Deadline: 3-Apr-23
The Environmental Justice Fund (EJF) is accepting applications to strengthen the environmental justice movement in South Africa by providing financial, capacity-building and networking support to community-based organisations and networks.
Funding Information
EJF makes grants with a duration of anything from 6 months to 1 year. The size of the grants can be anything from R50 000 – R100 000. The size of the grant is related to the length of the grant, and what the organisation wants to use the funds for.
What EJF supports
EJF supports environmental justice activism. EJF has a broad understanding of the term ‘environmental justice’. EJF may therefore support work on, amongst other things:
- Climate justice and the Just Transition;
- Air pollution;
- Mining;
- Food sovereignty;
- Water;
- Waste;
- Ecofeminism;
- Eco socialism;
- Land rights;
- Promotion of indigenous knowledge;
- Alternative sustainable livelihoods;
- Environmental health;
- Access to environmental information; and
- Community participation in decision-making around natural resources.
This is not a closed list and EJS will consider applications outside of these areas if they still fall within the ambit of environmental justice.
The activities which EJF might support include:
- A specific event (like a protest, meeting or workshop);
- Organising, campaigns and advocacy work;
- Community-led research;
- Litigation by community-based organisations;
- Community environmental education initiatives; and
- Organisational strengthening initiatives.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for support from EJF, applicants must be:
- An organisation or network (not an individual);
- Based in, and part of, the community it serves;
- Working on environmental justice;
- In South Africa.
EJF supports both established and new organisations. You do not need to be formally registered to be eligible for support.
For more information, visit Environmental Justice Fund.