Resource Radar: ✊🏽😤⚡️ | Week of June 2
Building Black Communal Wealth, Remote Climate Project & Product Jobs, + The Wind is Bigger in Texas ?💨
Common River
June 03, 2025
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Table of Contents
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 35+
Job Opps: 150+
Contract Opps: 10
Funding Opportunities 💰
Arts and Belonging Grants by Cambridge Community Foundation
Who it's for: The Arts and Belonging Grants provide multi-year general operating support to Cambridge arts organizations fostering social cohesion through arts and culture
Funding Amount: $250,000
Deadline: 6/3/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Climate Tech Fellowship by New York Climate Exchange
Who it's for: A 6-month fellowship supporting early-stage university-affiliated climate tech innovators with mentorship, funding, and exposure during Climate Week NYC.
Funding Amount: $10,000
Deadline: 6/8/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Accelerator for Black Community Wealth by Start.coop
Who it's for: The Fall 2025 Accelerator supports Black-led cooperatives in the U.S. and Canada to grow sustainable, community-owned businesses. Participants receive coaching, workshops, and a $5,000 grant over a 12-week program.
Funding Amount: $5,000
Deadline: 6/11/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Climate Action Grants by Earth Rising Foundation
Who it's for: Funding supports grassroots climate action initiatives across multiple focus areas including Indigenous rights, regenerative agriculture, and youth activism.
Funding Amount: $20,000
Deadline: 6/30/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Director, Collaborative Clinic for Non-Profit Viability
Organization: Yale University: School of the Environment
Location: New Haven, CT; In-person
Description: Lead a multi-institutional legal clinic supporting environmental justice and Indigenous organizations with legal and organizational challenges. Supervise law students, manage legal strategy, and develop curriculum in collaboration with Yale Law School and the School of the Environment.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $105,000 - $130,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Deputy Director, Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience
Organization: City of Atlanta
Location: Atlanta, GA
Description: The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience (MOSR) seeks a Deputy Director to support the City of Atlanta’s ambitious sustainability and climate resilience initiatives. The work of the Office of Sustainability and Resilience encompasses clean energy, transportation electrification, climate resilience, building decarbonization, urban agriculture and food systems and community engagement. A successful applicant will develop, and lead implementation of strategies related to these work areas by integrating climate vulnerabilities and necessary actions into all policies, programs, and initiatives including municipal project planning and permit review.
Deadline to apply: ASAP
Salary: $80,594-$104,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Deputy Director, Southeastern State Affairs
Organization: American Clean Power Association
Location: Austin, TX; Remote
Description: The Deputy Director will lead clean energy policy efforts in the Southeastern U.S., focusing on Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This role involves lobbying, regulatory engagement, and collaboration with stakeholders to advance ACP’s policy agenda.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $90,000 - $130,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Product UX Designer
Organization: Greenplaces
Location: Raleigh, NC; Remote
Description: Greenplaces is seeking a Product UX Designer to create intuitive and elegant user experiences for its sustainability platform. The role involves end-to-end design work, user research, and cross-functional collaboration to support climate-focused business solutions.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $120,000 ‒ $140,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Associate, Project Development
Organization: Pivot Energy
Location: Northeast or Mid-Atlantic; Remote
Description: The Project Development Associate supports solar project development by conducting site assessments, preparing permitting documents, and coordinating with stakeholders. This role involves travel, public outreach, and managing project documentation to ensure successful project execution.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $70,000 - $85,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFP: Impact Evaluation
Issued By: Prime Coalition
Scope: Prime seeks a contractor to conduct a third-party impact evaluation of its nonprofit programs in climate finance, including data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and strategic recommendations.
Budget: $60,000
Deadline for Proposals: 6/9/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Cities Mainstreaming Climate into Procurement
Issued By: C40 Cities
Scope: C40 seeks a consultancy firm to research and develop 14 case studies of cities integrating climate action into procurement practices, with supporting deliverables to aid peer learning and policy advancement.
Budget: $30,000
Deadline for Proposals: 6/9/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
The cartoon-villan-esque bill would gut the majority of federal tax incentives that make it easier for households and businesses to adopt clean energy technologies. This will likely exacerbate existing inequalities, where wealthier households can adopt cleaner technologies, while working class and lower income households will bear the brunt of polluting industries.
“The bill has climate implications beyond gutting clean energy incentives. Climate journalist Emily Atkin reported that the bill is “basically a copy-paste of a secret oil industry wish-list.” Items in the bill include ending a tax on methane pollution and speeding up approval for new fossil fuel projects.”
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: June 5, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Location: Virtual
Host: Indigenous Climate Action
Description: Join us for the official report launch and powerful discussion where we will nurture a deeper understanding of how “Land Back” can fundamentally reshape climate policy. Moderated by ICA’s Alexa Metallic with panelists: Skw'akw'as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore; Bren Henderson; and Deborah McGregor. -- In the spirit of reciprocity, we encourage non-Indigenous attendees to donate a sliding scale registration fee through paypal or by e-transfer to [email protected]. Please include “DCP” in your transfer/payment information. For this event, we recommend anywhere between $5.00 and $50.00. All donations go directly to support the Decolonizing Climate Policy project and future education and training events hosted by Indigenous Climate Action. Miigwech, Mussi Cho, Hay Hay, Ish Nish, Maarsi, and Thank You for your continued support.
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
Everything is bigger in Texas
Why are rural, conservative Texans embracing renewables?
Two words: Cha. Ching. ＄
An article by The Guardian paints a more nuanced picture of the motivators of residents of the Lone Star State.
The stampede of new renewables has helped state energy demand that, fueled by data centers, is growing for the first time since the 1960s. It has also generated cash for struggling rural areas. Rhodes’s research has found existing clean energy projects in Texas will pay more than $12bn in taxes to communities where they are located, funding schools, roads and hospitals, while paying out another $15bn to landowners to lease their properties.
Texas’s combined wind and solar power output is nearly double that of its closest rival, California, it tripled the amount of new battery storage added last year compared with 2023 and is leading the way in emerging alternatives such as geothermal. This year, a third of all new renewable and storage projects in the US will be built in the Lone Star state.
“I struck wind!” said the ebullient Davis, who likes to restyle Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra into “turn, baby, turn” in recognition of his wind turbines. “I done turned the money into my back ass pocket,” he said.
Image source: The Guardian
In solidarity,
Trace