Climate Justice Grantmaking
Funds neighborhood-level climate justice organizations governed by residents of communities most affected by climate impacts, with resources targeted to BIPOC-led and women- or nonbinary-led groups. Access is by invitation or referral, not open application.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The FAQ does not state grant amounts or durations. The organization reports having invested more than $50 million across over 350 grantees to date.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No open application round and no published deadline; the organization explains it uses invitation or referral deliberately to avoid burdening small grassroots groups.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- 501(c)(3) organizations or groups with a fiscal sponsor, led and governed by people living in the communities most impacted by the climate crisis, with organizational budgets under $1.5 million. No open application: entry is by invitation or referral only.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- climate justice · frontline communities · bipoc-led organizations · community power
- Apply at
- https://thesolutionsproject.org/what-we-do/grantmaking/grant-faqs/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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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