Climate Action Fund Grant

Overview

Mission

Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.

Vision

RAN works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

The Climate Action Fund: Support for frontline communities challenging the fossil fuel industry

Climate Action Fund (CAF) provides small grants (generally $5,000-$10,000) to local groups tackling the root causes of climate change — the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and tar sands.

The Climate Action Fund is an operational system to reduce RAN’s carbon footprint — and we are offering this system to any individuals and organizations looking for a grassroots alternative to carbon offset programs.

Direct Support vs Carbon Offsets

RAN estimates that each of our staff members is responsible for an average of 5 tons of CO2 per year for their work-related activities, including travel and resource consumption. Instead of purchasing carbon credits to offset this climate impact, RAN has calculated relevant dollar amounts for this carbon footprint, and commits these funds to empower frontline communities to keep fossil fuels in the ground where they belong.

CAF supports local communities and activists across the globe who are the key players in directly challenging the source of climate change and getting lasting results. In their efforts to stop new carbon-emitting projects and to shut down old ones, these communities are protecting their livelihoods against polluting industries and fighting to secure a clean energy future for everyone. And your support to this program can have a huge impact — these groups are on the frontlines of efforts to stop the largest, dirtiest, and most carbon intensive industries, and many of them are volunteer-based and have very few resources.

By supporting CAF, you will help build the grassroots climate activist movement.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Although grants are made in all regions and unsolicited proposals are welcome, geographic priority areas are South and North America.

* Applicants from other regions are encouraged to contact CAF prior to submitting an application to inquire regarding the possibility of funding.

Ineligibility

* CAF does not support individual, governmental, or exclusively academic projects.