities and apply a racial equity approach to both collaboration and project planning / implementation. Review the most recent P4P invitation to apply here. Follow-on funding to awarded mini grants is competitive and not guaranteed. Mini grants strengthen the relationship between the applying partners in order to aid in the joint development of a full P4P application. Mini grant requests can be up to $10,000. For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.fundersnetwork.org/partners-for-places/. |
Up to $10,000 | National | Link | ||
| Gulf Sea Level Variation and Rise Grants | The Gulf Research Program |
Most recent deadline: 8/18/2021. The Gulf Research Program announced the availability of the full Request for Applications (RFA) on June 17, 2021. This funding opportunity focuses on advancing the understanding of the regional components of sea level variation and rise and then incorporating this understanding into more reliable forecast models and projections of relative sea level rise. |
sea level rise, ocean, | Up to $5 million | Gulf of Mexico | Link | |
| Strengthening Partnerships and Engaging Networks | The Gulf Research Program |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: 7/20/2021. The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking projects from Communities of Practice (CoP) that work in the area of climate adaptation or disaster resilience to build the knowledge base and capacity of their members to apply an equity lens to their activities in order to address the needs and challenges of communities that are disproportionately at risk from climate hazards or other disasters. |
climate hazards, communities | Up to $1.0 million | Link | ||
| ITC Native American Natural Resource Research Scholarship | The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC), USDA |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: varies by scholarship. The ITC Education Scholarship is designed to support tribally relevant, natural resource based, research being conducted by Native American scholars enrolled in a graduate program. |
scholarship, natural resources | Varies, not to exceed $5,000 | National | Link | |
| Bridging Knowledge to Action | The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine |
Most Recent Deadline: 8/27/2021. The Gulf Research Program (GRP) is seeking proposals from U.S. academic institutions or nonprofit organizations that demonstrate how the use of data can help state/local/tribal governments achieve more equitable outcomes associated with climate hazards or other disasters in order to address the priorities or needs of communities that are disproportionately at risk. The GRP expects to award up to six projects under this funding opportunity. |
Up to $1.8 million | National. | Link | ||
| Native Small Business Grant Opportunity | The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) |
Deadline passed. Application window will remain open until all funds are exhausted. With generous support from Google.org, NCAI is issuing business stabilization grants in the amount of $5,000 each to a total of 28 selected Native-owned small businesses that have been severely impacted by the curtailing of commercial activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Awarded applicants can use the funds to address their most urgent needs to stabilize and strengthen their businesses, such as (but not limited to): making monthly payments on small business loans that have lapsed due to declining business revenues; keeping employees employed; paying their vendors; and/or purchasing equipment/software to transition or grow their businesses online. |
Small Business | $5,000 | National | Link | |
| Ski Conservation Fund: White River National Forest | The National Forest Foundation (NFF) |
Partnered with Vail Resorts, Inc., Copper Mountain and Arapahoe Basin, the NFF offers a grant opportunity to help maintain and enhance the quality of the White River National Forest. |
Forestry, watershed conservation, recreation, wildlife habitat | Funding is distributed as a match to an anticipated in-kind non-Federal donation of at least 50% of the total award. | White River National Forest, Rockies Mountains, CO | Link | |
| Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) | The National Park Service | 01/31/2023 |
On August 4, 2020 the Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law. The bill provides $900 million in permanent and dedicated annual funding for the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and invests up to $9.5 billion to address priority repairs in our national parks and other public lands. The Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program, created in 2014, is an urban park grants program funded through the Land & Water Conservation Fund. The ORLP offers nationally competitive grants to support the creation or significant renovation of state or locally-owned parks and other outdoor recreation spaces located in urban areas. Funded projects help the public access or re-connect with the outdoors, and specifically target economically disadvantaged neighborhoods that lack adequate parks and recreational opportunities. The sixth application round with $192 million available is now open. Grants range from $300,000 to $10 million. Applications are being accepted in Grants.gov through May 31, 2023, with an early submission deadline of January 31, 2023 for those that have application requirements completed. Interested jurisdictions should contact their state lead agency for LWCF. |
land water conservation, parks and recreation, outdoors, publicly-owned lands | $250,000-$750,000 | 50, 000 or more people | Link |
| Explore Fund--The North Face Annual Grant | The North Face (Corporation) |
Deadline unknown for FY 2017. The North Face Explore Fund provides $500,000 annually in grants to nonprofit organizations working in powerful and creative ways to encourage participants to experience outdoor activities and develop an enduring appreciation of the outdoors. Since its founding in 2010, the Explore Fund has provided more than 400 grants to nonprofit organizations that serve thousands of people in communities around the country. The Explore Fund reflects a significant commitment by The North Face to introduce more people to the joy of exploring the outdoors and the natural world. |
