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.

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Ben and Jerry Foundation National Grassroots Organizing Grant
Rolling
The National Grassroots Organizing Program (NGO) offers two-year unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year to provide support to community-based, grassroots organizations confronting social and environmental injustice. Up to $30,000

Nathan Cumming Foundation Advancement Grants

Rolling; opens 10/1/25
To support innovative partners and proximate change makers that are driving impact and share the funding agency's commitment to advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice (REEJ), with a focus on the U.S. South. Multi-year funding will support movements, organizations, and individuals pursuing justice for people and the planet. $50K-$250K

Walmart Spark Good Local Grants Program
due 10/15/25; next cycle opens 11/3
To strengthen local communities where Walmart operates. Projects should align with Walmart’s core initiatives: “Creating Opportunity”, “Advancing Sustainability”, and “Strengthening Community”. The next funding cycle is Nov. 3-Dec. 31. $250 to $5000

Southface Institute Good Use Grants
due 10/24/25
To provide technical and financial assistance to nonprofit organizations to improve the efficiency of their facilities so they can redirect the cost savings to their core missions. This program is intended to empower nonprofit organizations to have a lasting impact on the environment and the communities they serve by supporting sustainability upgrades/retrofits for their buildings.

The Lawrence Foundation
due 10/31/25
Funding will be provided to organizations that are working to solve pressing environmental, human services, and other issues, for either general operating or project requests. Generally, awards are issued as unrestricted grants. $5K minimum

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
due 11/10/25
To support organizations and programs for which a relatively small amount of funding might make a large difference. The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs. $1,000 to $20,000

Virginia Environmental Endowment: Virginia Program
due 12/1/25
Current grant-making priorities are focused on improvement of local rivers and protection of water quality, restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, innovative land conservation and sustainable land use practices, environmental literacy and public awareness, climate adaptation and emerging issues of concern (such as: climate adaptation for coastal communities, projects that advance water supply planning and implementation, efforts to mitigate invasive species). The funding agency encourages collaborations and collective impact and, whenever possible, seeks to support applicants with a demonstrated track record of success. 1:1 match required.

Virginia Trees for Clean Water
due 12/1/25
The Virginia Trees for Clean Water Grant Program encourages 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

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.