Earth Day Action Grants return: Now accepting proposals.
2013 Action Grant recipients at St. Anthony’s Food Pantry re-pot tomato plants before giving them away.
We are doing it again! For the 2013 St. Louis Earth Day Festival, we launched a new funding program. Unsure if we would raise the money, we pledged $10,000 toward supporting the work of community groups and other small organizations like ourselves. Thankfully, Boeing’s Corporate Citizenship program shared our vision.
Once again we’re aiming to raise $10,000 beyond our internal fundraising needs to support other St. Louis projects and organizations that further the mission of St. Louis Earth Day — cultivating environmental stewardship and engaging individuals, governments, businesses, schools and the non-profit sector in celebration, education and action to support a healthy and sustainable future.
Help make it happen.
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Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include: government entities (e.g. municipal and county parks departments), schools, non-profit groups, 501(c)3 corporations, small community groups, including community gardens. Grants may be awarded to small community groups without official 501c3 status, but will require a fiscal agent, reimbursement basis or similar arrangement. Only proposals that take place in the St. Louis region will be considered (St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles, East St. Louis).
Project proposals should relate to at least one of the following three goals:
- Provide an opportunity for people to “take action” on an environmental issue.
- Provide support for small groups and non-profit organizations seeking to implement an Earth Day program or project.
- Provide support for small groups and non-profit organizations that implement Earth Day-aligned programs, projects or services throughout the year.
Examples of eligible proposals:
- Supplies for a small group trash pick up
- Computer to enable a non-profit environmental organization to carry out their mission
- Seeds and trees for a community garden
- Licensing fees to show an environmentally-themed documentary
- Tools for a school garden or outdoor classroom
- Supplies and instructor expenses for a environmentally-themed workshop or special course
- Speaker fees for an environmentally-themed program
- Rain barrel installation at a school or community center
- Native plants for a bird sanctuary or butterfly garden
- Materials for environmentally-themed teacher training
- Implementing recycling & composting at a Earth Day event
- Plants for an outdoor classroom
- Tools for a bike repair workshop
Important Dates
November 15: Applications available on the St. Louis Earth Day website.
March 1: Applications for grant proposals close; all proposal material are due.
April 10: Applicants are notified.
April 27: Grant recipients are recognized at the St. Louis Earth Day Festival.
2013 Recipients
In 2013, Boeing donated $10,000 for the first year of Earth Day Action Grants, through their Corporate Giving program, providing 100% of our fundraising goal. In fact, we were able to fund 18 projects, totaling about $12,000. Recipients were recognized at the Opening Ceremony at the Earth Day Festival (April 21). Read more about 2013 grant projects.
