Environmental Grants

The California Wildlands Grassroots Fund (Cal Wildlands) supports the heroic efforts of grassroots activists to preserve California’s wildlands and natural habitat.

California

Up to $10,000

Funding will support projects in West Oakland focused on business development, workforce development, education, and the environment.

West Oakland, CA

The Madera Well Resilience Fund is borne out of a settlement between the Madera Oversight Coalition and Vulcan Materials Company over alleged impacts of a hard rock quarry in unincorporated area of Madera County on groundwater supplies. The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment is administering a reimbursement program to assist homeowners in the vicinity of the quarry to remedy potential future problems, if any, with groundwater wells.

Madera County

Up to $20,000

The California Environmental Grassroots Fund supports small and emerging local groups across California that are building climate resilience and advancing environmental justice.

California

Up to $7,500

The Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund’s goal is to mitigate past pollution runoff by supporting community-based efforts to protect or improve the water quality of Puget Sound.

Puget Sound, Washington

Up to $40,000

The Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund supports community-based organizations dedicated to protecting and restoring the watershed, and honoring its historical uses by preserving fish and wildlife so that the Chehalis River Basin will be healthy and productive in perpetuity.

Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed

Up to $40,000

The Grassroots Leadership Fund, in partnership with the Kresge Foundation’s Climate Resilient and Equitable Water Systems (CREWS) Initiative, supports local activists across the country, and the small groups they lead, with immediate resources to address climate-driven urban flooding in low-income, historically marginalized communities.

National - United States

$15,000 total distributed over two years

The California Watershed Protection Fund supports projects designed to improve water quality and protect watersheds across California.

Eligible watersheds in California (see geographic scope section)

Up to $40,000