The Overbrook Foundation and Clean Air-Cool Planet
Support Grassroots Environmental Projects with Community Catalyst Fund

With generous support from the Overbrook Foundation, Clean Air-Cool Planet will be taking applications from local groups for grant funding of environmental sustainability projects in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. The new Community Catalyst Fund will provide small grants of up to $2,500 (up to $5,000 in some cases) for grassroots efforts that improve the environment, reduce wasteful energy and resource consumption, or promote local climate action.

The Community Catalyst Fund was established primarily for organizations that are taking community sustainability into their own hands. The fund will support a variety of grassroots environmental projects in the belief that local action makes a real difference; that inspiration often comes from the bottom up; and that the best way to lead is by example.

Priority will be given to projects supporting processes and actions that lead to real advances in community sustainability. Organizations in small towns and under-served communities are encouraged to apply. The application process, which has no deadline, will begin on March 8. Watch for information at www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_communities.