Funding Details
Program goal
To become a climate-smart metropolis; create healthier, more livable communities; and protect urban ecologies.
Grants are made to
Become a climate-smart metropolis by:
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
- Improving the energy efficiency of buildings and various industries.
- Increasing the amount of electricity generated by renewable energy resources.
- Supporting distributed (on-site) generation, establishing microgrids, and modernizing the grid.
- Encouraging climate resilience and adaptation to climate change, particularly in vulnerable low-income communities.
Create healthier, more livable communities by:
- Preventing air pollution.
- Reducing the risk of exposure to toxic substances, especially for disadvantaged residents.
- Reclaiming and redeveloping brownfields.
- Creating, improving, and enhancing open space and improving access to the city’s waterfronts.
- Ensuring that environmental benefits and burdens are shared equitably.
Protecting urban ecologies by:
- Safeguarding the city’s critical watersheds.
- Preventing pollution of the waterways.
- Preserving and enhancing wetlands, urban tree cover, and wildlife habitat.
We generally do not fund environmental education projects.
Read the background paper that informed this grantmaking strategy here.
Recent grants
| Organization | Summary |
|---|---|
Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Inc. |
to support the installation and maintenance of greenspace and green infrastructure in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn. |
Transform Don’t Trash NYC Coalition |
to encourage reforms of the city’s commercial solid waste system. |
New York Restoration Project |
to support stewardship of open space in the Bronx. |
Regional Plan Association |
to advocate for safe and well-designed outdoor dining. |
Clean Energy Group, Inc. |
to replace fossil fuel power plants used to meet peak demand (peaker plants) with cleaner alternatives in the city and nationally. |
Urban Green Council |
to support the successful implementation of local climate legislation governing the city’s buildings. |
Open Space Institute, Inc. |
to study the demographics of state park visitors as the system reaches its 100th anniversary. |
NYC Green Fund |
for a pooled fund that supports the responsible use and stewardship of the city’s green spaces. |
Central Appalachian Network |
to advance Appalachia’s clean energy economy. |
People-Oriented Cities |
to make technical recommendations to improve the city’s bus service. |
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