Between June and November of 2024, Writing for Green’s (WFG) 21 Coaches had the privilege of providing technical assistance to 241 organizations applying for the EPA’s Community Change Grant, as a subcontractor to EnDyna. These applicants – frontline CBOs, educational institutions, and municipalities – benefited from the expertise of our team, who have an average […]
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Led by Sol Alvarez-Taubin, Writing for Green worked closely with our client – The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice (the Bullard Center) – to plan, design and submit a successful program proposal for the EPA’s Solar for All competition. With a massive grant award of over $156 million, in partnership with the Clean Energy […]
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Writing for Green’s Courtenay Strickland was the lead writer, and thought partner, for this project, collaborating with The Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice (BCECJ) to create a winning proposal for the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (EJ TCGM) program. The project – which BCECJ will implement in partnership with Houston-based Achieving Community Tasks […]
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This year, the USDA provided over $1.5 billion in forestry project grants to 385 organizations. The USDA grants were funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, which enabled the Forest Service to make historic and unprecedented investments in forestry projects designed to benefit disadvantaged communities, leading to improved health outcomes, and other quality-of-life metrics. Three Writing […]
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On October 24-26, in Washington, D.C., Writing for Green (WFG) hosted a conference for eight of the EPA’s 17 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers ( TCTACs). One of the key responsibilities of the TCTACs is to help environmental justice organizations and their leadership gain the knowledge and skills needed to secure funding and […]
Read MoreWriting for Green (WFG) played a vital role in securing a $10 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ). The grant, named the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC), will allow the DSCEJ to serve as a regional hub, providing much-needed support to grassroots environmental […]
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Foundations &
Big Greens
Equipping foundations, et al, to support EJ/ conservation groups
