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Community Climate Resilience Grants
Fund meant to serve as a resource for frontline communities to develop new or expand on existing community-based climate resilience projects.
The Community Climate Resilience (CCR) Grant Program is a fund to help create new or grow existing community-based climate justice projects.
This fund is for those that are unjustly affected by climate change due to existing and historic racial, social, environmental, and economic factors.
To learn more, review the Community Climate Resilience Grant Guide.
Application deadline has been updated! Please submit all materials by Friday November 10, 2023, 11:59 PM PST.
Funding details:
- Tier 1: $5,000 - $9,999
- Tier 2: $10,000 - $15,999
- Tier 3: $20,000 - $30,000
Who is eligible to apply
Eligible applicants must:
- Have 501(c)3 nonprofit status; or
- Have a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)3 nonprofit status; or
- Be willing and able to secure a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)3 nonprofit status by December 1, 2023, if awarded a grant.
Eligible projects
These are examples of eligible projects but the grant program funding is not limited to these options. To learn about eligible projects, review the CCR Grant Program Guide.
- Leadership development trainings to prepare community members to actions for climate resilience
- Create or grow youth development programs to elevate youth voices around climate action
- Provide training materials to prepare frontline communities for emergency events and climate-related health impacts
- Strategizing and/or development of climate resilient infrastructure for frontline communities
- Build energy literacy in frontline communities to develop leadership capacity for taking actions towards energy justice systems
Grant application schedule
- Open application period: Tuesday, October 10 – Friday, November10
- Q&A online webinars: Friday, October 6 at 1 pm, Tuesday, October 10 at 5 pm
- See Q&A webinar recording(s) below.
- Application scoring & reviewing: Monday, October 30 – Friday, November 10
- Notification of awardees: by Friday, November 30
- Project deadline: December 31, 2024
Key program dates
- Mid-point progress meeting: between June – August
- Virtual meeting to provide general updates on the progress of the project. Meetings will be recorded.
- Project deadline: December 31, 2024
- Final reporting meetings: Between January – February 2025
- Prior to the final reporting meeting, a set of guiding questions and success measurement rubric will be provided to grantees to complete. This is a required portion of the program.
- Meetings will be recorded.
Q&A webinars
Informational webinar #1:
- The first webinar is done. Watch the webinar video.
Informational webinar #2:
- The second webinar is complete. Watch the video for the second webinar.
For any questions, please contact Samara Almonte, Climate Equity & Community Partnerships Program Coordinator at salmonte@kingcounty.gov.