Seed Grants
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Small rolling grants of $500-$1,000 for brand-new local environmental efforts in the six New England states, including groups with no legal entity. Useful as start-up money for community-led environmental or climate projects under a year old.
- Indicative award
- $500–$1k (total award)Published range is $500-$1,000. Groups may receive up to two Seed grants per calendar year if for different areas of work.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Rolling all year with the exception of January and July. Staff follow up roughly two weeks after submission and a final decision generally takes four to six weeks.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Local grassroots groups in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont with at least two organizers in decision-making and an annual operating budget under $100,000. No 501(c)(3), incorporation or fiscal sponsor required, only a checking account in the group's name.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- seed funding · community environmental projects · civic engagement
- Apply at
- https://grassrootsfund.org/grant-programs/seed-grants
- 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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