California Environmental Grassroots Fund
Forecasted
California Environmental Grassroots Fund supports small, community-rooted California groups through advocacy, organizing, and environmental work to build climate resilience and advance environmental justice.
Funder: Rose Foundation For Communities and The Environment
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $4,000–$7,500 typical awards; $7,500 maximum for one year of general organizational support
Summary: Supports small, community-rooted California groups advancing climate resilience and environmental justice through advocacy, organizing, and environmental work.
Key Information: Applicants generally must have annual income or expenses of $150,000 or less and project impact within California.
Description
The California Environmental Grassroots Fund, administered by Rose Foundation, supports small and emerging local groups building climate resilience and advancing environmental justice across California. This pooled re-granting fund is backed by foundations and individual donors and guided by community activists and veteran funders. It supports community advocacy, litigation, restoration, organizing, grassroots campaigns, and environmental education.
Supported issues include environmental health and justice, climate advocacy, land management and urban sprawl, habitat and wilderness protection, water resources, sustainable agriculture, and pollution and toxics. Priorities include movement-building, broad public outreach, community-rooted responses to local problems, and strategic thinking about wider environmental challenges. The fund particularly emphasizes groups serving and representing BIPOC, frontline, immigrant, low-income, and other historically marginalized or impacted communities.
