Small Environmental Grants
Governmental and private organizations award hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars worth of grants for major environmental undertakings. But for smaller efforts, a few thousand dollars might suffice. People seeking small environmental grants can seek them from groups ranging from the mainstream U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the more radical activist organization Patagonia.
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EPA Environmental Justice
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1994 began the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. The agency has given out more $20 million to than 1,100 community organizations for environmental- and health-related projects. The EPA awarded during the 2008 to 2009 fiscal year a total of $800,000 to 40 organizations. Recipients must be able to prove they work directly with their local communities.
Environmental Protection Agency
Mail Code: 2201A
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20460
202-564-2515
epa.gov
Global Environment Facility
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Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme has issued more 12,000 grants in 122 countries for non-governmental and community organizations’ environmental and sustainability projects in developing countries. Projects that receive awards usually focus on abating or adapting to climate change, conserving biodiversity, protecting international waters, reducing the effect of organic pollutants and preventing land degradation.
The GEF Small Grants Programme
Central Programme Management Team
304 East 45th Street, FF-956
New York, NY, 10017
212-906-6028
sgp.undp.org
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Anthropology and the Environment
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The American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology and the Environment section awards grants for $100 to $2,000 to anthropologists, organizations and activists trying to solve environmental issues. The association says it likes to award grants to programs that work on communicating and collaborating with other organizations as a way to combine efforts on solving local, state, national and global issues. Common awarded projects include organizing environmental workshops, pilot programs for dispersing information, and assisting other institutions and programs to improve their environmental problem solving.
American Anthropological Association
2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
703-528-1902
eanth.org
Patagonia
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Environmental activist organization Patagonia awards grants to grass roots groups that seek ways to eradicate the causes of environmental issues. Most grants are $3,000 to $8,000. The grant program looks to fund groups that want to protect specific forests, rivers or wildlife species. "We look for innovative groups that produce measurable results, and we like to support efforts that force the government to abide by its own--our own--laws," Patagonia says on its website.
Patagonia Mail Order
8550 White Fir St.
P.O. Box 32050
Reno, NV 89523
800-638-6464
patagonia.com
Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development
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The Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development, a consortium of foundations in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, awards communities and nonprofit organizations up to $8,000 to help them obtain resources and begin environmental reform projects. The types of projects the grant programs funds include pollution cleanup, beginning recycling programs and protecting endangered species. The average grant award is $2,400, EPSD says on its website.
Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development
Nad lesem 11
147 00 Praha-Hodkovicky
+420-241-771-255
environmentalpartnership.org
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References
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
- The GEF Small Grants Programme: SGP at a Glance
- Anthropology and the Environment: Small Grants for Collaborative Problem Solving
- Patagonia: Grant Guidelines
- Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development: Small Grants
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