Resource Radar: ⚡️😤☀️ | Week of July 14
$50k for Tech x Climate Justice, Roles at Climate Power & Slipstream, Battery Storage RFP + What If We Cut The Checks??? 😲 💵
Common River
July 15, 2025
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Table of Contents
How it feels being in community with y’all despite the foolishness!
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 75+
Job Opps: 180+
Contract Opps: 10+
Funding Opportunities 💰
Indigenous Tomorrows Fund by Native Americans in Philanthropy
Who it's for: The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund provides grants to support Indigenous youth leadership, healing, and self-determined futures. Grants may be used for project-specific work or general operations aligned with Indigenous values and community well-being.
Funding Amount: $30,000
Deadline: 7/22/2025 👈🏽 🚨
How to Apply: Click Here
2025 F5 Tech for Good Grants
Who it's for: The 2025 F5 Tech for Good Grants provide $50,000 each to ten nonprofits using technology to address climate justice for communities of color and marginalized racial or ethnic groups. The grants aim to bridge the technology resource gap in environmental justice work
Funding Amount: $50,000
Deadline: 7/24/2025 👈🏽 🚨
How to Apply: Click Here
Wealth Our Way (W.O.W.) Capital Grant
Who it's for: Provides funding to support real estate development projects led by Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) and Worker Cooperatives in Chicago. The program includes technical coaching, capital coordination, and operational support to help launch and sustain shared ownership models.
Funding Amount: $500,000
Deadline: 7/31/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
2026 Lipman Family Prize
Who it's for: The Lipman Family Prize is an annual global award recognizing leadership and innovation in the social sector. Three winners receive unrestricted funding and access to resources from the University of Pennsylvania.
Funding Amount: $150,000 - $250,000
Deadline: 7/31/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Strategic Capacity for Advancing Local Economies
Who it's for: The SCALE program supports coalitions in small and midsized cities to advance community wealth-building or commercial real estate development projects. Selected coalitions receive technical assistance, funding, coaching, and peer learning opportunities.
Funding Amount: $5,000 - $35,000
Deadline: 7/31/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Director of Staff
Organization: Alliance for Affordable Energy ← Great Org
Location: New Orleans, LA; Hybrid
Description: The Director of Staff will serve as a key advisor and operations leader, supporting the Executive Director and streamlining internal processes. Responsibilities include acting as a communication liaison, tracking performance metrics, and enhancing organizational efficiency.
Deadline to Apply: 7/21/25
Salary: $85,000 - $95,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Associate, Digital Mobilization (temporary)
Organization: Climate Power
Location: Washington, D.C.; Remote
Description: Support Climate Power’s digital mobilization efforts by drafting and managing email and SMS campaigns, maintaining content calendars, and analyzing performance metrics. This temporary role requires strong communication skills and attention to detail to engage grassroots audiences and respond to rapid developments.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $56,000 - $66,696
Link to Apply: Click Here
Program Manager
Organization: Slipstream
Location: Chicago, IL; Hybrid
Description: Slipstream seeks a Program Manager to lead clean energy and equity-focused programs, particularly in the affordable housing sector. The role involves managing energy efficiency initiatives, collaborating with utility clients, and using data tools to track outcomes and drive innovation.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $80,500 - $98,500
Link to Apply: Click Here
Senior Design Lead
Organization: NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity
Location: NYC; Hybrid
Description: The Senior Design Lead will lead service design projects to improve public services for New Yorkers, using human-centered and participatory design methods. They will collaborate across teams to drive systems change and equitable service delivery in city government
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $110,000 - $125,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Vice President, Business Development
Organization: Fourth Economy
Location: United States; Remote
Description: Lead business development strategy and execution to grow Fourth Economy’s consulting portfolio in economic and community development. Contribute to client projects, organizational strategy, and team mentorship while expanding the firm’s national presence.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $140,000-$180,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFP: Girl Plus Environment Strategy Redesign ← GOOD PPL
Issued By: Girl + Environment
Scope: Girl Plus Environment is seeking a contractor to lead the redesign of its strategic plan into an evergreen strategy document. The updated strategy will guide the organization's daily operations and long-term planning in alignment with its recent growth and evolving goals.
Budget: Not disclosed
Deadline for Proposals: 7/17/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Ecosystem Research Consultant
Issued By: The Guardians of Flushing Bay
Scope: The selected consultant will possess the capacity and competencies to provide a full range of services, including experience in helping nonprofit organizations synthesize and summarize complex data and distill that data into actionable advocacy recommendations.
Funding: $17,000
Deadline for Proposals: 7/24/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFQ: Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage Installation Vendors
Issued By: Philadelphia Energy Authority
Scope: This RFQ seeks qualified contractors to install solar PV and battery energy storage systems for residential customers in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Selected vendors will support both market-rate and low- to moderate-income households through the Solarize and Solar For All programs.
Budget: Not disclosed
Deadline for Proposals: 7/28/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
As we discussed last week, the OBBBA repeals much of the energy transition incentives available under the IRA. And its happening FAST.
$7,500 new EV tax credit expires on Sep 30
$4,000 used EV tax credit expires on Sep 30
$2,000 towards installing heat pumps, heat pump hot water heaters, by Dec 31
$1,200 towards home insulation, energy audits, and weatherization by Dec 31
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: July 17 + August 14, 2025 7:30 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Host: Solar United Neighbors
Description: “Despite Americans' overwhelming support of solar energy, Congress passed a short-sighted and reckless budget bill that repeals tax credits for solar homeowners at the end of the year.Join us to learn more about the big bill, what it means, and what’s next.”
Sign Up: Click Here
Date: August 27, 2025 12:30 - 5 pm ET
Location: Atlanta, GA
Host: Kindred Futures
Description: “From thriving Black-owned businesses to rich community networks, the South already holds powerful engines of prosperity—yet nearly two million Black households still have zero or negative net worth. It is time to turn existing strengths into shared, lasting wealth across the region. Join Kindred Futures on Wednesday, August 27 in Atlanta for the Roots of Wealth Forum, featuring an afternoon that blends data, creativity, and action.”
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
As many of us are all too familiar with how the federal funding landscape has been an upheaval towards building a regenerative economy. While some philanthropic $$$ are stepping in to fill these gaps, many are still timid. IMO, even in the best of times both of these would be insufficient (or at least incomplete) as they still rely on external funding preferences rather than capital directed by local communities. There are leaders out there modeling what could be!
One of the orgs that we’ve featured on Common River is the NDN Collective. I get hype watching this video describing their work.
This article from Inside Philanthropy profiles four Native-led funders that are reinvesting and recirculating capital into their communities. AND this is despite data showing that only 1% of total philanthropic $$$ go to Native-led orgs and only 20% of the major foundations have portfolios focused on aligned strategies.
“But focusing solely on multibillion-dollar grantmakers overlooks the ecosystem’s galaxy of Native-led foundations, regrantors and tribal funders, which, according to Native Americans in Philanthropy, constitute “a growing segment to support Native American communities.””
The four funders mentioned are:
$12.6M to 200+ orgs in ed, health, community dev, and preservation in 2024
$2M in emergency funding to address tribal food delays in 2024
$3.5M in direct, cash support to 100+ people in 2023
$5.5M to Native-led orgs since its founding
What if we were the stewards?
In solidarity,
Trace