Sustainable Environments Grants Descriptions
STAR Communities
Washington, DC | $200,000 (24 months)
To increase uptake and implementation of the STAR Community Rating System and continue to evolve the system's products and tools.
Category: Integrated Infrastructure
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY | $75,000
To promote green infrastructure (GI) with lasting social and environmental benefits by creating a network of scientists and practitioners who will collaborate to compile existing GI data and communicate best practices.
Category: Urban Water Management
The College of New Jersey Foundation
Ewing, NJ | $825,000 (36 months)
To support the next phase of Sustainable Jersey's growth, including a gold level certification, efforts to catalyze a national movement of similar state/local certification programs, and next generation infrastructure activities.
Category: Integrated Infrastructure
The Reinvestment Fund
Philadelphia, PA | $48,000 (6 months)
To expand The Reinvestment Fund 's prototype Food Supply Chain Matrix - a geographic model that analyzes the potential economic connectivity among businesses operating a supply chain.
Category: Regional Food Supply
TransForm
Oakland, CA | $45,000
To shape the UrbanFootprint modeling tool with better social equity measures and build a strategy for community engagement.
Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns
Transportation Choices Coalition
Seattle, WA | $300,000 (24 months)
To support a statewide coalition in Washington to advance equity and project performance metrics into transportation infrastructure decisions.
Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns
Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, CA | $450,000 (24 months)
To support the launch of a nationwide 'Parks as Green Infrastructure' program.
Category: Urban Water Management
Tulane City Center
New Orleans, LA | $46,000 (24 months)
To provide capacity building resources to Tulane City Center, and targeted support for the new Director of Community Outreach, who will serve as the chief community liaison and coordinator of staff community outreach efforts across projects and partners. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Thriving Cultures and Strong Local Economies Programs.
Category: Urban Water Management
University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc.
Storrs, CT | $250,000 (24 months)
To create a model of green infrastructure implementation that incorporates public education, civic engagement, community building, youth involvement, and artful design and place-making into stormwater management efforts.
Category: Urban Water Management
Vermont Community Load Fund
Montpelier, VT | $45,000
To support and help seed the Vermont Value-Added Food Processors Equipment Access Program.
Category: Regional Food Supply