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Funding Opportunities: Other Grant Sources

Northeast Funding Opportunities

  • The Crossroads Community Foundation serves the metro area west of Boston. Its grant-making program has been designed to appeal to the philanthropic interests of all donors and to address current and future areas of need. Crossroads' discretionary grants support nonprofit organizations, services, and programs in a variety of fields, including the environment.
  • The Essex County Community Foundation was established as a broad-based public foundation to promote and expand philanthropy in Essex County, Massachusetts. The Foundation's grant-making programs support a variety of grants, including environmental stewardship.
  • The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's mission is to support and encourage those educational, cultural, social, and environmental values that contribute to making our society more humane and our world more livable. The foundation makes grants in five areas, including the environment, to benefit the state of New Jersey.
  • The Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment is a U.S.-Canadian partnership of government and nongovernment organizations working to maintain and enhance environmental quality in the Gulf of Maine to allow for sustainable resource use by existing and future generations. One way the council tries to reach this goal is by providing grants.
  • The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust funds projects in New England in the areas of health, education and the environment. Projects include protection of critical natural resources, energy conservation, public awareness of the critical environmental issues facing the region, and protection of the public's health, especially in low income or minority communities.
  • The Maine Community Foundation is an organization dedicated to strengthening Maine's communities by building charitable endowments, maximizing benefits to donors, making effective grants, and providing leadership to address community needs. The Foundation's grant-making program has a variety of interests, and its Web site provides a list of available grants and applicable deadlines.
  • The New England Biolabs Foundation is an independent private foundation founded in 1982 by the president of New England Biolabs, Inc. to support grassroots organizations working with the environment, social change, the arts, elementary education, and science. The Foundation provides grants for special interests in marine conservation, estuary protection, and sustainable economic development for the New England area.
  • The New York Community Trust provides funding for projects in New York City through four grant making programs, including conservation and the environment. The Trust also provides information and guidelines for grant seekers.
  • The Northeast Consortium's goal is to encourage and fund effective, equal partnerships among commercial fishermen, researchers, and other stakeholders to become active participants in cooperative research and development of selective fishing gear technology.
  • The Northeast Utilities Foundation, Inc. has a longstanding tradition of giving back to the community. The Foundation was established to provide grants in excess of $5,000. The Foundation supports community efforts that improve education and social and economic conditions, as well as those that protect the quality of the environment. Primary focus is given to communities served by the Northeast Utilities system companies, including Conneticut Light & Power.
  • The Prospect Hill Foundation has a broad range of philanthropic interests. The Foundation's environmental grant-making concentrates on habitat and water protection in the northeastern region of the United States.
  • The Virginia Environmental Endowment's mission is to improve the quality of the environment by using its capital to encourage all sectors to work together to prevent pollution, conserve natural resources, and promote environmental literacy. This organization supports three grant programs and provides application information.