Funding Futures Grant

Funding Futures Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley
Amount: Up to US $22,000
Last Updated: May 09, 2025

Summary

Funding Futures, led by Partners for Climate Action, aims to empower local communities in the Hudson Valley to address ecological challenges through collaborative efforts. This program invites town representatives to participate in training, enabling them to set ecological goals and secure funding for community projects. Grants of up to $22,000 are offered to support staffing, events, and communication needs, fostering sustainable local action. Applications require a Letter of Support from local governments, ensuring community engagement and partnership.

Overview

NOTE: By Letter of Inquiry Deadline above, interested applicants should complete the following five items:Fill out the application form.Letter of Interest.PCA requires a Letter of Support or Resolution of Support from the Town Board.PCA will favor applications that include Letters of Support from partnering organizations and community members. A budget for how the funds would be spent.PCA will invite about 8-10 applicants to advance in the process. See Full Proposal Deadline above. Partners for Climate Action Think locally. Act locally. We believe that the overlapping ecological crises are best addressed by the communities that are closest to them by using approaches that honor the uniqueness of each place. PCA was founded in 2019 with the goal to move multiple forms of capital to where they would be most relevant, efficient, and effective to catalyze local action. At our core, we are funders who support our grantee partners with the knowledge, tools, and connections they need to be successful. Our priority areas are ecological restoration, with a focus on establishing community forests and cultivating native habitat, and the decarbonization of existing building stock in our region’s most underserved communities. Our mission is to catalyze bioregional climate action. Funding Futures: Together We Decide Partners for Climate Action (PCA) has worked in the Hudson Valley for five years. We see towns building consensus on their environmental priorities through community conversations. Some have even put financial mechanisms in place to fund those priorities. Through firsthand observation and listening to partners, we’ve noted elements of success, which we’re excited to help you adopt. Your town is unique, but there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. We’ll guide you through nonpartisan ways to dig in with your community and figure out how to preserve and protect the natural resources on which you rely. PCA sees this as the basis for strong communities and a healthy environment in the Hudson Valley. PCA will train four Funding Futures Fellows, each from a different town, on how to work with their communities to set ecological goals and find funding for them. Funding Futures Fellows are concerned folks who are from or have partnered with a tax-exempt organization (this could be a Town’s local government or a school, library, community organization, faith-based organization, etc) and have a Letter of Support from their Town Board. Grants of up to $22,000 are available to cover costs of staffing, events, and communications. Along the way, Funding Futures Fellows will be part of a training cohort to learn about existing self-reliant, untapped financial models that could fund the implementation of projects their communities prioritize. This one-year process will culminate in each community identifying priorities, potential projects, and funding mechanisms to support their town’s environmental resources.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be from or have a willing partner at a tax-exempt organization able to receive the grant money (e.g., the local government of a town, a school, library, community organization, faith-based organization, etc).Applicants must be based in the towns in the counties of Greene, Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, or Putnam. The scope and scale of Funding Futures works best for towns. Villages are encouraged to be involved as part of the larger town’s application. A Letter of Support from your local government (Town Board) is required. Let us know if you need help with this. No matching funds are required, but they certainly are not discouraged.

Ineligibility

Counties and cities are not encouraged to apply to this pilot.