Who the Fund Supports:
The fund supports members and affiliates of four national networks of grassroots environmental justice organizations:
Climate Justice Alliance
The Environmental Justice Leadership Forum
(coordinated by WE ACT for Environmental Justice)People’s Action Institute
PowerSwitch Action (formerly Partnership for Working Families)
As a participatory fund guided by insights from representatives of the national networks it supports, the fund supports grantees that:
Build power in their communities by addressing links between their environmental and societal challenges
Do work that supports long-term change for comprehensive social and ecological well-being of communities
Are rooted in and represent the communities they serve
Demonstrate a commitment to justice and equity in both their organizational composition and in their work’s priorities, with particular attention to serving historically under-represented groups
Are incorporated or fiscally sponsored and conduct charitable activities consistent with 501(c)(3) regulations.
Since its inception, the Fund to Build Grassroots Power has supported grantees throughout the United States.
The fund prioritizes BIPOC and female leaders. In the most recent docket of grants from 2022:
87% of grantees are led by a person/people who are Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color
77% of grantees are led by a person/people who are women, transgender, or non-binary
What the Fund Supports
We believe grantees are best positioned to determine what they need to build capacity and power. The Fund to Build Grassroots Power provides grantees with flexible resources to advance their organizational and movement goals. For example, past grantees have used funds to grow their organization staff size, stabilize their organization’s finances, or and boost digital infrastructure. The fund does not support work conducted outside the United States and does not fund lobbying.
As a non-endowed fund, the Fund to Build Grassroots Power provides a vehicle for funders who are not directly supporting grassroots organizations to fund them more effectively.
Grantees
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In 2022, the FBGP selected 47 organizations for grants.
Anonymous: $50,000
Anonymous: $145,000
Black Dirt Farm Collective:$200,000
CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy): $150,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund: $150,000
Clean Air Now Kansas City: $100,000
Communities for a Better Environment:$150,000
Community Labor United: $150,000
Community to Community Development: $150,000
Cooperation Jackson: $150,000
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network: $200,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group: $70,000
East Michigan Environmental Action Council: $100,000
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.: $175,000
Firelands Together: $120,000
Grassroots Collaborative: $50,000
Green Door Initiative, Inc.: $225,000
Hometown Action: $120,000
Illinois People's Action: $90,000
Jesus People Against Pollution: $50,000
Kheprw Institute: $200,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO): $275,000
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts: $120,000
New Hampshire Youth Movement: $120,000
PA Stands Up: $120,000
People for Community Recovery: $50,000
People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) - Buffalo: $90,000
PLANevada (Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada):$120,000
PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth & her Resources):$190,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund: $60,000
Puget Sound Sage: $150,000
Rich City Rides:$275,000
Rights & Democracy Education Fund: $75,000
River Valley Organizing: $120,000
South Bronx Unite: $275,000
SouthWest Organizing Project: $150,000
Southwest Workers Union - Centro por la Justicia:$100,000
TakeAction Minnesota: $120,000
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS): $90,000
The People's Lobby Education Institute:$90,000
The Tallahassee Food Network, Inc.:$90,000
UPROSE:$100,000
Urban Tilth: $100,000
Verde: $100,000
West End Revitalization Association: $95,000
Wisconsin Green Muslims: $75,000
Workers' Assistance Project: $30,000
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In 2021, the FBGP provided 13 grassroots organizations with additional funding to support unexpected but necessary needs.
Communities for a Better Environment: $5,000
Community Voices Heard: $4,000
Detroit Action: $Detroit Action: 25,000
East Michigan Environmental Action Council: $10,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus: $5,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO): $5,000
Michigan United: $4,500
OneAmerica: $5,000
PA Stands Up: $4,500
People for Community Recovery: $5,000
The Tallahassee Food Network, Inc.: $15,000
Urban Tilth: $10,000
We Are Down Home: $2,000
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In 2021, the FBGP made grants to 101 grassroots organizations.
