The California Environmental Grassroots Fund supports small and emerging local groups across California that are building climate resilience and advancing environmental justice.
Donor Name: Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/02/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
These organizations are rooted in the communities they serve and are committed to building the environmental movement through broad outreach, engagement, and organizing. The fund prioritizes groups that serve & represent historically marginalized or impacted communities, especially BIPOC, frontline, and low-income communities.
Priority Areas
- Movement–building: Groups building broad community support and engaging in effective public outreach.
- Impacted and Underserved Communities: Groups that serve and represent historically marginalized or impacted communities, especially BIPOC, frontline, immigrant, and low-income communities.
- Community-Oriented: Organizations grounded in the communities they serve and addressing important local problems.
- Big Picture Vision: Organizations who are thinking strategically about how their work fits into the larger landscape of environmental challenges they face today.
- Climate Resilience and Environmental Justice: These priority areas encompass a wide scope of work, from fighting to protect the forests and natural biodiversity, planning for sustainable and equitable management of the water resources, reimagining the food and transportation systems, and addressing the disproportionate effects of pollution and climate impacts on poor, BIPOC, and immigrant communities.
Funding Information
The Maximum grant award is $7,500.
Grant Period
Grants are for a one year period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Annual income or expenses of $150,000 or less.
- Applicants may be a nonprofit, be fiscally sponsored by another nonprofit, or ask for fiscal sponsorship from the fund.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Capital campaigns, annual fundraising appeals, government agencies, colleges or universities, and individuals.
- One-day or weekend events and festivals because of the short-term nature of events, and difficulty in measuring the long-term impact.
- Supporting or opposing political candidates (nonprofits are banned from supporting or opposing any candidate running for elected office, or supporting any political parties).
For more information, visit Rose Foundation.
