Green Infrastructure Grantmaking Program

The New Orleans Community Support Foundation, a supporting organization of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is seeking an evaluator or evaluation team to support evaluation planning and execution for a new grantmaking program, “Green Infrastructure for Justice in Southeast Louisiana.”

Overview of Desired Evaluation

Leveraging its track record of environmental grantmaking, nonprofit capacity-building, and extensive relationships, the Foundation will distribute $1.75 million in grants to implement community-led green infrastructure projects in underserved communities at highest risk for the adverse environmental impacts. Through the grantmaking, as well as outreach, evaluation, and high-quality technical assistance, the Foundation will build community capacity to advance transformational and equitable adaptation and flood mitigation projects. These efforts seek to raise environmental awareness, strengthen community resiliency, and improve water management in communities most impacted by disaster and extreme weather. This RFP seeks an evaluator to develop and execute a monitoring and evaluation plan for the duration of the program, including qualitative and quantitative indicators.

Grantmaking Program Goals

The Green Infrastructure for Justice in Southeast Louisiana initiative will facilitate the following goals:

• Increase the resiliency of Southeast Louisiana communities as a result of the implementation of at least 12 stormwater and flood mitigation improvement projects.
• Ensure that at least 12 subawardees have improved their abilities to identify, successfully apply for, and effectively manage grants related to water quality improvement, and prevention, reduction, and/or elimination of pollution in vulnerable and underserved communities that are adversely and disproportionately affected by environmental and human health harms or risks.
• Increase the number of individuals with improved understanding of environmental issues in their community.

Potential indicators measuring the success of this program could include:

• Total number of stormwater management projects implemented in most vulnerable communities.
• The number of individuals who report, in post-workshop surveys, an increased ability to manage environmental grants.
• Total gallons of stormwater runoff mitigated by green infrastructure projects.

Eligibility

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

• Nonprofit Organization