Resource Radar: 🌍😤 🌎| Week of Apr 21
Paid Fellowship @Clean Virginia, $100k for media, tech, & art, + Our Power, Our Planet 🌎
Common River
April 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day Folks!
Our work is critical: not just about the “Earth” in the abstract, but about all of us inhabitants. Our work is about people. While many of us are swirling from recent attacks on climate (and rumored executive orders coming), love for our communities does not allow us to be deterred.
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By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 25+
Job Opps: 100
Contract Opps: 5+
Funding Opportunities 💰
Ingredients For Success Entrepreneurs Initiative by Famous Amos 🍪👀
Who it's for: An annual award program supporting early-stage Black business owners through capital awards, mentorship, networking, and resources to promote long-term success.
Funding Amount: $150,000 total (awarded to 3 winners)
Deadline: 4/23/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Climate Change & Human Health Seed Grants by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Who it's for: Supports cross-disciplinary projects connecting biomedical science with environmental and population-based fields to address climate-related health impacts and build sustainable health systems.
Funding Amount: $2,500 to $50,000
Deadline: 4/24/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Humanitarian Prize by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Who it's for: The world’s largest annual humanitarian award honors a nonprofit for extraordinary contributions to alleviating human suffering and driving sustainable global progress.
Funding Amount: $2,500,000
Deadline: 4/30/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
O’Shaughnessy Fellowship by O’Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV)
Who it's for: A one-year program funding radically ambitious ideas in science, tech, media, and art. Ten Fellows receive $100K each; up to twenty additional applicants receive $10K grants and access to OSV’s support network.
Funding Amount: $100,000 for Fellows; $10,000 for select grantees
Deadline: 4/30/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
D-Prize Global Competition by the D-Prize
Who it's for: Awards seed funding to launch new organizations distributing proven poverty solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Funding Amount: $20,000
Deadline: 5/18/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Good Governance Research Fellow, Summer 2025 ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Organization: Clean Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, VA or Richmond, VA
Description: Supports original research on corporate influence, campaign finance, and ethics reform in Virginia. Analyzes policy proposals, drafts reports, and helps shape recommendations for good governance reforms. Fellowship runs from May or June through August 2025, with potential to extend.
Deadline to Apply: 5/2/2025
Salary: $25/hour
Link to Apply: Click Here
Associate, Global Programs, Markets & Policy
Organization: Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)
Location: Washington, D.C.; Hybrid
Description: Support CEBA’s global clean energy market and policy efforts, with a focus on APAC, through research, member engagement, and event coordination. Lead strategy implementation, communications, and cross-sector collaboration to expand clean energy procurement. Contribute to content development, program evaluation, and business development.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $75,000–$90,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Manager, Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative
Organization: Resources for the Future
Location: Washington, D.C.; Hybrid
Description: Leads and manages activities of the Resilient Energy Economies initiative and supports research and policy engagement for equitable energy transition. Coordinates research grants, plans stakeholder events, and produces research outputs. Engages with policymakers and supports communications and fundraising efforts.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $88,500–$105,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Organization: Karp Strategies
Location: New York, NY; Hybrid
Description: The Chief of Staff to the CEO will support high-level executive operations, manage strategic initiatives, and enhance cross-functional coordination to ensure organizational alignment and impact. This role requires balancing strategic thinking with executive support, facilitating internal communications, and managing administrative functions with professionalism, discretion, and empathy, especially in supporting the CEO’s disability-related needs.
Deadline to Apply: 4/30/2025
Salary: $110,000 – $130,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Program Officer, Resilience
Organization: ICLEI USA
Location: United States, Remote
Description: The Program Officer supports climate adaptation and community resilience projects for local governments. Responsibilities include technical assistance, plan development, writing, and educational offerings. This is a fully remote, client-facing role requiring strong communication and multitasking skills.
Deadline to Apply: 5/14/2025
Salary: $65,000 – $72,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFP: Freshwater Storytelling Grant
Issued By: National Geographic Society
Scope: National Geographic invites storytellers worldwide to create compelling content raising awareness about global freshwater scarcity and sustainable solutions.
Budget: $20,000 – $100,000
Deadline for Proposals: 4/22/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Consulting Services: Financial Modeling for Utility-Scale Solar Projects
Issued By: Planet Reimagined
Scope: Planet Reimagined seeks a finance consultant to model 5–8 solar projects in the Southwest U.S., integrating tax incentives, market shifts, and capital strategies to assess economic viability.
Budget: $60/hour
Deadline for Proposals: 4/28/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Environmental Justice Curriculum Design
Issued By: WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Scope: WE ACT seeks a curriculum consultant to update and adapt its Environmental Health and Justice Leadership Training (EHJLT) program for use in its new Environmental Justice Center.
Budget: Max daily rate of $703.42
Deadline for Proposals: 5/8/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
Y’all going to let scare tactics keep you from fighting for your community?
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
Climate Leaders Warn About Potential Trump Action Against Environmental Groups by Marianne Lavelle for Inside Climate News: This is really the only story to cover on this 55th Earth Day. The current administration is reported to be preparing to issue several executive orders threatening the 501c3 tax-exempt status for organizations working on climate and environmental justice. Not only would this be financially devastating to the individual orgs, it would also create a chilling effect of drying up the well of future funding for these orgs as individual donors and foundations rely on the tax exempt status as a financial incentive to fund these orgs.
Former Washington State Governor Inslee had this to say
“It would “silence anyone who has the temerity to say children ought to have clean air and that we ought to not have our cities burning down because of climate-induced fires,” Inslee said. “We cannot, will not be, and must not be silenced.””
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: Apr 28 - May 2, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C.
Host: DC Climate Week
Description: DC Climate Week (DCCW) will establish Washington, DC, as the nation’s center of climate innovation by providing opportunities to engage with policymakers, fund climate solutions, and showcase cutting-edge technologies.
Through curated workshops, panels, exhibitions, and networking events, we will transform our nation's capital into a global model for climate action.
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
It’s not lost on us that the theme for 2025’s Earth Day is “Our Power, Our Planet”.
Let this be a reminder of your agency and the love that drives us to fight for more just, sustainable futures.
Let’s continue to build together 💪🏾
In solidarity,
Trace