Several grant opportunities will be available through this EPA program in the upcoming months, some through a regional grantmaker and some through a national grantmaker.
REGIONAL
The Environmental Protection Agency selected Philanthropy Northwest as the Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) Grantmaker for its Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program.
Sign up to receive updates on Philanthropy NW’s Thriving Communities Program.
To learn more visit the Philanthropy Northwest & the EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program website.
UW CEHE's TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PNW'S GRANTMAKING PROGRAM
The UW Center for Environmental Health Equity (UW CEHE) is an EPA and DOE-funded Environmental Justice Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC). As an alternative to directly reaching out to Philanthropy NW’s Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program with your questions and technical assistance (TA) requests, UW CEHE may be able to help.
ELIGIBILITY FOR UW CEHE's GRANTMAKING PROGRAM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Groups that meet all the following conditions are welcome to contact us for Type 3 grant TA:
- UW CEHE prioritizes TA for Tribes and grassroots community-based organizations
- Based in WA state
TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TURN-AROUND TIME
The scope of the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program's projects is broad, and we may not be able to provide assistance for some topics that fall outside of the technical assistance expertise of UW CEHE. UW CEHE may be able to provide the following types of technical assistance:
- Questions about eligibility, specific sections of the NOFO.
- Pre-review of draft proposals.
Depending on the volume of TA requests we receive and the complexity of the requests, it may take different amounts of time to get back to you with a response. In the case of simpler questions, we anticipate getting back to you within a few days.
In the case of more complex TA requests, such as providing a pre-review of a draft proposal, it generally takes at least a week for us to conduct a review. We encourage you to reach out to us well in advance to see if we still have availability to review your proposal. We use the Grantmaking Program's scoring criteria when we conduct our reviews. If we are not available to assist you with a pre-review, we encourage you to attempt to self-review your own proposal using the publicly available Grantmaking scoring criteria.
REQUESTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM UW CEHE
To request CCG TA from UW CEHE, please complete our intake form, and mention your interest in CCG.
RESOURCES FOR GRANTMAKERS
- UW CEHE Thriving Communities Philanthropy Northwest Thriving Communities grant application checklist.
- Philanthropy Northwest Thriving Communities Grant Program Webinar
- Philanthropy Northwest's Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Philanthropy Northwest's recorded webinars about the grantmaking program
- CEHE's Rooting in Values: Communicating Your Organization’s Mission and Vision -- a 4-page visual resource on how to link your organizational vision, mission and values to your action plans for a project
- CEHE's Ideas to Action Workbook -- a series of activities to help you think through an environmental justice project for your community.
- CEHE's Community Mapping Using EPA's EJScreen Webinar presentation
- CEHE's EPA EJScreen Demo
- If you have having difficulty accessing EPA's EJScreen Tool, a non-official clone of the EPA tool may be found here: https://screening-tools.com/epa-ejscreen UW CEHE has also saved the official EPA EJScreen data. Contact us if you need assistance.
NATIONAL
A consortium of partners led by Climate Justice Alliance was selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to be one of the National Grantmaker for Region’s 8, 9 and 10 that include Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington and 447 federally recognized Tribes. The national Thriving Communities Grantmaker Program will be similar in scope to the Regional program. Visit the UNITE-EJ website for updates on their Grantmakers Program.