Climate & Environmental Justice Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
A fund launched by EBCF to enable the donor community to participate in local efforts to protect the environment, slow climate change, and lift up the voices of East Bay's disadvantaged communities.
Geographic Scope: East Bay (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)
Focus Areas:
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Environmental justice
- Clean air, land, water, and food access
- Livable climate initiatives
- Protection of low-income communities of color from environmental harm
- Addressing pollution and corporate environmental damage
- Youth climate activism and environmental justice advocacy
Context: Fund was announced in August 2019 in anticipation of UN Climate Talks. Launched as part of a three-part "Climate Voices" series highlighting East Bay community efforts against climate change and environmental injustice.
Related Initiatives: Climate Voices blog series highlighting climate justice activists and community efforts
What East Bay Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 842
- Total given
- $62.84M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $5,011–$5.5M
- By dollars: California 55%, Massachusetts 11%, District of Columbia 10%. Top recipient cities: Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA.
- 39% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 34% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Common Health Coalition · Washington, DC
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$2.01M
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Fields of Work
- Environment
- Environmental justice
- Youth leadership
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