The County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota is soliciting proposals for Green Partners Youth Environmental Education grants for the Environment and Energy Department.
Donor Name: County of Hennepin
State: Minnesota
County: Hennepin County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Youth environmental education projects engage youth in elementary and middle school in environmental education and outdoor nature experiences. Project activities engage youth in learning about the environment to develop their awareness and increase their knowledge of environmental issues and solutions. Strong projects are inquiry driven, incorporate hands-on and experiential environmental learning, provide outdoor nature experiences, and promote environmental stewardship.
Focus Areas
Project focuses on the following topics:
- Exploring waste, reuse, and recycling
- Recycling
- Reducing, reusing, repairing
- Organic waste and composting
- Waste systems
- Exploring natural resources
- Exploring climate change
- Climate science
- Climate issues
- Increasing resiliency.
Funding Information
- If your organization has never received a Hennepin County Green Partners grant before, you can apply for up to $12,000 for a one-year grant
- If your organization has received a Hennepin County Green Partners grant before, you can apply for up to $25,000 for a one-year grant or up to $50,000 for a two-year grant. (Multi-year requests are not always granted. The grant review committee will determine if the full request will be awarded).
Grant Period
- One-year projects period: September 2025-August 31, 2026
- Two-year projects period: September 2025-August 31, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Grant, the Applicant must be one of the following:
- A non-profit entity, such as a community, youth, or faith group, registered with the State of Minnesota Secretary of State
- A public school district or private school, including community education and early childhood family education programs
- A park district.
For more Information, visit County of Hennepin.
