The Green Neighborhood Grant Program seeks to help bring neighbors together to pursue projects which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create natural areas that are more resilient to the impacts of climate change, and ultimately benefit the entire community.
Donor Name: Town of Carrboro
State: North Carolina
Town: Carrboro
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Carrboro Town Council accepted the Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP) in 2017 to expand the Town’s existing climate action efforts and emphasize measures that community members can implement to help achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. The plan’s goal is to raise the community’s awareness and involvement in climate action and the enhancement of ecosystem resilience. In 2020, the Town updated the CCAP goals to recommend an 80% reduction of 2010 emissions levels by 2030. To achieve this goal, widespread community participation in every aspect of the plan is essential.
Grant Program Goals
- Educate and empower neighborhoods to address climate change
- Build neighborhood capacity to engage in climate action
- Develop and enhance community and Town partnerships
- Leverage Town and neighborhood involvement and resources
- Distribute resources to low-income and communities of color who are disproportionately affected by climate change.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $2,500.
Eligible Projects
Projects that demonstrate shared benefits with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and/or contributing to ecosystem resiliency.
All projects must achieve the following:
- Reduce emissions, enhance ecosystem resiliency, or contribute to climate action awareness or engagement
- Be completed within six months of grant award
- Be initiated, planned, and implemented by community members
- Obtain Town permits required for construction, if applicable.
- Any contractors must carry required insurance.
- Group/fiscal agent must obtain adequate liability insurance if deemed necessary by the Town (e.g. event insurance).
Who may apply?
Neighborhoods must be located within Carrboro’s Town Limits.
For more information, visit Town of Carrboro.
