2022 Summer of Action Grants Applications Open DEADLINE: April 8, 2022

(Environmental Defense Fund) The window to make historic climate and clean energy investments at the federal level is now. We are in a fight for our future. Our economic dependence on oil has left us vulnerable to geopolitical conflicts, and investments in our clean energy future will help insulate our communities from crippling economic effects. While important progress has been made with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) in 2021 that included significant investments in climate and clean energy, legislators are still considering a half-trillion dollars of climate investments. In addition, the Biden administration has unveiled the Justice40 Initiative which aims to deliver 40% of the overall benefits of federal investments in climate and clean energy, including sustainable transportation, to disadvantaged
communities. Local, state and national organizations can play a key role in educating their constituencies about the climate, clean energy and equity benefits to communities in the BIL. There is also a once-in-a-generation opportunity to amplify the need for further federal climate and clean energy investments that will create jobs, invest in our communities, and move the United States towards the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. These current and proposed federal climate investments, the game-changing initiative to direct 40% of climate and clean energy benefits to the hardest-hit communities, combined with efforts to increase strong democratic participation, will move all of us
toward a healthier, more equitable and more prosperous future.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) invites you to submit a proposal to the 2022 Summer of Action grant program. This is the sixth year EDF has awarded Summer of Action grants with awards ranging from $5k to $20K. These grants are intended to help organizations build their base of advocates and amplify their existing federal, state, and local advocacy efforts around the urgent need for climate action, clean energy investments, electrifying the transportation sector, climate resilience, healthy communities, equity and efforts serving vital constituencies. EDF is also interested in proposals identifying work supporting democratic processes, such as voting access and voting reform.

Preference will be granted to proposals that creatively engage federal lawmakers and lift up local stories on the need for and benefits of climate investments and the Justice40 initiative over this summer and into the fall. While all proposals will be considered, priority will be placed on organizations working in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

All organizations engaging in one or more of the following efforts are encouraged to apply:
● Educating constituents and stakeholders on the transformative BIL investments and their benefits (including economic, health, climate and clean energy), building public enthusiasm around the investments in the BIL and/or providing technical assistance, as needed, to access
funding from BIL

● Educating community members on the positions and actions of their elected officials to ensure successful, equitable implementation of the BIL, making sure investments meet President Biden’s Justice40 goals

● Advocating for additional climate and clean energy investments like those included in the House-passed Build Back Better Act to create jobs, keep communities healthy, significantly cut pollution and advance environmental justice

● Engaging in work that supports democratic processes such as voting access and reform, Get Out the Vote efforts and voter registration READ MORE