Alaska Community Action on Toxics: $150,000
ALIGN: Alliance for a Greater New York: $150,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment: $180,000
Anonymous: $105,000
Anonymous: $120,000
Another Gulf is Possible: $90,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network: $180,000
Black Workers for Justice: $60,000
CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy): $180,000
Center on Policy Initiatives: $150,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund: $180,000
Colorado People’s Alliance (COPA): $150,000
Communities for a Better Environment: $180,000
Communities United For Action: $150,000
Community In-Power and Development Association Inc.: $30,000
Community Labor United: $150,000
Community to Community Development: $180,000
Community Voices Heard: $120,000
Connecticut Citizen Research Group: $135,000
Cooperation Jackson: $180,000
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: $90,000
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network: $120,000
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group: $150,000
East Michigan Environmental Action Council: $180,000
Energy Justice Network: $90,000
Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform: $15,000
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint: $120,000
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.: $150,000
Firelands Together: $105,000
Georgia STAND-UP: $150,000
Go! Austin / ¡Vamos! Austin: $30,000
Got Green: $180,000
Grassroots Collaborative: $180,000
Green Door Initiative, Inc.: $180,000
GreenRoots, Inc.: $150,000
Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy: $90,000
Harambee House, Inc, Citizens for Environmental Justice: $45,000
Hometown Action: $120,000
Hoosier Action: $120,000
Illinois People's Action: $120,000
Indigenous Environmental Network: $90,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement: $165,000
Ironbound Community Corporation: $180,000
Jesus People Against Pollution: $6,000
Just Transition Alliance: $90,000
Kentucky Coalition: $106,500
Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition: $90,000
Kheprw Institute: $180,000
Land Loss Prevention Project: $90,000
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: $150,000
Maine People's Resource Center: $150,000
Miami Workers Center: $90,000
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition: $90,000
Michigan United: $180,000
Native Organizers Alliance: $90,000
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts: $150,000
New Hampshire Youth Movement: $90,000
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: $150,000
New Jersey Resource Project: $150,000
North Carolina Climate Justice Collective: $90,000
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network: $60,000
OneAmerica: $150,000
OPAL: $180,000
PA Stands Up: $150,000
Partnership For Southern Equity: $109,500
People for Community Recovery: $15,000
People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER): $135,000
People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) - Buffalo: $135,000
Pittsburgh United: $180,000
PLANevada (Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada): $135,000
PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth & her Resources): $150,000
PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights): $180,000
POWER Interfaith: $180,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund: $120,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York: $120,000
Puget Sound Sage: $180,000
Rich City Rides: $127,500
Rights & Democracy Education Fund: $180,000
River Valley Organizing: $90,000
Soil Generation: $150,000
Soulardarity: $90,000
South Bronx Unite: $225,000
SouthWest Organizing Project: $136,500
Southwest Workers Union - Centro por la Justicia: $180,000
Stand Up Nashville: $150,000
TakeAction Minnesota: $120,000
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS): $180,000
The Alliance for Appalachia: $90,000
The FANG Collective: $90,000
The New Florida Majority-Education Fund: $150,000
The People's Lobby Education Institute: $120,000
The Tallahassee Food Network: $60,000
UPROSE: $180,000
Urban Tilth: $180,000
Virginia Environmental Justice Coalition: $60,000
Warehouse Worker Resource Center: $180,000
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA): $150,000
West End Revitalization Association: $105,000
West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund: $150,000
Wisconsin Green Muslims: $150,000
Working Partnerships USA: $150,000
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The FBGP granted 75 grassroots organizations with flexible, unrestricted contributions to help communities respond to needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
ALIGN: Alliance for a Greater New York: $10,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment: $20,000
Another Gulf is Possible: $10,000
Arkansas Public Policy Panel: $5,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network: $5,000
Black Dirt Farm Collective: $10,000
CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy): $15,000
Center for Story-based Strategy: $10,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund: $10,000
Communities for a Better Environment: $10,000
Communities United For Action: $10,000
Community to Community Development: $10,000
Community Voices Heard: $5,000
Cooperation Jackson: $15,000
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: $21,000
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network: $10,000
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy: $15,000
East Michigan Environmental Action Council: $30,000
Energy Justice Network: $5,000
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint: $10,000
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.: $10,000
Flint Rising: $10,000
Georgia STAND-UP: $10,000
Got Green: $5,000
Green Door Initiative, Inc.: $21,000
GreenRoots, Inc.: $10,000
Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy: $20,000
Hoosier Action: $10,000
Indigenous Environmental Network: $15,000
Ironbound Community Corporation: $5,000
Jane Addams Senior Caucus: $15,000
Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition: $5,000
Kheprw Institute: $5,000
Kingdom Living Temple: $10,000
Land Loss Prevention Project: $21,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO): $10,000
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition: $20,000
Missouri Jobs with Justice: $10,000
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts: $10,000
New Hampshire Youth Movement: $5,000
New Jersey Resource Project: $10,000
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance: $10,000
North Carolina Climate Justice Collective: $10,000
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network: $10,000
North Shore Waterfront Conservancy: $2,000
Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition: $5,000
OPAL: $5,000
Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality (ONE) Northside: $10,000
PA Stands Up: $5,000
People for Community Recovery: $10,000
People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER): $10,000
People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) - Buffalo: $15,000
PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights): $20,000
Rich City Rides: $10,000
Rights & Democracy Education Fund: $5,000
River Valley Organizing: $5,000
San Francisco Rising: $5,000
Soil Generation: $10,000
Southwest Workers Union - Centro por la Justicia: $10,000
Stand Up Nashville: $25,000
The FANG Collective: $5,000
The New Florida Majority-Education Fund: $20,000
The Tallahassee Food Network: $10,000
United for a New Economy: $10,000
United Vision of Idaho (UVI): $10,000
UPROSE: $30,000
Urban Tilth: $15,000
Virginia Environmental Justice Coalition: $5,000
Voices of Community Advocates and Leaders (VOCAL-NY): $15,000
Warehouse Worker Resource Center: $15,000
Washington Community Action Network Education and Research Fund: $5,000
We Are Down Home: $10,000
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance: $10,000
West End Revitalization Association: $10,000
Wisconsin Green Muslims: $10,000
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In its second round of grants, the FBGP made grants to 60 grassroots organizations.
About Face: Veterans Against the War (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War): $50,000
ALIGN: Alliance for a Greater New York: $75,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment: $60,000
Anonymous: $70,000
Asian Pacific Environmental Network: $80,000
CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy): $50,000
Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy: $70,000
Center on Policy Initiatives: $75,000
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment: $80,000
Colorado People’s Alliance: $85,000
Communities for a Better Environment: $70,000
Communities United For Action: $60,000
Community In-Power and Development Association Inc.: $80,000
Community to Community Development: $50,000
Community Voices Heard: $75,000
Connecticut Citizen Research Group: $65,000
Cooperation Jackson: $40,000
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice: $30,000
Firelands Together: $70,000
Georgia STAND-UP: $75,000
Grassroots Collaborative: $55,000
GreenRoots, Inc.: $60,000
Highlander Research and Education Center: $35,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement: $80,000
Ironbound Community Corporation: $50,000
Jesus People Against Pollution: $50,000
Just Transition Alliance: $75,000
Kentucky Coalition, Inc. (Kentuckians for the Commonwealth): $87,500
Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition: $30,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO): $75,000
Los Jardines Institute: $54,000
Maine People's Resource Center: $100,000
Miami Workers Center: $40,000
Native Organizers Alliance: $40,000
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts: $50,000
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: $80,000
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition: $100,000
One Voice: $97,500
OPAL: $80,000
People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER): $50,000
Pittsburgh United: $80,000
PLANevada (Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada): $50,000
PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth & her Resources): $25,000
PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights): $26,000
Progressive Maryland Education Fund: $70,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York: $60,000
Rights & Democracy Education Fund: $60,000
Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA (RAFI-USA): $60,000
Soil Generation: $30,000
Soulardarity: $40,000
Southern Maine Workers' Center: $10,000
SouthWest Organizing Project: $70,000
Southwest Workers Union - Centro por la Justicia: $30,000
Stand Up Nashville: $75,000
The Alliance for Appalachia: $50,000
The New Florida Majority-Education Fund: $50,000
The People's Lobby Education Institute: $70,000
U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance: $30,000
Urban Tilth: $30,000
Working Partnerships USA: $50,000
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In its first round of grants, the FBGP made grants to 25 grassroots organizations.
Alaska Community Action on Toxics: $100,000
Black Dirt Farm Collective: $25,000
Black Workers for Justice: $50,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund: $75,000
Community Labor United: $57,500
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group: $70,000
Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.: $50,000
Got Green: $80,000
Harambee House / Citizens for Environmental Justice: $85,000
Hometown Action: $50,000
Illinois People's Action: $44,000
Indigenous Environmental Network: $30,000
Kheprw Institute: $50,000
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: $50,000
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition: $30,000
Michigan United: $85,000
New Jersey Resource Project: $60,000
POWER Interfaith: $110,000
Puget Sound Sage: $75,000
Ruckus Society: $30,000
TakeAction Minnesota: $75,000
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS): $100,000
The FANG Collective: $75,000
Should you wish to connect with any of the funds grantees, please contact us.