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03 Mar
2025

Climate Smart Communities Initiative

  Grant Amount: Each grant includes approximately $100,000 in funding as well as access to training opportunities, technical experts, and cohort support.

Information

The CSCI is pleased to be able to provide grants to climate adaptation and resilience professionals to create or advance a climate resilience plan or project in collaboration with a community that is on the front lines of the climate crisis. The community should be represented in the application and effort by a community-based organization and a local, regional or Tribal government entity.

Eligibility

This grants program is focused on assisting communities on the front lines of the climate crisis in the United States, inclusive of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, commonwealths, and territories, as well as the Tribal nations that share this geography. As detailed in the selection criteria below, the community must be facing significant climate-related challenges, based on environmental as well as socioeconomic considerations. If the proposed work is local in scope, the population of the community should be less than 300,000 residents. If the proposed work is regional in scope, areas with up to 500,000 residents will be considered.

Category

  • Environment