Funding search · environmental justice · Pennsylvania
Who funds environmental justice work in Pennsylvania
11 funders have a record of paying for environmental justice work by Pennsylvania recipients: 36 grants totaling $2.7M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Heinz Endowments ($1.4M), The William Penn Foundation ($990,000) and Bvm Capacity Building Institute ($62,400).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Pennsylvania recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $200,000 to HAZELWOOD INITIATIVE INC — for operating support to develop and preserve hazelwood's physical assets, advance environmental justice, broaden community outreach & engagement, and strengthen organizational cap…
Largest: $750,000 to PHILADELPHIA CITY FUND — philadelphia community resilience & environmental justice fund
Bvm Capacity Building InstituteAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $62,400 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Black Convicted And Still Here — environmental justice
Largest: $15,000 to GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC — to support a youth-voice program focused on environmental justice
Jefferson Regional FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $65,000 · through 2024Largest: $65,000 to NINE MILE RUN WATERSHED ASSOCATION — increase capacity to convene and manage the environmental justice table (ejt), a resident/community-driven initiative that aims to raise community voice, advocacy, and education on…
Breathe PennsylvaniaCranberry Township, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER — investigation and mitigation of asthma severity in populations with higher environmental justice burdens.
Largest: $75,000 to BARTRAM'S GARDEN — environmental justice project
Largest: $20,000 to PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER — to further the charitable purpose of public interest law center and its environmental justice area
Organizacion En California De Lideres CampesinasOxnard, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Learning Disabilities Association of America — to support companys active participation in the leadership and implementation of the campaign for healthier solutions (chs), an economic and environmental justice consumer educatio…
Largest: $5,000 to SIGMA MU LAMBDA CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY — supporting environmental justice & civil rights
Largest: $3,000 to SHANITA HUBBARD — to create a podcast series to educate the public about the connection between environmental justice and mass incarceration
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