Children's Environmental Health Initiative

 

 

Grant Program Description and Goals

The Cedar Tree Foundation's Children's Environmental Health Initiative supports campaigns and programs designed to reduce children’s exposures to toxic chemicals in products and in their environments. The Foundation recognizes that toxic chemicals pose a particular threat to children, especially children of color, and the government does not do an adequate job protecting young people from these hazards. Cedar Tree also recognizes that communities of color are most often and most deeply impacted by environmental threats.

In November 2017 the Board of the Cedar Tree Foundation awarded the first round of grants in this Initiative, all with a focus on marketplace campaigns that impact children’s health. A second round of grants with the same marketplace focus was awarded in January 2018.

In 2019 the Cedar Tree Foundation focused on supporting racial equity and awarded grants to support non-profit organizations led by people of color, working in communities of color to protect and improve children’s health by addressing exposures to toxic chemicals in products and/or the environment.  

In 2020 the Cedar Tree Foundation renewed all current grants expiring in 2020 or 2021 with one year extensions to provide time for the Foundation to review the first three years of this Initiative. In addition, with the onset of the Covid pandemic and recognizing the increased burdens felt by non-profit organizations, Cedar Tree awarded one-time, small, emergency grants to all current grantees in the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative. The Foundation also relaxed all grant reporting deadlines and streamlined the reporting and proposal process.  

Since then Cedar Tree has focused on supporting its current Children’s Environmental Health grantees with renewal grants in 2021 and 2022. No new grantees will be added to the program in 2023. Please check back in 2024 or add your contact information at the bottom of this page for future updates about new funding opportunities.

PAST GRANT AWARDS

2022: Current Grantee Renewals (Racial Equity Grants)

2021/2022: Current Grantee Renewals

2020/2021: Current Grantee One Year Extensions

2019: Racial Equity Grants

2018: Marketplace Campaigns

2017: Marketplace Campaigns

How to Apply

The Cedar Tree Foundation is not currently accepting applications for the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative, and does not plan to add new grantees in 2023. If you would like to receive email notification about updates to this web page including information about how to apply when the Children's Environmental Health Initiative reopens, please enter your email address into the form below.

The Cedar Tree Foundation only funds registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations for work in the United States.

Updated 2/2023