Justice & Access Grants
Nominations for 2025 are open!
FUNDING CHANGE-MAKERS
Climate Ride created an action grants program to support organizations fighting systemic racism, expanding access to the outdoors for underserved communities, and making progress on environmental and social justice. So far we’ve granted $120,000 and we’re nowhere near hitting the brakes!
all thanks to you!
These grants aren’t from some mystery benefactor—they’re powered by our community. This program is made possible through the incredible efforts of participants and donors who support the Climate Ride cause on our events and through our Annual Fund. Our goal is to continue to grow these action grants moving forward.
Our 2023 Grantees are:
For Climate and Sustainability:
Intersectional Environmentalist
La Mujer Obrera
Lenape Nation of PA
Native Seeds Search
For Active Transportation:
People for Mobility Justice
Prime Ability
Ride for Racial Justice
Streets for All
We granted these organizations $40,000 in total through eight $5,000 grants.
Want to learn more about these boundary-pushers?
Many have also teamed up with us as Beneficiaries. Take a moment to learn more about these organizations below. Many of these nonprofits also joined our beneficiary network, so you can choose to support their work on the Green Fondo or other Climate Ride events.
WHERE WE STARTED
Rewind to 2021— we saw an opportunity to support important work that was underfunded, overlooked, underrepresented, or just getting started. Our action grants came alive to back work on systemic racism and environmental justice. Picked from a pool of over 50 nominees, this program kicked off to support trailblazers like Front and Centered, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Prime Ability, and Uplift Climate. Each group received a grant for $5,000.
In 2022, we turned up the heat and increased our grant output to support even more incredible organizations. We doubled the number of organizations to receive these grants and created two award categories – one for organizations working on environmental issues, and one for organizations creating access to cycling and the outdoors for communities that traditionally have been denied it. Chosen from over 100 nominations, we granted $5,000 to eight recipient organizations. We also renewed the grants for each of the 2021 grantees, bringing our 2022 distribution to $60,000.
For 2023, we granted $40,000 in $5,000 grants to eight incredible organizations.
2024 AND BEYOND
Heads up! The curtain’s down for 2024 grant nominations. Drumroll, please… we’ll drop the names of the lucky 2024 grantees come mid-November.
This year, we’re again launching eight power-packed $5,000 grants totaling $40,000, split between Environmental Justice advocates and groups making the Great Outdoors even greater for all.
HOW WE PICK
Our selection’s as grassroots as it gets. Nominations flow in from you, the Climate Ride community, and a panel sorts them through ranked-choice voting. Extra props go to organizations run by BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and the women who are changing the game.
Grants are awarded in the fall of each year.
Environmental Justice Action Grantees
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Prime Ability
Mission: The mission of Prime Ability is to build communities and inspire the lives of young people through fitness. The amount of obstacles students go through each day in order to just walk into the door and attend school can be enormous. In many instances, staying focused, steadfast, and avoiding distractions in our environments can…
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Native Seeds SEARCH
MISSION: Native Seeds/SEARCH seeks to find, protect and preserve the seeds of the people of the Greater Southwest so that these arid adapted crops may benefit all peoples and nourish a changing world. “The grant from Climate Ride will help conserve heirloom seeds of the Southwest and ensure they are grown and shared with farmers…
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Ride for Racial Justice
MISSION: Ride for Racial Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and exists to ensure access to resources, education, and community for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) cyclists and to dismantle systemic racism so that EVERYONE can feel safe, free, and empowered to ride a bicycle. Learn more > www.rideforracialjustice.org Connect and get involved…
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Streets for All
MISSION: We believe: Everyone has the right to use our streets and public spaces safely, comfortably, and efficiently regardless of their age, income, race, gender, geography, or abilities. Now is the time for bold action. Small, incremental steps will not suffice when thousands of lives are cut short by traffic violence each year and climate…
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Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
MISSION: We have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to increasing awareness of Lenape history and culture. Created to join together the members of the Lenape Nation and anyone else interested in continuing the development of the language and culture of the Lenape people, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is active in the revival of tradition…
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Intersectional Environmentalist
MISSION: As a new 501c3, IE is committed to developing and improving transparency and reciprocity with our community and partners in an effort to co-create meaningful impact for people + planet. Our commitment to shifting the narrative of environmental storytelling to center diversity and joy will continue to be rooted in the values of the…
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People for Mobility Justice
MISSION: As a Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) collective, we seed critical consciousness about mobility justice across all communities. Our Vision is for people to have the freedom and resources to move in public spaces with love and dignity. People for Mobility Justice is honored to receive the Climate Ride Environmental Justice Action Grant.…
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Native Sun Community Power Development
MISSION: To help Native nations use renewable energy systems, train a Native renewable energy workforce, educate young people about climate change and the environment, and develop civic skills and capacity among Native people to provide leadership for a just transition and the pathway to energy sovereignty. Native Sun is a Native-led Nonprofit organization that promotes…
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Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program
MISSION: The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP) is a nonprofit organization that provides career support to formerly incarcerated firefighters and those currently incarcerated in California’s Conservation Camps; who are interested in careers in the Wildland and Forestry sector. FFRP was developed in direct response to the growing need for wildfire-related personnel. Their mission is…
