Funding search · environmental justice · North Carolina
Who funds environmental justice work in North Carolina
15 funders have a record of paying for environmental justice work by North Carolina recipients: 51 grants totaling $3.9M, most recently in 2024 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Z Smith Reynolds Foundation ($789,200), North Carolina Black Alliance ($96,000) and Windward Fund ($1.1M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to North Carolina recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $70,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL — department of environmental sciences and engineering: environmental justice applied research clinic project
North Carolina Black AllianceRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $96,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to HEARO INC — environmental justice
Windward FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — environmental programs
Largest: $50,000 to Environmental Justice Community Action Network — environment and science
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — sustainable environment
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $98,500 · through 2024Largest: $33,000 to North Carolina Environmental Justice Network — general operating support
Largest: $200,000 to NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NETWORK — supporting local communities
Center for Carbon RemovalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $400,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to APPALACHAIN VOICES — project support for environmental justice initiatives.
United States Energy FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK — to promote education and analysis on the benefits of clean industry.
The Conservation Fund a NonprofitArlington, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $115,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to PARTNERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (PEJ) — conservation of natural resources;sustainable economic & community development
Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to North Carolina Environmental Justice Network — program grant
Largest: $100,000 to DOGWOOD ALLIANCE INC — establishing community forests in environmental justice communities impacted by industrial logging
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