Whidbey Climate Fund Grant

The Whidbey Climate Fund Grant supports innovative projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing sustainability on Whidbey Island. Grants of up to $5,000 are available for non-profits, governmental entities, and individuals with non-profit sponsors. Projects should focus on educating the community, improving local ecosystems, and promoting environmental health. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of climate experts, ensuring credible and impactful initiatives for a sustainable future.

Whidbey Climate ACTION is soliciting proposals to fund local projects that reduce greenhouse gases and enhance sustainability in our community. Successful projects will help reduce our carbon footprint and make Whidbey Island more livable and sustainable for future generations. Grants of up to $5,000 will be funded by the Whidbey Climate Fund, administered via a partnership with Whidbey Community Foundation. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of local volunteers with climate expertise.
Goals
The Whidbey Climate Fund supports climate change mitigation and resilience projects on Whidbey Island. Project outcomes might include but are not limited to the following:

• Educates community & decision makers on how to live more lightly (e.g., lessening ecological footprint)
• Reduces carbon pollution from local sources – transportation, buildings, etc.
• Reduces/reuses our “waste”
• Benefits a marginalized community living with a greater burden from climate impacts
• Builds community around environmental health
• Improves our local food system
• Improves our aquifer health
• Regenerates soil and sequesters carbon
• Protects & restores ecosystem health
• We expect projects to be:
• Credible (e.g. achieved with sound methodologies and practices),
• Additional (e.g. made possible because of the fund),
• Quantifiable (e.g. resulting in measurable carbon reductions or other ecosystem improvements),
• Permanent (e.g. the effects will not be easily undone)
• Types of Grants

Program/Project-based Grants: Whidbey Community Foundation considers requests for Program/Project-based Grants to be awarded as restricted grants. For program/project grants, we require a separate program/project-specific budget to be submitted alongside the organization’s annual budget.

Eligibility

The following are eligible to apply:Non-profits that propose a project on Whidbey Island
Governmental entities based on Whidbey Island
Individuals or businesses, with a non-profit fiscal sponsorIf you are an individual or a for-profit business you will need a non-profit fiscal sponsor.All applicants must be in good standing with the Washington Secretary of State and Office of the Attorney General, and be current with all state and federal reporting requirements.ll grants will be one year in length. Project funds should be expended within a year of award.