Resource Radar: 💸😤 | Week of June 30
$500k for Southern Organizing, Remote Decarb Roles + Staffers Call Out EPA 🤫
Common River
July 01, 2025
Hey Folks! As I write this, the Senate is on the verge of passing a spending bill so egregious that even Forbes is calling it out for how regressive it is. Is this what Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars had in mind?
Despite, and frankly because of the foolishness, our work continues.
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My goal is to one day use this meme unironically
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 65+
Job Opps: 150+
Contract Opps: 10+
Funding Opportunities 💰
Fellowship by Lab Start
Who it's for: A year-long fellowship to launch a climate startup using licensed technologies from research institutions, designed for those historically excluded from entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Funding Amount: $100,000+
Deadline: 7/7/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
How to Apply: Click Here
Youth Mental Health Fund by Decolonizing Wealth Project
Who it's for: The Youth Mental Health Fund supports culturally responsive, community-based mental health care for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth ages 12-24. Grants will fund programs that increase access, promote cultural healing, and advocate for systemic change.
Funding Amount: $100,000 - $250,000
Deadline: 7/10/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
How to Apply: Click Here
Southern Worker's Opportunity Fund by LIFT Fund
Who it's for: The Southern Workers Opportunity Fund supports campaigns and infrastructure that build worker power and improve economic and social conditions in the U.S. South. The fund prioritizes multiracial, worker-led efforts that center marginalized communities.
Funding Amount: $75,000 - $500,000
Deadline: 7/10/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
How to Apply: Click Here
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
Racial Equity to Accelerate Change by Borealis Philanthropy
Who it's for: The REACH Fund supports practitioner-led organizing that builds power, deepens solidarity, and fosters systemic change.
Funding Amount: $30,000 - $150,000
Deadline: 7/24/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Directive of Narrative and Cultural Strategies
Organization: Race Forward
Location: United States; Remote
Description: The Director of Narrative and Cultural Strategies leads efforts to shape and scale narratives that promote racial justice and multiracial solidarity. This role collaborates with a wide range of partners to train and support storytellers in shifting public discourse.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $98,301 - $109,053
Link to Apply: Click Here
Product Manager
Organization: RunWise
Location: United States; Remote
Description: Runwise is seeking a Product Manager to lead customer-focused product development and drive revenue opportunities. The role involves collaborating with internal teams, shaping product vision, and delivering impactful solutions that reduce carbon emissionsDeadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $160,000 - $200,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Assistant Vice President, External Affairs
Organization: Mission Driven Finance
Location: United States; Remote
Description: The AVP, External Affairs will lead Mission Driven Finance’s stakeholder engagement strategy, managing a team to enhance relationships with investors, partners, and community allies. This role involves overseeing marketing, capital raise strategies, and communications to support inclusive economic development.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $155,000 - $170,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Facilitator (Worker-Owner Track)
Organization: AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)
Location: United States; Remote
Description: Facilitators at AORTA provide facilitation, coaching, and training to movement groups, supporting their organizational development and political education. They also contribute to the cooperative's business operations and help sustain AORTA’s mission through client work and program delivery.
Deadline to Apply: 7/20/2025
Salary: $95,000 - $103,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Michigan Director, Campaigns
Organization: Industrious Labs
Location: Michigan; Remote
Description: The Michigan Director will lead state-level campaigns to transform heavy industry in Michigan, focusing on climate, justice, and jobs. This role involves coalition-building, policy strategy, and team development to drive systemic change in the industrial sector.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $152,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFI:Exploring Partnership Opportunities for Residential Solar Program
Issued By: Louisiana Clean Energy Fund (LCEF)
Scope: LCEF seeks input from solar providers and service vendors to design a residential solar leasing program for low-income households across Louisiana aka Solar for Y'all.
Budget: N/A
Deadline for Proposals: 7/3/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Ecosystem Research Consultant
Issued By: Guardians of Flushing Bay
Scope: The Guardians of Flushing Bay (GoFB) seeks to retain an Ecosystem Research Consultant (the Consultant) to collaborate with the organization on developing a State of the Bay Report.
Budget: $17,000
Deadline for Proposals: 7/24/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
The Forbes article speaks to how this bill is a handout for the very wealthy, stating that households making $35k (< 1% of income ) or less would get a tax reduction of $150-$160, those making $217k+ would get a $12,500 reduction (0.4% of income), while those making $460k - $1.1M would ~$21k reduction (4.4% of their income).
As many of you reading this firsthand have experienced the chaos of the current admin revoking funding for environmental justice and climate, a group of leading climate litigation firms such as Southern Environmental Law Center, Earth Justice, and Lawyers for Good Government are representing 350 organizations in a class action suit against the EPA’s actions. From the article:
“People were disillusioned before we got these grants. This area has a very long history of being extracted from, being overlooked, being looked down upon, and our organization—especially my team—has spent several years working with these counties to build up trust,” Kelly said.
“If you cannot count on an awarded grant from the federal government, who can you count on?” she said. “That is supposed to be the most reliable source that you can get. So people, I think, felt foolish and as if their time had been wasted and like, if this wasn’t going to happen there’s not going to be anything else coming down the pipeline.”
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: July 19, 2025 10:00 AM CT
Location: St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
Host: The Descendants Project
Description: July-teenth? Don’t you mean June-teenth?
Enslaved people in St. John the Baptist Parish were not legally emancipated until July of 1864—more than a year and a half after the Emancipation Proclamation- when Louisiana officially abolished slavery. While most communities across the United States commemorate Juneteenth as a symbol of freedom, Julyteenth will be The Descendants Project’s annual program at Woodland Plantation that honors those who were excluded from emancipation by the U.S. government. This event will uplift those who sought and continue to fight for freedom in St. John the Baptist Parish.
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
Over 400+ current and former EPA staffers released an open letter critiquing the current actions of the administration. Their boldness and speaking with one voice is encouraging and reminds me of the words of Audre Lorde.
“Today, we stand together in dissent against the current administration's focus on harmful deregulation, mischaracterization of previous EPA actions, and disregard for scientific expertise.”
“I was going to die, if not sooner than later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.
What are the words you do not have yet? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence? We have been socialized to respect fear more than our own need for language….
And at last you’ll know with surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.
In solidarity,
Trace