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Rosin Funds’ Environment Program

Rosin Funds’ Environment Program

Aug. 1, 2019
By The Scherman Foundation

Story summary:

  • The Scherman Foundation provides funds to nonprofit organizations, through the Rosin Funds’ Environmental Program, for innovative projects that have a transformative impact on a critical environmental issue.

Quick Facts

Rosin Funds’ Mission
Innovative, short-term and high-impact projects that address critical environmental issues. Priority to projects combining environmental interests with social justice goals

Eligibility
Nonprofits 

What do they fund?
Research, outreach and education, project development and implementation, demonstration projects, media/communications, modeling, advocacy, innovation 

Length of Funding
1-3 years 

Amount of Funding
$100,000 - $250,000 

Match? 
No match required, but other leveraged funds, organizations, and partners encouraged 

Timing
Jan - Letters of intent due
Feb - Invitations for full proposals out
March - Full proposals due
June – Award announcement

About

The Rosin Funds’ Environment Program funds innovative projects that address critical environmental issues. The Rosin Fund looks for projects that address multiple problems and present holistic, integrated solutions. Measurable outcomes, ability to share and replicate beneficial effects, and incorporation of social justice are preferred.

This program focuses on three topic areas, so all applicants should align proposals to at least one of these:

  1. Urban Sustainability – projects that consider new paradigms in green infrastructure, open space, the built environment, mass transit, recycling, and waste management, food quality and availability, and urban agriculture.
  2. Green Economy/Green Jobs – projects that spur green industry, develop partnerships between business and environmental groups, and creation of jobs and social benefits.
  3. Sustainable Drinking Water – projects that work to ensure that drinking water is clean and available. Project types may include: water protection strategies and policies, innovative new technologies, corporate responsibility efforts, and water protection from extractive industries (ex: fracking).

 Project Examples

Charles River Watershed Association, 2013 & 2015, $670,000 & $100,000

The Charles River Watershed Association received funds for their Smart Sewering: Infrastructure for a Livable Future. This innovative approach to urban wastewater infrastructure generates energy, free capacity in existing sewers to protect cities from flooding, fosters smart growth and reduces nonpoint source pollution.

More Info/Resources

Contact Info

Scherman Foundation
Naiche Parker
Grants and Communications Manager
nparker@scherman.org

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