Hey Folks! 👋🏽 Thanks for checking out today’s edition of the Resource Radar. I’ve been thinking recently about progress and what (perhaps who) is the driver of that. Sometimes its incremental and other times its all at once. My hope is that today’s resources, news, memes, and recharge meet you where you’re at today 🙏🏾
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If you haven’t seen this week’s edition of billionaire foolishness check this out for backstory on this meme. Don’t worry, I fixed it for him 😉
By the numbers:
Funding Opps: 35+
Job Opps: 75+
Contract Opps: 20+
Funding Opportunities 💰
Gusto Impact Awards by Gusto, Inc.
Who it's for: The Gusto Impact Awards celebrate small businesses making a real difference in their communities across five U.S. regions. Five regional winners receive $50,000 each in prizes including cash, advertising, and free payroll services, while 150 additional businesses receive $500 Visa gift cards.
Funding Amount: $500 - $50,000
Deadline: 11/21/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Grist Rural Reporting Grants on Climate and Environmental Justice by Grist
Who it's for: Grist offers grants up to $5,000 to newsrooms and freelancers to produce stories about rural communities focusing on climate change or environmental justice. This initiative builds on a previous successful program that produced over 50 stories from around the country.
Funding Amount: $5,000
Deadline: 12/3/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Packaging Innovation Program by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Who it's for: The Packaging Innovation Program seeks research proposals to develop sustainable packaging alternatives for U.S. specialty crop exporters. The program aims to help producers comply with emerging restrictions on single-use and plastic packaging in global markets.
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $250,000
Deadline: 12/17/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund by FIFA Global Citizen
Who it's for: The FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund supports grassroots organizations expanding access to quality education and sports for children in underserved communities. Grants are one-year awards with approximately 150 organizations funded in Cycle I, 2026.
Funding Amount: $50,000 - $250,000
Deadline: 12/31/2025
How to Apply: Click Here
Natural Climate Solutions Implementation Barriers RFP by Allen Family Philanthropies
Who it's for: Allen Family Philanthropies seeks U.S.-based non-profit organizations to develop science and technology solutions that break implementation barriers for Natural Climate Solutions. The foundation will fund 6-7 projects lasting up to 3 years each to co-develop, test, and deploy solutions with diverse teams of scientists, practitioners, and stakeholders.
Funding Amount: $10,000,000
Deadline: 1/15/2026
How to Apply: Click Here
Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽💼👩🏽💼
Director of Development
Organization: Energy Coordinating Agency
Location: Philadelphia, PA; In-Person
Description: The Director of Development leads ECA's overall fundraising strategy, with emphasis on securing philanthropic, corporate, and government support. This role oversees grant writing, cultivates funder relationships, ensures alignment with ECA's strategic plan, and serves as a key external representative of the organization.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $85,000 - $90,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Senior Organizer, Economic Freedom
Organization: Community Change
Location: Washington, DC; Remote
Description: This full-time remote position involves organizing individuals eligible for Guaranteed Income programs primarily in Chicago and Cook County while building Community Change's direct base of impacted persons. The role requires developing and executing organizing campaigns, providing strategic support and training, and working with grassroots partners to advance economic freedom policy initiatives.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $90,000 - $105,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Operations Director
Organization: Spark Climate Solutions
Location: Remote; Remote
Description: Lead Spark's organizational infrastructure to strengthen and scale core functions including operational strategy, finance, people and culture, and day-to-day operational systems. Serve as a key thought partner to the leadership team while mentoring and scaling the current operations team to support the organization's climate innovation work.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $145,000 - $175,000
Link to Apply: Click Here
Analyst, Inclusive Cities
Organization: HR&A Advisors, Inc.
Location: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Bay Area, CA, Dallas, TX, Raleigh, NC, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC; Hybrid
Description: HR&A's Inclusive Cities Practice seeks a full-time Analyst to conduct public policy research, strategic communications, and community engagement focused on promoting social and economic justice. The role involves substantial policy analysis, municipal budget evaluation, and stakeholder engagement to help design more equitable economic development initiatives.
Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
Salary: $83,200 - $95,700
Link to Apply: Click Here
Spring Fellowship
Organization: S2 Strategies
Location: Washington, DC; Hybrid
Description: S2 Strategies seeks a full-time fellow to support policy development and execution of strategic projects in clean energy. Primary responsibilities include conducting policy research, analysis on legislation and executive branch action, assisting in stakeholder outreach, and supporting the State Support Center and Green and Inclusive Finance teams.
