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.

National Fish and Wildlife Service 5 Star Grant Program
due 5/14/26
To develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations with a focus on improving water quality, watersheds, and species/habitats they support. Funding will support a variety of ecological improvements, along with community outreach, education, and stewardship. $30K-$150K.  

Virginia Environmental Endowment: Virginia Program
due 6/15/26
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. 1:1 match required.

Virginia Environmental Endowment: James River Water Quality Improvement Program
due 6/15/25
This program is intended to support substantial proposals that produce significant water quality benefits in the James River watershed through on-the-ground investments and initiatives. Priorities include riparian buffer installation, accelerating implementation of agricultural pollution reduction practices, construction of living shorelines, stream restoration, investments in Jamestown region and surrounding jurisdictions. $100K minimum; 3 years.  

Bank of America Charitable Foundation: Stable Housing and Empowering Communities
due 6/29/26
To support nonprofit organizations in addressing issues fundamental to economic mobility in low- and moderate-income communities. Projects must fall under one of the following categories: affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, small business resiliency.

Lowe’s Foundation: Gable Grants
due 6/30/26
To support community-based nonprofit organizations to expand participation in the skilled trades. This program is intended to recruit, train, and prepare 50,000 job-ready tradespeople to help fill the skilled trades gap and will support sustainable and scalable skilled trades education programs for adults and/or high school-aged youth. $100K-$1M.

Walmart Spark Good Local Grants Program
due 7/15/26
These awards are designed to address the unique needs of the communities where Walmart operates. Projects should align with Walmart’s core initiatives: “Creating Opportunity”, “Advancing Sustainability”, and “Strengthening Community”. The next funding cycle is opens May 1. Up to $5K.

Rolling Admission

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
$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.