Environmental Grants
Unlock environmental change through Rose Foundation’s varied environmental grant funds.
From our grassroots community funds for small, local projects to far-reaching air, water and land initiatives, our grant making spans California, Washington, Oregon, and beyond. Choose your fund, follow its unique application guidelines, and shape a greener tomorrow.
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Apply by December 20, 2024
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Apply by December 20, 2024
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
Applications Rolling
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
Applications Closed
Recognizing outstanding examples of grassroots environmental activism in California for over 20 years.
California
$1000.00
Applications Closed
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
Applications Closed
The California Watershed Protection Fund supports projects designed to improve water quality and protect watersheds across California.
Eligible watersheds in California
Up to $40,000
Applications Closed
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
Applications Closed
The Columbia River Fund supports projects designed to improve, protect, and benefit clean water and aquatic habitat in the Columbia River Basin.
Columbia River Basin
Up to $40,000
Applications Closed
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
Applications Closed
The Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund supports clean air projects in the Bakersfield area.
California
Applications Closed
The Pacific Northwest Grassroots Fund is a new fund that supports small and emerging local groups throughout the PNW who are building climate resilience and advancing environmental justice.
Pacific Northwest
Up to $7,500
Applications Closed
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
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Each fund has unique criteria, application process, and deadline. We encourage you to apply to one at a time.
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