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Environmental Education Funding Resources
The Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation
The Environmental Education Program of the Gray Family Fund at The Oregon Community Foundation seeks to encourage a strong local land ethic, sustainable communities, and stewardship of the natural environment by citizens throughout Oregon. The Fund is committed to long term institutionalizing a series of age appropriate experiences that build a sense of place and responsibility towards Oregon and the region.
The program supports four general goals:
- Strengthening and developing programs that provide outdoor experiences for youth from early childhood through grade 12.
- Creating, expanding and improving programs that connect schools with their communities and provide students with practical hands-on experience in addressing environmental issues both locally and globally.
- Creating lasting change in education systems to foster improved understanding of and interaction with our natural systems.
- Encouraging programs that connect creativity with the natural environment.
Grants are made to schools, government agencies, and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations. The fund awards grants in each of the following six categories:
- Early Childhood Environmental Education
- Outdoor School Programs
- Outdoor Exploration and Community Field Trips
- Service Learning Experiences and High School Expeditions
- Greening Educational Facilities
- Environmental Professional Development for Teachers and Volunteer Mentors
2008 application deadlines are February 1st and August 1st.
Please visit The Oregon Community Foundation web site for more information.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Environmental Education Grants Program
The Grants Program sponsored by EPA's Environmental Education Division (EED), Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education, supports environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills to help people make informed decisions that affect environmental quality.
EPA awards grants each year based on funding appropriated by Congress. Annual funding for the program ranges between $2 and $3 million. More than 75 percent of the grants awarded by this program receive less than $15,000.
Environmental education grants are awarded in the following educational priority areas:
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capacity building,
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education reform,
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community stewardship,
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health,
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teaching skills, and
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career development.
The deadline to apply for a 2008 environmental education grant was December 20, 2007.
Learn more from the Environmental Education Grants Program fact sheet or by visiting the U.S. EPA's web site for more information.
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