Good people! Got some great job opps from around the country and some interesting funding opps. While we’re living in wild times, resources and opps are still moving and I hope this newsletter makes navigating the landscape a bit easier. 🙏🏾
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All of us when funders, employers, or clients start acting up! s/o to the WNBAPA
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 80+
Job Opps: 200+
Contract Opps: 20
Funding Opportunities 💰
2025 Tech for Good Grants by F5
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
Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator by gener8tor
Who it's for: The Bronze Valley Investment Accelerator provides a $100K investment and a 12-week mentorship-based program for high-growth startups. The program connects founders with a network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.
Funding Amount: $100,000
Deadline: 7/27/2025 👈🏽🚨🚨🚨
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
Casas y Carreras (Homes & Jobs) Learning Pilot by UnidosUS
Who it's for: The Casas y Carreras Learning Pilot supports community-based models that expand affordable housing and strengthen the homebuilding workforce. Grants aim to connect housing production for first-time buyers with workforce development opportunities.
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $75,000
Deadline: 8/4/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Production Grant by The Southern Documentary Fund
Who it's for: The Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant awards $15,000 to seven filmmakers to support nonfiction documentary projects in production. The grant emphasizes stories from or about the American South.
Funding Amount: $15,000
Deadline: 8/15/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Managing Director of MINTs
Organization: Trust Neighborhoods
Location: United States; Remote
Description: The Managing Director of MINTs will lead the design and scaling of the MINT model, supporting community-led development and affordable housing initiatives across the country. This executive role involves managing cross-functional teams, structuring capital, and partnering with local organizations to launch and grow MINTs
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $160,000 - $215,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Director, Ecosystem Development
Organization: Project Equity
Location: United States (West Coast pref); Remote
Description: The Director of Ecosystem Development will lead national and regional strategies to expand employee ownership by engaging institutions, building partnerships, and developing tools and training. This role includes team leadership, cross-sector collaboration, and supporting funding development to scale impact
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $110,000 - $140,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Senior Program Manager, Marketing & Outreach
Organization: Building Decarbonization Coalition
Location: San Francisco, CA; Remote
Description: The Senior Program Manager will lead BDC’s marketing and outreach programs, including community engagement and ambassador initiatives. This role manages a team, oversees CRM tracking, and collaborates with partners to drive clean energy adoption and equitable building decarbonization
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $125,000-$150,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Manager, Client Services
Organization: Public Works Partners
Location: New York, NY; Hybrid
Description: The Manager, Client Services will lead multiple urban planning projects, manage consultants, and engage with stakeholders to support community-focused development. Responsibilities include public outreach, zoning analysis, and creating visual communications to inform planning decisions
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $78,000 to $92,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Senior Manager Infrastructure Economy ← s/o to Korin for the rec! 🙏🏾
Organization: City of Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, PA; In-Person
Description: The Senior Manager, Infrastructure Economy will be a senior member of the Infrastructure Solutions Team (IST), a cross-departmental function responsible for implementing infrastructure projects with equity outcomes including growing generational wealth for Philadelphians. The Senior Manager will provide thought leadership for the IST on how Philadelphia can capture the economic benefits of infrastructure spending. The primary focus of the Senior Manager’s work will be pioneering systems level changes that support diverse businesses in construction and public works industries.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $87,000 - $105,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFP: Environmental Justice and Community Benefits Advisor
Issued By: Black Owners of Solar Services (B.O.S.S.)
Scope: B.O.S.S. is seeking an Environmental Justice and Community Benefits Advisor to support its Empowering Health and Sustainability (EHS) initiative. The advisor will help develop a scalable renewable energy plan for hospitals serving BIPOC communities, focusing on community benefits and health equity.
Funding: Not disclosed
Deadline for Proposals: 7/29/2025 👈🏽🚨
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Clean Energy Finance and Policy Advisor
Issued By: Black Owners of Solar Services (B.O.S.S.)
Scope: B.O.S.S. is seeking a Clean Energy Finance and Policy Advisor to support the Empowering Health and Sustainability initiative. The advisor will help develop a scalable renewable energy implementation plan for hospitals serving BIPOC communities.
Budget: Not disclosed
Deadline for Proposals: 7/29/2025 👈🏽🚨
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Strategic Planning Facilitation
Issued By: ICLEI USA
Scope: ICLEI USA seeks a consultant to facilitate the development of a five-year strategic plan. The project will involve stakeholder engagement, strategic planning sessions, and the creation of deliverables to guide the organization's future direction.
Budget: $50,000
Deadline for Proposals: 8/1/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
While we desperately wish we could stop referencing policy at the federal level 😵💫, we will unfortunately be dealing with the impacts of it for some time so we do need to be aware. This article from Heatmap has a useful “cheat sheet” in the form of a chart to keep up with the happenings.
As we are now firmly in hurricane season and the mainstream news headlines turn away from the tragic flooding in Kerr County, TX, being prepared for climate disasters is ALWAYS going to be relevant. This is true both as an act of self-love and of community care. Grist has a guide for how we can, collectively, navigate such disasters.
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: Sep 21 - Sep 28, 2025
Location: New York
Host: New York Climate Week by Climate Group
Description: “NYC Climate Week is world-leading global climate event of its kind. It brings together a crucial mix of existing and new leaders from the world of business, tech, politics, academia, and civil society that have the means, the scale and the ideas to take bold action.”
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
One of the GOATs 🐐 is still staying in the climate fight and breaking down the science for us. For all of y’all who came of age in 90s; enjoy this gem of a video from Bill Nye the Science Guy explaining how reflective cool surfaces can reduce temperatures in the built environment! Word of the day is albedo 🤓
In solidarity,
Trace