Community Grant Opportunities

Community Grant Opportunities

Below is a list of grant opportunities available to community-based organizations such as non-profits, neighborhood groups, civic and business associations, “Friends of” parks groups, and more. Check back for monthly updates to this list.

Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
due 2/20/26
To support nonprofit organizations working in the areas of education, the environment, culture and the arts, civic and community development, and health and human services. $1K-$15K.

Chesapeake Bay Trust: Mid Atlantic Community Forestry Fund
due 2/27/26
To leverage forestry to address environmental justice (EJ) issues in the Mid-Atlantic to democratize the co-benefits of healthy community forests. The program has three tracks: Environmental Justice Organization Capacity Building, Tree Canopy for Resiliency and Public Health and Workforce Development in Community Forestry. $100K-$200K for Tracks 1 and 3. No Max request for Track 2. 

Clif Family Foundation
due 3/1/26
The Clif Family Foundation is accepting applications from grassroots, U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations (or those with a fiscal sponsor) advancing climate justice, regenerative agriculture, worker health and safety, healthy food access, and inclusive outdoor access. $5K–$50K

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Data for Equitable Communities
due 3/3/26
To help nonprofit organizations collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place (neighborhood, city, or town) including: built environment, climate and environment, community safety, healthy food access, housing, and transportation. $50,000 each

AARP: Liveable Communities Community Challenge Grants
due 3/4/26
To support projects that deliver tangible improvements to communities, such as new crosswalks, benches, bike lanes, housing designs, and public space enhancements; leverage additional support from public, private, and philanthropic sources; help communities overcome policy barriers and implement lasting change; foster new collaborations and increase community engagement. $2,500 - $25,000

Chesapeake Bay Trust: Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns
due 3/13/26
To help communities develop and implement plans that reduce stormwater runoff, increase the number and amount of green spaces in urban areas, improve the health of local streams and the Chesapeake Bay, and enhance quality of life and community livability. $20-$175K, depending on program track.

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation: Climate Initiative Grants
due 3/27/26
To support projects that generate clean, low-carbon energy and/or make the applicant institution more energy efficient. Examples of eligible projects include: clean energy generation, energy efficiency improvements/building envelope upgrades; innovative building redesigns that lower energy demand; feasibility assessments and energy efficiency audits; sustainability measures related to collections management. $20K-$100K

Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
due 4/12/2
To support projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that promote voluntary, community-based efforts to protect and restore the diverse and vital habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Funding will support efforts to achieve water quality improvement, restoration, and protection of key Chesapeake Bay species and their habitats; and planning and technical assistance type projects that enhance local capacity. $150,000-$750,000

Rolling Admission

Virginia Trees for Clean Water
Rolling until 12/1/25
To encourage the creation of long-term, sustained canopy cover to improve water quality across the Commonwealth. This grant is used to fund tree-planting efforts that raise public awareness of the benefits of trees and impacts on water quality. $1K-50K

The Pollination Project
Rolling admission
$1,000 micro grants
To support grassroots organizations, including informally organized groups and organizations as well as formally registered or incorporated nonprofit organizations, that seek to build a kinder, more compassionate world. This program will provide seed funding to support community-driven grassroots initiatives that empower individuals and inspire others.

The Norman Foundation
Rolling admission; Letter of inquiry required
To support tax-exempt organizations focused primarily on domestic issues seeking to strengthen the ability of communities to enhance their economic, environmental, and social well-being. Funding may be provided for general support, projects, capacity-building efforts, and collaborative efforts. Funding will support projects that promote economic justice and development through community organizing, coalition building, and policy-reform efforts, work to prevent disposal of toxic substances in communities, link environmental issues with economic and social justice, and/or link community-based economic and environmental justice organizing to national and international reform efforts

All Points North Foundation
$60K - $100K
To support nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated measurable success and can showcase the potential for creating significant impact in the areas of education and solar energy in underserved communities.

Chesapeake Bay Trust Mini Urban Trees Grant
Rolling admission
$5K max
To implement small tree planting projects which occur in urban areas with low median household income levels, high unemployment, and neighborhoods with housing projects or that were historically red-lined at any time.

Republic Services Community Grant Program
Rolling admission
To help nonprofit organizations create stronger, cleaner, and healthier places and spaces in the neighborhoods that the funding agency serves. Preference will be given to projects that address neighborhood revitalization, safety, disaster relief, and social services.

Fruit Tree Orchard Grant
Rolling admission
To provide for the planting of fruit tree orchards to improve the surrounding environment and provide a local source of healthy nutrition. Orchards may be planted in places such as community gardens, public schools, city and state parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, and animal sanctuaries.

Community First Fund’s Rapid Response Fund
Applications reviewed bi-monthly
$10-$100k
To shift philanthropic practices by distributing responsive resources in a timely way that prioritizes the humanity of black and brown people, the frontline organizations they may lead, and the grassroots organizations that may be accountable to them.