Deadline: 09-Oct-20
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) is seeking applications for its round-3 of Small Grants Program for grassroots groups working on environmental health and justice issues.
This grant program will support projects that help groups move toward their goals by building leadership, increasing capacity, or providing training and education. The program is designed to reach people from low wealth communities and communities of color who are impacted by environmental harms.
CHEJ prioritizes community-based organizations aiming to have local, state, and regional impact as the core of the health and environmental justice movement. CHEJ believes that no social change on behalf of the exploited comes without strong community-based organizations.
Grant Information
- The grant application is different for different sized organizations. Small organizations and all-volunteer groups with budgets under $50,000, FALL UNDER TIER 1. Grants are available in this tier range from $1,000 to $5,000.
- Organizations with budgets no greater than $250,000, FALL UNDER TIER 2. This tier of the program will provide support from $5,000 to $10,000.
- Larger organizations with budgets over $250,000, FALL UNDER TIER 3. This tier of the program will support projects with grants from $10,000 to $20,000.
If the applicant is a grassroots group, but are not incorporated and do not have a bank account, the applicant will need to find an organization that can accept the funds for the group. Consider such as a faith-based organization or another non-profit who will serve as “fiscal sponsor.”
Grant Activities can include:
- Board Development: Membership outreach
- Fundraising efforts: Meeting to develop organizing/strategic plans. Events that are part of that plan.
- Training leaders to go door-to-door: Equipment for communications, for example; the purchase of Zoom software.
- Educational activities directly connected to strategic plan: General events, done safely, and honoring social distancing.
For more information, visit http://chej.org/chej-small-grants-program/