The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program
EPA has selected 11 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmakers (i.e., Grantmakers) that will receive $600 million to serve as pass-through entities nationwide through the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) cooperative agreements to provide subgrants to community-based nonprofits and other eligible subrecipients for assessment, planning, and project development activities. Grantmakers will alleviate much of the burden that the federal grants process places on small, resource-constrained community-based organizations supporting underserved communities and marginalized populations. These 11 Grantmakers are a combination of community-based nonprofit organizations in potential partnerships with a federally recognized Tribal government or an institution of higher education. Grantmakers will design competitive application and submission processes, award environmental justice subgrants, implement a tracking and reporting system, provide resources and support to communities, all in collaboration with EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
Learn more about the 11 selected Grantmakers (pdf)
Subgrants through the Grantmakers are expected to become available by Fall 2024. More information on how to apply for subgrants will be available soon.
Learn more about the subgrants and eligibility
For more information, please contact Jacob Burney (Burney.Jacob@epa.gov) and Marisa Valdez (Valdez.Marisa@epa.gov).
Below are tables of the Grantmakers and their partners.
National Grantmaker Selectees
Regions Served | Selectee | Partners |
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1-3 | Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) |
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4-7 | Research Triangle Institute |
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8-10 | Climate Justice Alliance |
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Regional Grantmaker Selectees
Region | Selectee | Partners |
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1 | Health Resources in Action (HRiA) |
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2 | Fordham University |
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3 | Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Inc. |
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4 | Research Triangle Institute |
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5 | The Minneapolis Foundation |
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6 | Texas Southern University |
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7 | Research Triangle Institute (National Grantmaker) | Research Triangle Institute will be responsible for providing subgrants to communities in EPA Region 7 as part of their National Grantmaker role serving EPA Regions 4 - 7 |
8 | JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc |
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9 | Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), Inc |
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10 | Philanthropy Northwest |
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If EPA schedules informational webinars, details will be posted here and sent out by the EPA-EJ Listserv and the EPA Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights X account
Resources
- FAQs – The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program (EJ TCGM) (pdf)
- Participatory Governance and the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaker (EJ TCGM) Request for Applications (pdf)
- Informational Video on the Environmental and Climate Justice Communities Grants Program
- EJ TCGM Visual Guide: Flow of Subawards and Subgrants Funds (pdf)