Deadline to Apply: 12/3/2025
Salary: $25/hour with paid holidays, vacation, sick, and approved volunteer time off
Link to Apply: Click Here
RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
RFI: Seeking Clean Energy, Building Decarbonization, Zero-Emissions Transportation, and Climate Resilience Projects
Issued By: City of Stamford and Connecticut Green Bank
Scope: The City of Stamford and Connecticut Green Bank are seeking responses from developers, financers, and stakeholders for clean energy and climate resilience projects. This RFI aims to identify opportunities for public-private partnerships to support projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance environmental justice, and build climate resilience in Stamford.
Budget: N/A
Deadline for Proposals: 12/2/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
RFP: Workforce Innovation Grants
Issued By: City of Philadelphia
Scope: The City of Philadelphia seeks innovative project proposals to support un- and under-employed residents in preparing for and connecting to sustainable, living-wage career pathways. Two focus areas are available: Skilled Trades/Construction Training and Innovative Industry Responsive Programming, with up to $3 million total funding available.
Budget: $200,000 - $600,000
Deadline for Proposals: 12/8/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Board Member Application: EcoWomen National Board
Issued By: EcoWomen
Scope: EcoWomen seeks eco-minded women+ to join their National Board to support the development of their national voice and local chapters. The National Board serves as the coordinating body providing guidance, oversight, and support to local chapters and national membership.
Budget: Volunteer position
Deadline for Applications: 12/8/2025
Details & Submission Link: Click Here
Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
I’m 99.999998% sure this was a convo that actually happened with data center execs and economic developers
News Scan: Updates to Track 📰
Enviro group that helped lead Keystone Pipeline opposition suspends US operations by Zack Colman for Politico
Where I’m from we call this a “sign of the times”. 350.org, founded by the legendary Bill McKibben, is pausing the overwhelming majority of operations. The org has financial struggles over the years but undoubtedly, the recent ~ vibe shift ~ in federal climate policy is making it difficult for many climate orgs out there.
From the article:
“In making these very tough choices, we considered a range of factors, including the political context, the relative need for 350’s work based on the strength of other actors in the ecosystem, the presence or absence of an enabling environment for civil society, and the ability to resource the work needed,” the letter said”
Pennsylvania Abandons its Leading Climate Policy by Alexander C. Kaufman for Heatmap News
The PA Gov has taken the keystone state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative aka RGGI aka aka “Reggie” when said out loud. A very quick primer: RGGI is a regional carbon cap-and-trade program that limits the amount of carbon emissions by industry in a region, requiring those companies to buy “allowances” to emit Co2. Companies that fall under their cap are allowed to sell or “trade” their unmet allotment to facilities that need additional capacity. The sales from these trades are then used by participating RGGI states to invest in sustainable resources. As reported by Heatmap this leaves a state with a deep history of fracking and a future of potential data center burden with one less tool to enable the energy transition. 🫠 ← RGGI-less
Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
Date: 12/3/2025; 1 - 2 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Title: Power & Place: A film series on Housing, Power & Collective Action Live Q&A
Host: Next City
Description: “Join us on Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. ET for a live virtual Q&A on Zoom with filmmakers, directors, and featured voices from “Power & Place: A Film Series on Housing, Power and Collective Action.” Together, we’ll dig deeper into the stories behind the films — exploring the organizing, policy fights, mutual aid efforts and collective strategies communities are using to confront the housing crisis and build a more just future”
Sign Up: Click Here
⚡️ Recharge ⚡️
It wasn’t until my final year in grad school where I had a labor economist professor explain that the Luddites were actually advocating for workers rights in the face of rapid technological advancement - not quite the anti-tech vibe that we caricature them as nowadays. Maybe the Luddites had a point??? 🤔
I’ve been finding that the narratives around AI to be a bit too techno-optimistic for my taste. Progress isn’t an inevitability, collectively, we must demand it and shape it. There is no doubt that there are some AI use cases that are positive. But we’re also witnessing how its being utilized in war, in mass surveillance, or even as an excuse *ahem* reason for layoffs by tech companies. And we haven’t even gotten to the impacts of these data center behemoths on energy bills, fresh water usage, and land use.
In the most surprising of places, two 2024 Nobel Prize winners from MIT have created a mini-comic that provides a clear-eyed approach to ensuring that people and especially workers can leverage this technology, our human intelligence, and political will to benefit us all.
In solidarity,
Trace