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.