Environmental Justice Grant Program
Forecasted
Environmental Justice Grant Program supports Colorado communities with pollution mitigation projects and rulemaking assistance to improve environmental health in disproportionately impacted communities.
Funder: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Cycle 3: $3,158,752 total for two-year projects; Cycle 2 awards: $50,000–$217,193
Summary: Supports community-led projects that measure, prevent, or reduce pollution and improve environmental health in disproportionately impacted Colorado communities.
Key Information: Applicants must have a Colorado mailing address and be located within or serve a disproportionately impacted community.
Description
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Environmental Justice Grant Program funds community solutions to environmental health disparities. Created by the Environmental Justice Act, it is administered by the Office of Environmental Justice and overseen by the Environmental Justice Advisory Board, which also selects grantees. Projects help avoid, minimize, measure, or mitigate impacts to public health and the environment in communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.
Funding also supports technical assistance that helps community organizations participate equitably in rulemaking hearings affecting their communities. Projects can address air quality, water quantity and quality, waste, land use and the built environment, climate, noise, chemicals, pesticides, natural assets, soil quality, and historical industrial contamination. Funded initiatives have included healthy homes, regenerative agriculture, environmental education, hazardous waste remediation, and community capacity building.
