Resource Radar: ⚡️ 🫱🏾🫲🏼😤 | Week of Mar 10
🚨 New Website + Job Board 🚨, $250k for nonprofits, & Program Director & Chief of Staff Roles
Common River
March 11, 2025
Good people! We’ve been working overtime 💪🏾 to grow this platform and to improve the experience we bring to your inbox every week.
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Having said that, we’re excited to share our new website!!! 🤓
Check us out at ourcommonriver.org !!!
Also introducing the Common River Job Board to make discovering your (or your friend’s) next career move a smoother experience. Over the coming weeks we’ll be rolling out similar features our Funding Database and RFP & Contract Catalogue. Stay tuned! 👀🤓
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Table of Contents
Literally us doing our jobs as we’re keeping it pushing while life is life-ing
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 30+
Job Opps: 110+
Contract Opps: 20+
👉🏾 Explore all the opportunities at our new website, ourcommonriver.org
Funding Opportunities 💰
Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures (MSISV) Accelerator by Morgan Stanley
Who it's for: Provides early-stage startups and emerging nonprofits with capital, mentorship, networking, office space, and tailored programming to help scale impactful solutions in equity and sustainability.
Funding Amount: $250,000 equity investment (Startups) | $250,000 grant (Nonprofits)
Deadline: 3/14/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Community-Based Archives Grant by Mellon Foundation
Who it's for: This funding opp supports community-based archives that preserve and share the histories of under-documented communities through operational funding, collections care, and programming.
Grant Amount: $25,000 - $100,000 (two year grants)
Deadline: 3/12/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice Grants by Nathan Cummings Foundation
Who it's for: Supports innovative, community-centered solutions addressing systemic inequities in racial, economic, and environmental justice. Prioritizes U.S.-based work, especially in the U.S. South, through grants and PRIs for aligned proposals.
Grant Amount: $50,000 - $250,000
Deadline: 6/30/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Amplifiers: Atlanta by Generation180 & Rewiring America
Who it's for: A paid weekend workshop in Atlanta (April 26-27) training local leaders and content creators to promote clean energy solutions, followed by a three-month engagement program. Georgia-based community leaders and content creators passionate about clean energy; no prior knowledge required for content creators.
Grant Amount: $1,000 stipend (all participants) | Additional $1,000 for content creators who produce a video
Deadline: 3/21/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Local Data for Equitable Communities Grant by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Who it's for: Supports nonprofits in collecting and using data to address inequities in physical, economic, and social conditions. Grants aim to inform public policy, build local data capacity, and strengthen equitable data practices.
Grant Amount: $50,000
Deadline: 3/18/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
👉🏾 Explore all the opportunities at our new website, ourcommonriver.org
🫱🏾🫲🏼 Please share with someone before a funding deadline! 🙏🏾🫡
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Civic Match Program Director
Organization: Work for America
Location: Remote
Description: The Civic Match Program Director will lead Civic Match, a national initiative addressing staffing shortages in state and local governments. Responsibilities include driving hiring outcomes, managing a $3M budget, overseeing a team of 4-5 staff, developing government partnerships, and executing the long-term vision for Civic Match. The role also involves leading external communications and evolving the technology platform supporting Civic Match.
Deadline to Apply: 3/14/2025
Salary: $150,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Policy Advisor
Organization: EarthRights International
Location: DC, MD, VA, NY, WA, CT; Remote
Description: The Policy Advisor will conduct in-depth research, policy analysis, and advocacy on environmental and human rights issues. This role includes engaging with policymakers, publishing commentary, and supporting campaigns that challenge fossil fuel companies, protect human rights defenders, and promote accountability in business practices. The position requires expertise in U.S. policy and regulatory systems, with opportunities for international engagement.
Deadline to Apply: 3/28/2025
Salary: $85,000-$95,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Technical Advisor
Organization: Agroecology Fund
Location: Remote
Description: The MEL Technical Advisor will oversee tracking and evaluation of the Agroecology Fund’s Grant Program, providing insights for fundraising, grantmaking, and communications. Responsibilities include reviewing grantee reports, conducting monitoring calls, maintaining the grants database, and supporting regional agroecology funds. The role requires strong data analysis and reporting skills, with a focus on storytelling and impact assessment
Deadline to Apply: 3/21/2025
Salary: $80,000 – $92,500
Link to Apply: Click Here
Chief of Staff
Organization: Inspiration Mobility
Location: Washington, D.C.; hybrid
Description: 15+ years of professional experience; MBA; 3+ years in management consulting; expertise in corporate finance, equity investing, fleet management, sustainability, or a related field; strong communication, project management, and relationship-building skills.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $175,000 - $260,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Associate Director of State Program Operations
Organization: American Flood Coalition
Location: Washington, D.C.; hybrid
Description: The Associate Director of State Program Operations will oversee and streamline AFC's state-level initiatives, ensuring internal coordination and alignment across teams. This role will develop and implement operational strategies, manage fast-moving projects, and track key performance indicators. The position requires expertise in program management, strategic collaboration, and reporting to enhance AFC’s impact in flood adaptation efforts.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $95,000–$120,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
👉🏾 Visit this Airtable for all job opps.
