Community Grant Opportunities

Community Grant Opportunities

Below is a list of grant opportunities available to community-based organizations such as non-profits, neighborhood groups, civic and business associations, “Friends of” parks groups, and more. Check back for monthly updates to this list.

The Aerie Foundation
due 9/27/24
Up to $15,000
To support nonprofit organizations that build confidence in young women, foster inclusive communities, and protect the planet to make the world a better place for all. Ultimately, the funding agency invests in making the world a more positive place for the current generation and generations to come. Proposed projects must address at least one of the following purpose areas: projects that build confidence and increase mental well-being and self-esteem in young women, that promote the inclusion of people of all backgrounds and abilities in all aspects of life, and/or are focused on protecting the planet and addressing climate change.

Norfolk Southern Foundation Thriving Communities Grant Program
due 10/1/24
$1,000-$50,000
To promote sustainability initiatives, workforce development programs, and community resiliency efforts across Norfolk Southern’s 22-state network.

People for Bikes Industry Community Grant Program
Letters of interest due 10/11/24
$5,000 to $10,000
To help transform communities through bike infrastructure initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to bike. The top program priority is to support infrastructure projects that improve a community’s City Ratings score by building connections in a low-stress bikeway network or improving access to recreational amenities.

Walmart Spark Good Local Grants Program
due 10/15/24
$250 to $5,000
To address the unique needs of the communities where Walmart operates. Projects should align with Walmart’s core initiatives: “Creating Opportunity”, “Advancing Sustainability”, “Strengthening Communities”, and “Center for Racial Equity”.

River Network Rooting Resilience
due 10/23/24
Awards range from $75K-$200K over 1-3 years
To provide financial and technical assistance to community-based nonprofit organizations to plan and implement small-scale forestry projects that will support equitable climate resilience in disadvantaged communities that are often the most impacted by climate change.

The Lawrence Foundation
10/31/24
$5k minimum
Funding will be provided to organizations that are working to solve pressing environmental, human services, and other issues, for either general operating or project requests. Generally, awards are issued as unrestricted grants.

Cedar Tree Foundation: Rooted in Justice
due 10/31/24
Awards are $20K-$25K/year for 2 years
To amplify youth voices and actions in the environmental and food justice movements. Funding will support nonprofit community-based organizations that work with young people ages 12 to 20 in youth-led projects for communities or cultures which have historically or currently experience a lack of access to land or nature; agricultural oppression and/or neglect; food apartheid; and/or other forms of injustice based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, and disability.

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
due 11/12/24
$1,000 to $20,000
To support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC): EJ4Climate: Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience Grant Program
due 11/14/24
$175,000 CAD
To support community-led education programming to increase environmental justice and climate adaptation knowledge. The program is dedicated to empowering underserved and vulnerable communities, as well as Indigenous communities, across North America to help prepare them for climate-related impacts and advance environmental justice. Proposed projects may promote the development of climate adaptation knowledge related to the following themes: Extreme weather impacts, transition to clean energy sources, conservation or restoration initiatives, and traditional ecological knowledge to address climate change impacts and/or food sovereignty.

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment
due 1/31/25
Up to $25K
To support a wide variety of projects that strive to protect living resources and their habitats. The program will provide general project support, as well as support for capacity building and capital campaigns.

Rolling Admission

The Pollination Project
Rolling admission
$1,000 micro grants
To support grassroots organizations, including informally organized groups and organizations as well as formally registered or incorporated nonprofit organizations, that seek to build a kinder, more compassionate world. This program will provide seed funding to support community-driven grassroots initiatives that empower individuals and inspire others.

The Norman Foundation
Rolling admission; Letter of inquiry required
To support tax-exempt organizations focused primarily on domestic issues seeking to strengthen the ability of communities to enhance their economic, environmental, and social well-being. Funding may be provided for general support, projects, capacity-building efforts, and collaborative efforts. Funding will support projects that promote economic justice and development through community organizing, coalition building, and policy-reform efforts, work to prevent disposal of toxic substances in communities, link environmental issues with economic and social justice, and/or link community-based economic and environmental justice organizing to national and international reform efforts

Virginia Trees for Clean Water
Rolling admission until 12/1/24
$1K-50K
To encourage the creation of long-term, sustained canopy cover to improve water quality across the Commonwealth. This grant is used to fund tree-planting efforts that raise public awareness of the benefits of trees and impacts on water quality.

All Points North Foundation
$60K - $100K
To support nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated measurable success and can showcase the potential for creating significant impact in the areas of education and solar energy in underserved communities.

Chesapeake Bay Trust Mini Urban Trees Grant
Rolling admission
$5K max
To implement small tree planting projects which occur in urban areas with low median household income levels, high unemployment, and neighborhoods with housing projects or that were historically red-lined at any time.

Republic Services Community Grant Program
Rolling admission
To help nonprofit organizations create stronger, cleaner, and healthier places and spaces in the neighborhoods that the funding agency serves. Preference will be given to projects that address neighborhood revitalization, safety, disaster relief, and social services.

Fruit Tree Orchard Grant
Rolling admission
To provide for the planting of fruit tree orchards to improve the surrounding environment and provide a local source of healthy nutrition. Orchards may be planted in places such as community gardens, public schools, city and state parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, and animal sanctuaries.

Community First Fund’s Rapid Response Fund
Applications reviewed bi-monthly
$10-$100k
To shift philanthropic practices by distributing responsive resources in a timely way that prioritizes the humanity of black and brown people, the frontline organizations they may lead, and the grassroots organizations that may be accountable to them.