Environmental Education | $5,000-$25,000 | National | Link | |
| Rural Housing Preservation Grants | The Rural Housing Service (RHS) |
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is soliciting applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. |
Community Development, Housing, Infrastructure | Up to $50,000 | Rural | Link | |
| Tomkat Charitable Trust: Grants for Climate & Energy | Tomkat Charitable |
Tomkat does not accept proposals, but they can be reached by email. This fund is strongly and vocally in support of clean energy development and sustainable living. Aside from energy, Steyer and wife Taylor (get it, Tomkat), are also invested in healthy foods and sustainable food systems, going so far as to start their own ranch. They also back some education stuff and more run-of-the-mill environmentalism, but their biggest giving to date has gone to energy and climate. |
climate change, sustainability, food justice, subsistence, emissions, conservation, coal, carbon | Varies. | International | Link | |
| Tribal Energy Plan Grant | Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund |
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: October 7, 2022. The Tribal Energy Plan Grant program is open until funding is fully subscribed. Applicants may apply for funding up to $25,000 for up to one year. The development of Tribal Energy Plans are intended to help tribal communities quickly and efficiently triage the known practical and impactful strategies to reduce greenhouse gas, reduce energy costs, and operate more sustainably. The grants can be used to compensate the planning team for their time, contract the services of consultants or other third-party experts, and cover the costs of public meetings and other methods soliciting public input. Learn more and apply here. |
Climate resilience, mitigation, research, adaptation, capacity building | Varies. | California | Link | |
| Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program – Organic Transitions | U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
Most recent deadline: 3/15/2021. The overall goal of the Organic Transitions Program (ORG) is to support the development and implementation of research, extension and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those who are adopting organic practices. NIFA administers the ORG program by determining priorities in U.S. agriculture through Agency stakeholder input processes in consultation with the NAREEEAB. ORG will continue to prioritize environmental services provided by organic farming systems in the area of soil conservation, pollinator health, and climate change mitigation, including greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as the development of educational tools for Cooperative Extension personnel and other agricultural professionals who advise producers on organic practices, and development of cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National Organic Program’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. It is expected that all projects will integrate research, education and extension activities, as appropriate to project goals, although some projects may be weighted more heavily than others in one or more of these areas. However, all proposals should have activities and impact in research and at least one of the other areas: education and extension. |
Agriculture, Organic | $0 - $500,000 | National. | Link | |
| START Renewable Energy Project Development Assistance | U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy |
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Offi ce of Indian Energy is now accepting applications for the third round of |
Renewable energy, Development | Unknown | National, Tribes, Alaska | Link | |
| Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund | U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Recognizing that more than half of all species listed as endangered or threatened spend at least part of their life cycle on private land, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began working with private landowners to foster stewardship on private lands. To encourage this cooperation, the service has four grant programs available through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. These programs include Traditional Conservation Grants, Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance Grants, Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grants, and Recovery Land Acquisition Grants. |
Endangered Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Conservation, Land Acquisition & Recovery. | Up to $2,000,000. | National | Link | |
| Resilience and Durability to Extreme Weather Pilot Program | U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration |
Deadline Passed as of 2/09/2018. Deadline for 2019 Unknown. Natural disasters have become increasingly damaging and problematic to transportation systems in many locations within the United States, affecting the performance of the transportation network and straining state and Federal funding for repair and maintenance. Addressing this critical issue is included in the U.S. Department of Transportation Draft Strategic Plan for FY 2018 -2021, which includes development of new tools to improve transportation infrastructure durability and resilience as a priority innovation area. It also states that infrastructure should be made resilient and durable to withstand extreme weather events. This pilot program will assist U.S. DOT and FHWA in achieving these strategic objectives, reducing future maintenance costs over the full life-cycle of transportation assets. |
transportation, highway resilience, durability, extreme weather impacts, engineering | $10,000-$250,000 | National | Link | |
| Region 9: Water Pollution Control Program | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Recent Deadline: 2/01/2021. The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 106 – Water Pollution Control Program assists federally-recognized Indian tribes with achieving environmental results by developing institutional capacity for administering water quality programs to protect, improve and enhance natural resources. |
Water Pollution, Clean Water | $40,000-$200,000. First-time eligible applicants may receive grants for $40,000. | Pacific Southwest | Link |
