Deadline: ONGOING OPPORTUNITY CLOSED
The Scherman Foundation has annouced the applications for its Environment Program to protect the natural and human environment and to create a sustainable future.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, energy and climate, environmental justice, clean drinking water, and urban sustainability (targeted primarily in the New York City region).
Recognizing that solid scientific, technological, policy, and economic analysis is a necessary, but not sufficient, driver of salutary environmental change, the Foundation supports public education, advocacy, and community organizing as critical strategies to broadly engage and mobilize the public. In particular, the Foundation supports grassroots organizing and leadership development, not only as an effective strategy to reach improved environmental outcomes, but also as a goal in-and-of-itself, based on the belief that a broadly active populace is critical to the creation of a just and healthy society and biosphere.
The Foundation maintains its commitment to general operating support, especially to smaller neighborhood groups for whom the capacity to respond quickly and imaginatively to new opportunities and challenges is critical. For larger and policy-focused groups, and in the case of collaborative campaigns, project-specific support may be appropriate.
Funding Information
- General operating and project grants considered. Grants average $50,000 over two-years.
- Environment Program will not Fund
- Land Conservation
- Projects with a focus outside the U.S.
Eligibility Criteria
- Cities, with their high concentration of people, resources, and economic activity, create unique environmental challenges, but also offer unique opportunities to address climate change and other environmental concerns.
- The Foundation pays particular attention to New York City, working to improve its public transportation infrastructure, protect its drinking water supply, and preserve and expand its parks and open green spaces, primarily in low-income neighborhoods.
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