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Applications Open for CHEJ Small Grants Program

Dated: September 12, 2022

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) is seeking applications for its Small Grants Program from grassroots groups working on environmental health and justice issues.

Donor Name: Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/07/2022

Grants Size: $10,000 to $20,000

Details:

Grassroots communities of color, low wealth, rural and urban groups are encouraged to apply. If you are part of a coalition, each group in the coalition may apply as well as the coalition itself. This grant program will support projects that help groups move toward their goals by building leadership, increasing capacity, or providing training and education. A priority of CHEJ’s Small Grants Program is to help grassroots community groups to build their capacity. Their program is designed to reach people from low wealth communities and communities of color who are impacted by environmental harms.

CHEJ prioritizes community-based organizations aiming to have local, state, and regional impact as the core of the health and environmental justice movement. CHEJ believes that no social change on behalf of the exploited comes without strong community-based organizations.

Grant activities can include:

  • Board Development
  • Membership outreach
  • Fundraising efforts
  • Meeting to develop organizing/strategic plans.
  • Events that are part of that plan.
  • Training leaders to go door-to-door
  • Equipment for communications, example; the purchase of Zoom software.
  • Educational activities directly connected to your strategic plan General events, done safely and honoring social distancing.

Funding Information

  • The grant application is different for different sized organizations. Small organizations and all-volunteer groups with budgets under $50,000, FALL UNDER TIER 1. Grants are available in this tier range from $1,000 to $5,000.
  • Organizations with budgets no greater than $250,000, FALL UNDER TIER 2. Grants are available in this tier range from $5,000 to $10,000.
  • Larger organizations with budgets over $250,000, FALL UNDER TIER .  Grants are available in this tier range from $10,000 to $20,000.

Projects they are not likely to fund:

  • Film Production
  • Community Gardens
  • Individuals
  • National Organizations
  • Legal Assistance
  • Market Campaigns
  • Natural Environmental Protections
  • Food Banks
  • Organization Outside of the United States
  • National Campaigns, (except local/statewide group specific efforts may fit into a campaign)
  • They no longer can fund environmental testing
  • Groups with annual budget over one million dollars
  • Legislative Lobbying

For more information, visit CHEJ.

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