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFP: Climate Service Corps
Issued By: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Scope: MassCEC’s Climate Service Corps seeks to strengthen the Commonwealth’s clean energy workforce by 38% by 2030, offering young people—especially those from Environmental Justice neighborhoods—access to living-wage careers. This initiative provides direct funding and technical assistance to organizations that deliver work-based learning, skills training, career guidance, and service opportunities for individuals aged 18–24. Implementation and Planning Grants are available to help local organizations and partnerships design and scale effective career pathway programs.
Budget: $50,000 for planning, $350,000 for implementation
Deadline for Proposals: 3/17/25
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Federal Lobbyist or Lobbying Firm Services
Issued By: International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
Scope: IEDC seeks a federal lobbyist or firm to advocate for U.S. economic development policies, secure legislative wins, and strengthen relationships with key policymakers.
Budget: $75,000/year
Deadline for Proposals: 3/28/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Grand Challenge on Innovative Data & Modeling Approaches to Measure Women’s Health
Issued By: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scope: This Grand Challenge seeks innovative approaches to measure women’s health beyond traditional indicators (e.g., DALY) by leveraging existing datasets and novel modeling techniques to incorporate gender-sensitive and multidimensional factors that impact health outcomes. Funding awards up to $150,000 USD.
Budget: $150,000 per 18-24 month project
Deadline for Proposals: 3/28/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Technical Assistance (TA) Team Member for Green Bank Rapid Start Team
Issued By: Green Bank for Rural America
Scope: Seeking professionals to support the implementation of Technical Assistance Hubs and Services in Financial Services, Distributed Energy, Built Environment, and EV Transportation. The role involves provider outreach, resource library development, community engagement, and direct technical assistance.
Budget: Not disclosed
Deadline for Proposals: Rolling, Apply ASAP
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFI: Solar Technology for Georgia BRIGHT Communities Initiative
Issued By: Capital Good Fund
Scope: Seeking innovative solar technology solutions to expand access for underserved housing types under the $156M Georgia BRIGHT Solar for All program. Target housing typologies are: 1)Apartments/Multifamily Housing, 2)Mobile/Manufactured Homes, 3)Single Family Rental Properties, 4) Duplexes, Triplexes, and Fourplexes, 5)Structurally Insufficient Homes
Budget: N/A
Deadline for Proposals: 3/28/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra) Resources + Uplift
Original image source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lin-manuel-miranda-on-tv-reading-off-a-smartphone
Updates from the National Council of Nonprofits Lawsuits:
Diane Yentel shared resources on how the executive orders are impacting nonprofits. See below for links to each of these:
Executive orders —> click here
Updated FAQs w/ answers —> click here
Checklist if your funding is revoked —> click here
Form to share impacts of EOs on your work —> click here
Image source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-yentel-8221466/
Climate United Sues the EPA & Citibank Over Withheld Funds:
This past weekend, Climate United Fund, a coalition comprised of leading CDFIs and climate orgs such as Calvert Impact, Community Preservation Corporation, and Self-Help Credit Union, sued the U.S. EPA and Citibank over the freezing of funds awarded to the organization through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
“This isn’t about politics; it’s about economics,” said Beth Bafford, CEO of Climate United. “This program was designed to save money for hard-working Americans who are struggling to pay for groceries and keep the lights on. We’re going to court for the communities we serve — not because we want to, but because we have to.”
Webinar: The 2025 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard: Ranking Progress and Opportunities hosted by ACEEE
Date: Mar 18, 2025 01:00 PM
Description: For nearly two decades, ACEEE has published the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, scoring and ranking states on policies and programs that save energy, lower costs, and produce environmental and economic benefits. The scorecard provides detailed information across six policy areas for all 50 states and the District of Columbia: utility programs, transportation, buildings, state government-led initiatives, industrial energy efficiency, and appliance standards. Join us to learn how states stacked up in the 2025 edition, highlights of where states have made progress over the last two years, and where they still have room to improve. Attendees will hear from both ACEEE staff who authored the Scorecard and state leaders on some of the most impactful new policies they were able to implement since the last edition.
Sign Up: Click Here
Undoubtedly we’re living in volatile, uncertain times. In moments such as these, its important to look to history for patterns, for wisdom, for perspective.
An elder in my community recently let me borrow this book detailing the notes of organizing members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee aka SNCC. She reminded me that 1) this book is no longer in print so I better take care of it 😂 (yes ma’am 🫡) and 2) we make it through together— even when it seems unimaginable, perhaps this is especially true when it seems unimaginable.
Forward we go ✊🏽
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In solidarity,
Trace