Green Grants
Environmental Education and Stewardship Grants
LOCAL GRANTS:
- Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability:
- $25,000 in small grants for waste prevention and recycling in Portland
- Metro
- Community Enhancement Grants
- Nature in Neighborhood Grants
- City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services Community Watershed Stewardship Grant
- Funds eco-roofs, education and monitoring, stormwater projects, restoration and naturescaping
- The Mountaineers Foundation
- Funds educational projects involving environmental preservation and restoration
- Portland Beavers and Portland Timbers Community Fund
- Funds youth education and environmental awareness projects
- Gray Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
- Supports increasing outdoor and hands-on environmental experiences for youth, and connecting creativity with the environment
- Jubitz Family Foundation
- Seeks to promote environmental stewardship, with an emphasis on rivers and watersheds
- Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation
- Funds project that integrate holistic environmental curricula into students' learning
- Friends of Paul Bunyan Foundation
- Fund supports science-based natural resource educational projects
NATIONAL GRANTS:
- Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grants
- Funds a wide variety of projects with $2000-$5000 grants, examples include: vegetable gardens, nature trails, and outdoor classrooms
- EPA Environmental Education Grants
- Supports environmental education projects.
- Captain Planet Foundation Grants
- Funds projects that promote awareness of environmental issues, and engage students in hands-on environmental activities
- Disney Minnie Grant - Global Youth Service Day
- $500 grants available for projects engaging youth ages 5-14 in service projects
- Project Learning Tree Greenworks! Grants Grants
- Available to teachers who have trained with Project Learning Tree. Funding focused on providing service-learning opportunities.