Grants | 2020 | environmental opportunities

Agrarian Trust for project support for Little Jubba Central Maine Agrarian Commons, $10,000 

Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc. for general support, $5,000 x 2 years. 

Center for Economic Democracy for project support for Boston Ujima Project, $20,000 x 2 years

Community Action Works Inc. for project support for educational and charitable activities conducted by Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) in Weymouth, $10,000 

Earth Force Inc. for general support, $40,000 

EVKids Inc. for general support, $100,000 x 3 years 

Farm Aid Inc. for project support for BIPOC Farmers Fund, $10,000 

Groundswell Fund for project support for the Liberation Fund, $20,000 x 2 years 

Movement Strategy Center for project support for Climate Justice Alliance, $10,000 

National Wildlife Federation for project support for the Teach4Climate Institute, $45,000 

Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc. for project support for Lifting the Voices of the New Majority in the Environmental and Climate Justice Movement, $20,000 x 2 years 

Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc. for general support, $10,000 x 2 years 

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for project support for the Squibnocket Pond Reservation, $500,000 

Silent Spring Institute, Inc. for general support $50,000 x 2 years 

Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc. for project support for the Building Equity and Alignment for Impact Fund, $60,000 x 2 years 

Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc. for general support, $10,000 x 2 years, plus an additional $25,000 in year one for project support for Fortifying our Foundation.  

South Shore Young Men’s Christian Association for project support for South Shore Natural Science Center’s Climate Change in the Classroom Workshop, $10,000 

Urban Farming Institute of Boston for project support for the Capital Campaign, $30,000 

West Harlem Environmental Action Inc. for project support for the Cecil Corbin-Mark Fellowship Fund. $15,000 x 2 years


In 2020, the Cedar Tree Foundation awarded $60,000 dollars in rapid response funding to help alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on organizations within the Environmental Opportunities grant program. To expedite the process, the Foundation removed all application and reporting requirements and provided flexibility in how the funds could be used.