Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Groundswell Giving is accepting applications for its Core Funding Grant Round for organisations tackling the climate crisis.
Groundswell acknowledges that supporting and resourcing First Nations people to continue to care for and protect Country is a fundamental and urgent climate solution.
Funding Information
The next grant round offering $160,000 for strategic climate advocacy is now open, there are four major grants available worth $40,000 each.
What kind of climate action do they fund?
- The grants fund strategic climate advocacy to shift power, politics and legislation for decisive, rapid and just greenhouse gas emissions reductions this decade.
- The climate crisis is here, now without urgent intervention, their current trajectory of rising emissions will result in the Earth's climate reaching irreversible tipping points, eroding the foundations of human health and food security, and causing devastation at home and around the world. Scientists tell them that unless they cut greenhouse gas emissions 75% before 2030, the risk locking in a 2 degree warmer future and catastrophic climate impacts for their kids and generations to come.
- So, their mandate at Groundswell is to fund effective climate advocacy in Australia to change systems, not just symptoms.
They fund advocacy that:
- Builds the movement – activates new and strategic demographics or sectors to get involved in tackling the climate crisis;
- Changes the story – builds urgency for stronger action from trusted voices in their community;
- Shifts the money – dries up the pipeline of funding to fossil fuel companies;
- Changes the politics – enables greater leadership within state and federal Governments.
Eligibility Criteria
They strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organizations to apply for their climate action grants.
Guidelines
- Their funding mission focuses on advocacy targeting rapid decarbonisation (deeply and urgently reducing carbon emissions) and climate justice.
- They know that conservation and restoration are critical factors in solving the climate crisis, however Groundswell funding is targeted specifically at advocacy work.
- They are open to all applications, but are conscious that small to medium sized organizations have the least access to major donors and large donor databases, so these sized organizations (under $5 million revenue a year) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Please note they do not offer funding to for-profit organizations or businesses.
- Please note they can only make grants to Deductible Gift Recipient 1 entities, or organizations that have a partnership agreement with a DGR1 entity. If you do not have DGR1 please get in contact with them.
- At this stage, only organizations and campaigns within the Australia Pacific region are eligible to apply for funding.
- Please note although they recognize plastic pollution is an important issue to solve, it is outside of their funding mission which focuses on decarbonisation and climate justice.
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For more information, visit https://www.groundswellgiving.org/apply