Deadline: 26-Apr-22
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced a request for project proposals to grassroots organizations based in the U.S. South or Canada that have programs focused on frontline community organizing and power-building around social, environmental, or climate justice in one of the following issue areas:
- Forest protection
- Community land rights
- Combating extractive energy industries (i.e., oil, gas, bioenergy)
Grassroots organizing has frequently been able to move the needle on pressing social issues, and it is increasingly clear that organizing plays an essential role in environmental action and advocacy. The Bioenergy team seeks to partner more closely with grassroots organizations in the southeastern U.S. and Canada where the strategy supports civil society organizations working towards a clean energy and forest-positive future with social justice at its heart.
Funding Information
- The Bioenergy strategy will provide funding of up to $60,000 USD per year for two years to each organization selected for a total of $120,000 over two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- All types of organizations (public, private, non-profit) are invited to submit an expression of interest.
- Please note that the Packard Foundation cannot provide grants to individuals. Applicants may not be current grantees of the Packard Foundation.
- Organizations must be headquartered in Alberta or British Columbia, Canada or one of the following states in the U.S.: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, or South Carolina. Applicants should be deeply rooted in a specific community.
- These grants are intended to support small, grassroots organizations with annual budgets of $450,000 or less.
For more information, visit https://www.packard.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-Grassroots-Organizing-RFP-FINAL.pdf
