City of Shoreline Environmental Mini-Grants 2024 – Washington

The City of Shoreline offers grants up to $5,000 per application to individuals, community groups, schools, churches, and business owners for projects that benefit the environment and community.

Donor Name: City of Shoreline

State: Washington

City: Shoreline

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/31/2024

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

Focus Areas

• Prepare the community for the impacts of climate change
  • Help the community adapt and get ready for the effects of climate change. These effects can include things like extreme heat, wildfire smoke, floods, and harmful mental and physical impacts, especially for vulnerable populations.  Here are some project ideas to get you started:
    • Make and share tools or resources to help people stay safe during extreme heat, wildfire smoke, or floods
    • Start a community garden to grow culturally important food and to support fair access to food
    • Offer internships, mentoring, or green job training for young people
    • Increase awareness about the impacts of climate change impacts and ways to help through art or education
• Prevent and reduce waste
  • Reduce garbage, help people reuse and repair things, and recycle and compost more. Here are some project ideas to get you started:
    • Host an event to repair and teach others how to fix everyday items like clothing, appliances, or furniture
    • Create a lending library or other resource that helps people reuse things
    • Start a composting or recycling program at a school, community center, or place of worship
    • Switch to using reusable dishes and utensils at a business, school, or community center
• Protect and restore the natural habitats
  • Plant trees, keep the lakes and streams clean, and create more green spaces to improve air quality, provide shade and protection from heat, and reduce flooding. Here are some project ideas to get you started:
    • Plant trees to increase shade and absorb carbon dioxide, especially in areas with a lot of pavement or concrete that makes for hotter temperatures
    • Remove pavement at schools, churches, or community centers and put in gardens for pollinators or plant more trees
    • Host a beach clean-up or a litter pick-up event in your neighborhood
    • Teach the community about caring for the natural areas and wildlife
• Use less fossil fuels in the cars and buildings.
  • Support ways of getting around that don’t need gasoline or diesel fuel, like biking, walking, and electric vehicles. Improve building energy use by converting natural gas heating systems to electric options. Example projects include:
    • Provide education or classes on bicycling and bicycle safety
    • Set up an e-bike lending library to provide access to electric bicycles
    • Install bike racks for public use or bike storage lockers for employees, students, or patrons to use at a business, school, or community center
    • Install electric vehicle charging stations for the public to use at a business or community center
    • Replace natural gas heating systems and appliances with electric options at a school or other building serving vulnerable community members.

Projects must:

• Make a real and easy-to-measure positive impact on the environment and community
• Include at least a 20% match for eligible project costs (This means you need to contribute money, volunteer hours, or staff time that add up to at least 20% of the total grant funds)
• Be completed within 2024.

For more information, visit City of Shoreline.