Advisor-Nominated Grassroots Grants
Small grants to grassroots environmental justice groups, chosen by volunteer advisors from the affected regions rather than by staff. The fund describes this as participatory grantmaking.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (total award)Grants average around $5,000; the fund notes a grant at that scale may cover full costs for a grassroots organization for a year. No published minimum or maximum.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No application deadlines exist because there is no open application process; advisors make funding decisions on an ongoing basis.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- There is no open application: the fund states it does not accept unsolicited grant proposals. Groups are identified and funded through more than 200 volunteer experts sitting on roughly 30 regional and thematic advisory boards. A university cannot apply; the route in is to be known to a regional advisor, typically as a grassroots partner.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- environmental justice · grassroots organizing · participatory grantmaking
- Apply at
- https://www.greengrants.org/faqs/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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