Check Out the New Climate Change Category on GrantWatch

Are you interested in searching for climate change grants? At GrantWatch, visitors can now gain access to hundreds of climate change grants on the site. These grants provide funding for a number of initiatives. For example, projects can include addressing the significance of environmental awareness, starting education programs, and advancing research.

The new category offers grants for individuals, nonprofits, and small businesses. For similar grants, GrantWatch also has an environment category and an energy category.

According to NASA, The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century. This has mostly been cause to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions into the air. NASA notes that “carbon dioxide from human activity is increasing more than 250 times faster than it did from natural sources after the last Ice Age.”

Along with carbon dioxide emissions, global sea levels are also on the rise, growing 8 inches higher in the past 100 years. Greenland and Antartica have lost a combined average of 427 billion tons of ice each year from 1993 until 2019.

Because of this, it is important to fund initiatives that work to improve climate conditions and bring awareness to issues like these and others. Grants are a good way to get funding to these organizations and individuals fighting for change.

If you check out the climate change category and do not find anything specific to you or your organization, do not worry. GrantWatch posts new grants weekly, which will give you a great chance to find the perfect grant. Below, are six grants that are currently available in the new category.

Six Featured Climate Change Grants

• Fellowships of $80,000 and in-kind support to U.S., Canada, and International individuals affiliated with organizations for social innovation projects that bring positive change. Areas of focus include racial justice, poverty, human rights, health, education, and climate change.

• Grants of up to $5,000 to Oregon nonprofit organizations in eligible locations to promote social equity and environmental justice. Funding is for a wide range of activities that involve climate action while furthering social and racial justice. Eligible activities include grant writing support, small projects, events, and training. Projects must benefit the residents of Portland.

• There are also grants to U.S. nonprofit organizations to reduce social inequality and promote solutions to the climate crisis. Eligible programs will address the areas of racial and economic justice, corporate and political accountability; voice, creativity, and culture; and an inclusive clean economy.

• Grants of up to $50,000 are available for activities that address the adverse effects of climate change on health. Eligible recipients include U.S. and Canada nonprofit organizations and IHEs.

• In addition, there are grants of up to $8,000 to U.S. journalists to report on climate change. Priority is given to journalists and newsrooms who represent a range of diverse backgrounds. Focus areas of reporting for journalists include coastal stories, based on recent climate research, for publication or broadcast by news outlets in U.S. coastal states.

• Finally, there are grants to Virginia individuals and businesses for vehicle-related environmental sustainability projects in eligible locations. Funding is for the purchase and installation of publicly-accessible electric vehicle charging stations. Chargers must be located in proximity to commercial and retail areas in Charlottesville.