Grants for Social Change and Environmental Stewardship

Grants for Social Change and Environmental Stewardship

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Wolcott Family Foundation
Amount: US $1,000 - US $5,000
Last Updated: August 01, 2025

Summary

The Wolcott Family Foundation (WOLFF) offers grants aimed at fostering social change and environmental stewardship, particularly for grassroots organizations in Colorado. By funding projects that empower communities, advocate for civil rights, and address ecological challenges, WOLFF believes in the transformative power of small grants. Their approach emphasizes sustainable practices and community engagement, ensuring that initiatives tackle root causes of societal issues. This foundation is dedicated to supporting organizations that can make a significant difference with limited resources.

Overview

Mission Statement The Wolcott Family Foundation, WOLFF, focuses its funding in the areas of social change and environmental stewardship, with emphasis on supporting grassroots organizations for which a small grant can make a real contribution. We are a four generation family-run organization, convinced of the power of small groups to make a significant difference in helping people change their world. Grants for Social Change and Environmental Stewardship The Wolcott Family Foundation (WOLFF) is a private grantmaking foundation with a geographic focus in Colorado. Consideration will be given to projects that emphasize environmental preservation, advocacy and community involvement aimed at root causes of societal problems. The parable of the fisherman says, "If you give a person a fish, you feed them for a day. If you teach them how to fish, you feed them for a lifetime." The WOLFF philosophy takes this further: "Teach them to teach how to fish, and together we can we can feed the world. Teach them how to teach fishing along with cooperative organization and sustainable practices and together we can feed the world with a high quality of life for generations to come". Priority is given to organizations that: empower individuals and communities to organize for social change seek to strengthen civil liberties and civil rights issues Examples: equal opportunity, equal justice and racism, equal protection and due process, disabilities, reproductive rights build community development that seeks to address urgent ecological problems or break the cycle of poverty, create economic opportunity and build effective leadership in distressed communities Examples: access to quality employment, leadership development, community participation demonstrate linkages and interdependence of ecosystems and economics with win-win solutions and collaborative approaches or address urgent ecological threats Consideration will be given to projects that emphasize environmental preservation, advocacy and community involvement aimed at root causes of societal problems.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nonprofit organizations are classified under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Grant awards are for the duration of one year.Organizations are eligible to reapply at the end of a grant period if a final report is on file for the previous grant award or is included with a new application.Requests will be considered for either general support or specific project support site visits may be requested at the discretion of the Foundation.

Ineligibility

What Is Not Funded:groups with annual budgets over $350,000individualsscholarshipscapital campaignsendowments