The Social Justice Fund NorthWest is pleased to announce the 2023 Environmental Justice Giving Project Grant, open to grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
Donor Name: Social Justice Fund NorthWest
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/14/2023
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The 2023 Giving Project will focus on Environmental Justice, making grants to support organizing work that aims to achieve equitable access to a clean and healthy environment for frontline communities most impacted by the climate crisis, environmental racism, and environmental injustice.
This grant will fund rural and urban organizations working at the intersection of environmental, racial, and economic justice to create sustainable, self-determined and just communities.
Social Justice Fund NorthWest will prioritize funding organizations with Black, Indigenous, and/or POC leadership, and/or who conduct most of their work in reservation communities, and/or rural, small town communities.
Some examples of organizing work that is eligible for this grant include:
- Resource mobilization for affordable and healthy housing
- Organizing efforts supporting access to clean and healthy food, water, and air
- Leadership development programs for environmental justice and health equity
- Facilitating just transition and climate resilience work
- Developing community processes, practices, or civic engagement addressing neighborhood blight.
Funding Information
Grant amount: Two-year grants of $30,000 ($15,000 per year).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations must meet the following criteria:
- Organizations that work within SJF’s community organizing framework
- Nonprofit organizations, tribal agencies, or groups sponsored by a nonprofit organization or tribal agency
- This grant can fund:
- Organizations with 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 status as determined by the IRS
- Federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency
- Organizations that are fiscally sponsored by 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 organizations or by federally recognized tribal governments
- This grant can fund:
- Organizations that carry out their work in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and/or Wyoming.
- Priority
- Social Justice Fund NorthWest will prioritize organizations in both the prescreening and final decisions process that:
- Have leadership (at least 51%) from Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities, and/or
- Conduct most of their work/organizing in reservation communities, and/or rural, small town communities.
- Social Justice Fund NorthWest will prioritize organizations in both the prescreening and final decisions process that:
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