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Environmental Grants

Unlock environmental change through Rose Foundation’s varied environmental grant funds.

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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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California Wildlands Grassroots Fund

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Apply by October 28, 2024

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

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Recognizing outstanding examples of grassroots environmental activism in California for over 20 years.

California

$1000.00

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

Eligible watersheds in California

Up to $40,000

The Rapid Response Fund provides immediate grants for urgent, near-term opportunities to enhance, increase, protect, and defend California’s public wildlands, support pivotal smart growth policies and funding measures, and stop land use policies that will result in the loss of California’s wildlands and open spaces.

California

Up to $35,000

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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

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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 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 Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund supports clean air projects in the Bakersfield area.

California

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

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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