Rose Foundation for Communities
and the Environment

A regranting initiative to provide core support and capacity building to small and midsize environmental health and justice organizations.

The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment (RF) supports grassroots initiatives to inspire community action to protect the environment, consumers and the public’s health. It engages in education, advocacy and grantmaking that emphasize increasing community participation in civic life.

Counties Served:

Alameda
Contra Costa
Santa Clara (eastern portion)
Solano
Fresno
Kern
Kings
Madera
Merced
San Joaquin
Stanislaus
Tulare

Total Award: $320,000

Program Details:
RF will provide 8-10 environmental health or justice organizations with multi-year core support grants. Each organization will receive approximately $20,000 of core support over three years. Organizations will also receive technical assistance support. RF staff will meet each grantee to develop a technical assistance plan, and these plans will be supported by two-year grants for the organization to hire a technical assistant consultant and to engage in other training opportunities to increase capacity.

Selection Process:
Grants will be awarded on an open and competitive basis. RF will conduct outreach through its network of grantees and grant applicants, and plans to host at least one phone conference or in-person meeting with potential applicants. RF will focus on small organizations (with annual expenses between $25,000 and $250,000) serving low-income communities of color, with priority given to organizations that involve the community in their programming, are positioned to grow, and exhibit strong leadership.

Target launch date: Early spring 2010

Website: http://www.rosefdn.org/

Project Contact:
Robyn Herr
Development Associate
rherr@rosefdn.org
(510) 658-0702 ext. 304