Climate Emergency Fund Grants
Funding Amount
$25K – $100K
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofits
Geography
- California
Overview
Climate Emergency Fund (501(c)(3), West Hollywood CA) funds nonviolent, disruptive climate-movement groups and organizers, and provides direct startup grants of $25,000-$100,000 to emerging campaigns (e.g., its data-center organizing frontier). Site carries an 'Apply for a grant' CTA and a 'Grant questions' contact. No fixed deadline stated. Applicant-facing grants to climate movement organizations/organizers.
How to Apply
Apply for a grant via Climate Emergency Fund (see 'Apply for a grant' / 'Grant questions' contact). CEF funds bold, nonviolent, disruptive climate movement groups and organizers; its 2026 data-center organizing focus includes direct startup grants of $25,000-$100,000 to emerging campaigns and organizers.
What Climate Emergency Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 18
- Total given
- $2.77M
- Median grant
- $68K
- Range
- $10K–$652K
- 34% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in California, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: California 34%, District of Columbia 34%, New Jersey 9%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Brooklyn, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 61% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Intrl Center on Nonviolent C · Washington, DC
Recruitment and Training
$652K
Center for the Working Poor · Los Angeles, CA
Research
$406K
Oil and Gas Action Network · Berkeley, CA
Recruitment and Training
$365K
Climate Defiance Action · Washington, DC
Basebuilding
$250K
Climate Defiance Foundation · Jersey City, NJ
Basebuilding
$243K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Social justice
Project Locations
- CA
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