Grants & Funding (Environment)

Grant funding for the environment is important to support initiatives that benefit our DC communities. Below you can find resources to help you better understand the types of funding that may be available, along with information to assist in planning, preparing and submitting applications for funding.

America in Bloom Grant Lists

Great list of grant opportunities.

America in Bloom Grant Lists

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment

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Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE) was founded in 1978 by the Arlington County Department of Public Works to address environmental issues beyond litter and began focusing its efforts on recycling. During the 1990’s, ACE continued to focus on litter and worked comfortably with the local business community. Today, ACE remains a volunteer organization focusing on local environmental issues including green living, litter, and invasive plants, with additional programs in the areas of watershed resources and schoolyard education.

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment - Specific Information on Grants & Funding

Awesome Foundation

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No strings attached $1000 monthly grant.

Awesome Foundation

Ben And Jerry’s Foundation

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The Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program offers general or project support to non-profit organizations throughout the United States

Ben And Jerry’s Foundation

Captain Planet Foundation

The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million.

Captain Planet Foundation

Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund

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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is soliciting proposals to restore the habitats and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams. The Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund (Stewardship Fund) will award $10-12 million in grants in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Program.

Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund

Clif Bar Family Foundation

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Clif Bar Family Foundation supports innovative small and mid-sized groups working to strengthen our food system and our communities, enhance public health, and safeguard our environment and natural resources.The Foundation awards small environmental grants for general organizational support as well as funding for specific projects. Small grants average approximately $7,000 each.

Clif Bar Family Foundation

Department of Energy and Environment

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The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is the leading authority on energy and environmental issues affecting the District of Columbia. Using a combination of regulations, outreach, education, and incentives, our agency administers programs and services to fulfill our mission. We work collaboratively with government and institutions to promote environmentally responsible behavior that will lead to a more sustainable urban environment.

Department of Energy and Environment

Department of Energy and Environment - Specific Information on Grants & Funding

DOEE Riversmart

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DOEE’s RiverSmart programs help to reduce stormwater runoff that harms the District’s waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. RiverSmart programs provide financial incentives to help District property owners install green infrastructure such as rain barrels, green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavement, shade trees, and more.

DOEE Riversmart

Environmental Solutions for Communities Grant Program 2016 Request for Proposals

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In 2012, Wells Fargo and NFWF launched the Environmental Solutions for Communities initiative, designed to support projects that link economic development and community well-being to the stewardship and health of the environment.

Environmental Solutions for Communities Grant Program 2016 Request for Proposals

Fiskars Project Orange Thumb

Project Orange Thumb is a community garden grant program that provides tools and resources to help communities reach their goals for collaboration, neighborhood beautification, and healthy, sustainable food sources.

Fiskars Project Orange Thumb

Garden ABCs

GardenABCs is here to help with books for children and all the resources you need to support school, community or home garden projects

Garden ABCs

Grants.gov

Gov database of grant opportunities.

Grants.gov

Halcyon Incubator

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The Halcyon Incubator provides intrepid social entrepreneurs with an 18-month fellowship, comprised of a five month residency, 12 months of rent-free workspace, $10,000 stipend during the Residency Phase, complimentary strategic, legal and PR support, mentorship, access to a network of potential funders from all sectors, and more.

Halcyon Incubator

Honda Foundation

The American Honda Foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. We support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment.

Honda Foundation

Honey Bee Conservancy Sponsor-A-Hive Program

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The Sponsor-A-Hive program will bestow as many as ten material grants in the form of honey or solitary bees, their homes, bee keeping equipment and information on how to care for the bees. Bees are strategically placed in locations where they can bolster bee populations, advance science and environmental education and pollinate locally grown food.

Honey Bee Conservancy Sponsor-A-Hive Program

IOBY

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the crowd-resourcing platform that helps bring your great ideas to life, block by block. ioby supports citizen-led, neighbor-funded projects. On ioby, you can raise tax-deductible donations, recruit local volunteers and share ideas with a likeminded community.

IOBY

Million Mile Greenway

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MillionMile Greenway provides micro-grants and in-kind services to mentor communities and grass roots groups to plan and build greenways and trails.

Million Mile Greenway

Mosaic

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Mosaic makes financing solar energy accessible and affordable for homeowners by providing the simplest borrower experience in the industry. Customers are connected to top solar installers and can qualify instantly for no money down loans with fixed interest rates and multiple term options. For solar installers, Mosaic provides a streamlined financing platform to drive sales growth.

Mosaic

Mosaic - Specific Information on Grants & Funding

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

NFWF provides funding on a competitive basis to projects that sustain, restore, and enhance our nation’s fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Patagonia Environmental Grants

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Offers environmental grants and support.

Patagonia Environmental Grants

Project Learning Tree GreenWorks Grants

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Project Learning Tree offers grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world. Students implement an action project they help design to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood’s environment.

Project Learning Tree GreenWorks Grants

Public Lands Every Day

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Capacity and event planning grants for projects on public land.

Public Lands Every Day

Ray Conservation Fellows

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Inspired by efforts to increase racial diversity in the marine conservation field, The Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship Program is a response to the call for mainstream environmental organizations to work to increase and provide supported career pathways for people of color within the field. The RAY Fellowship Program is a year-long paid fellowship.

Ray Conservation Fellows

Sam’s Club Grant Program

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At the local level, Sam’s Club facilities are encouraged to support nonprofits or other causes important to their community, provided they fall within one of the Walmart Foundation’s focus areas: Opportunity, Sustainability and Community. Other local areas of focus may include Education and Youth Success.

Sam’s Club Grant Program

The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU)

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The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) helps District residents, businesses, and institutions save energy and money through energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Led by the Sustainable Energy Partnership and under contract to the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE), the DCSEU is committed to environmental preservation, community engagement, and economic development.

The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU)

The District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU) - Specific Information on Grants & Funding

The Kresge Foundation Grants and Social Investments

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We are a $3.6 billion private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development.

The Kresge Foundation Grants and Social Investments

Tree Canopy Fund of Arlington VA

The Tree Canopy Fund provides grants to plant trees on private property or to maintain trees.

Tree Canopy Fund of Arlington VA

Walmart Community Giving

Through the Community Grant Program, our associates are proud to support the needs of their communities by providing grants to local organizations.

Walmart Community Giving

Wells Fargo Corporate Giving

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We actively support the revitalization and growth of the economy through community donations to nonprofits and schools, team member philanthropy and volunteerism, community development loans and investments, environmental initiatives, and other corporate citizenship initiatives.

Wells Fargo Corporate Giving

Whole Food Community Giving

As a company, we are quite unique. Our stores are not cookie cutter big box-type stores with directives from “corporate” about how to run the business. Each of our stores has a lot of latitude in deciding the best way to operate that individual store to meet the needs of the local community.

Whole Food Community Giving

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