The following list of resources will be updated regularly. Contact Haley Morris at hmorris@rossstrategic.com if you have any questions.

Funding Portals and Resources

We are working to identify funding opportunities and resources, many of which can be found through the portals below:

• PSP’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tracker: This tool tracks funding in the BIL related to Puget Sound recovery priorities, to view the BIL funding tracker please click HERE (updated regularly). PSP also produced an End-of-Session Review for the 117th Congress, to read up on it click HERE.
• Federal Funding for Nature Based Solutions: The National Wildlife Federation has developed a new searchable database of federal funding sources for nature-based infrastructure solutions. To view the list and see if your project would qualify for over 88 programs, please visit HERE.
• PS RAFT (Recovery Acceleration Funding Tool) – Developed by Puget Sound Partnership, this tool collects information about national, state, and regional funding opportunities. Explore the tool HERE.
• Coastal Funding Database – Updated weekly, Coastal Quest provides current funding opportunities that support coastal resilience programs and projects. Explore the database HERE.
• FundHubWA – A portal for state and federal climate and clean energy funding opportunities for individuals, businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments. FundHubWA is sponsored and administered by the Washington State Department of Commerce and is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. Explore the tool HERE.
• Environmental Protection Network Beyond Federal Funding Monthly Bulletin – EPN’s Beyond Federal Funding Monthly Bulletin provides regularly updated funding opportunities identified by EPN’s Technical Assistance Team—spanning national, regional, and state sources. Explore the bulletin HERE.

Local Funding Opportunities

The below funding opportunities are due between now and mid-December:

• City of Tacoma Make a Splash Grant – This funding opportunity is for projects that help prevent stormwater pollution and protect or restore local waterways like lakes, streams, and Puget Sound. Projects must target residents of Tacoma and/or take place within Tacoma city limits. Funding awards can be up to a $4,0000 reimbursable award; The City of Tacoma’s Environmental Services Department awards up to $50,000 annually in environmental grants. Eligible projects are those that develop and implement water quality education programs; stream or wetland restoration and protection; materials for stewardship projects; green stormwater solutions; address erosion control; install and evaluate Best Management Practices; and flood prevention. Apply by October 15, 2026. Contact makeasplash@tacoma.gov for any questions and learn more and apply HERE.
• WSDA Climate Smart Farm Equipment Grant – Washington’s farms feed the world and sustain our communities. The Climate Smart Farm Equipment Grant supports Washington producers in this important work, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving soil health, and increasing Washington agriculture’s resilience. Funded by Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, this program reimburses commercial agriculture and aquaculture operations for a portion of the cost of eligible equipment used in on-farm production. Up to $4.3 million is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are due by October 19. Learn more HERE. 
• Washington State Department of Commerce Capital Project Capacity-Building Grant Program – These grants will help eligible organizations strengthen their capacity and advance viable capital projects that directly benefit overburdened communities in Washington. Funding may support a critical next step in an early-stage capital project, including targeted technical assistance and predevelopment activities. Priority will be given to projects in overburdened communities that address housing, energy or infrastructure needs, and to applicants and communities with limited financial capacity. Applications are due by October 30 at 3pm. Commerce anticipates awarding a limited number of grantees across the three applicant tracks, depending on the applications received, requested amounts, and available funding. Applicants must apply through one of the below tracks. Learn more and apply HERE.
  • Washington local governments — up to $200,000
  • Federally recognized tribal governments — up to $200,000
  • Federally designated nonprofits based registered in Washington — up to $50,000
• Front and Centered: HEAL Capacity Grants – These HEAL capacity grants are intended to support community organizations whose capacity building efforts are aligned with and will advance the goals of the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act. Nonprofit, 501 (c)(3) community-based organizations (and organizations that they fiscally sponsor) throughout Washington State who work with overburdened and vulnerable communities are encouraged to apply for these unique capacity grants. Amount and number of grant awards: eighteen (18) capacity grants in the amount of $20,000 each. The application period is open and closes on November 18, 2026. Learn more and apply HERE.
• Forterra Community Restoration Grant – Forterra Community Restoration Grants is a grant program for community lands in Washington State that is supported by the One Square Fund. The program focuses on restoring land in the neighborhoods, towns, and developed areas where people live and work, while promoting native plant diversity, engaging the community- especially youth- in environmental issues at the local level. Applications open on October 14 and close on November 15. Nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, neighborhood associations, other community-interest groups, Tribal governments, schools, and school associations are all eligible recipients. No other government and quasi-government agencies may apply. However, agencies are encouraged to be project partners to eligible grantees. Learn more and apply HERE.
• Freshwater Algae Control & Aquatic Invasive Plant Management grant applications open Oct. 15 and close on Dec. 17 –
  • The Freshwater Algae Control grant program provides financial and technical assistance to local and state governments, Tribes, and special purpose districts to manage excess freshwater algae in state water bodies. Grants of up to $50,000 are awarded on a competitive basis. Instructions on eligibility requirements and how to apply can be found in the funding guidelines. Use the application prep tool to easily organize responses.
  • The Aquatic Invasive Plant Management Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to local and state governments, Tribes, and special purpose districts to manage excessive growth of aquatic invasive plants that threaten Washington waters.

The below funding opportunities have rolling deadlines:

• WA State Department of Commerce Flood Resilience Grants Available from Public Works Board – The December 2025 Flood Resilience Grant program is a one-time, dedicated fund authorized in the 2026 Supplemental Capital Budget for the Public Works Board to make emergency grants to local governments for public works projects that were made necessary by the December 2025 weather event described in Gov. Ferguson’s Emergency Proclamation 25-07.2. Up to $10 million in grant funding is available on a non-competitive, first-come, first-served basis. There is no close date. Funds are available until exhausted. Cities, towns, counties, special purpose districts, water and sewer districts and public utility districts are eligible. Learn more and apply HERE.
• Gary E. Milgard Family Foundations: Ruth Foundation – The Ruth Foundation supports organizations primarily in Pierce County that focus on and provide direct services for animal welfare and marine life preservation. This application requires a LOI and to take an eligibility quiz. It’s a rolling application. Learn more and apply HERE. For any questions you can contact dana@milgardfoundation.org.  

National Funding Opportunities

• Community Action Fund (CAF) – The CAF grants support non-violent direct actions and organizing efforts that are often urgent and time sensitive. CAF prioritizes frontline, grassroots and community-based efforts that defend Indigenous peoples’ rights, communities and Nations. Up to $15,000 can be awarded and the grant term should run a maximum of six months. Indigenous-led frontline, grassroots, and community-based groups and organizations, including non-profit organizations, U.S.-based Tribes, tribal non-profit entities or tribal programs, and Individual Indigenous people leading direct action or movement building work are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until October 30, 2026, at 5PM Central Time (US). Learn more and apply HERE.
• The Lawrence Foundation – The foundation makes grants to US based qualified charitable organizations. To date they have funded organizations that address the following areas of interest: Environment; Human Services; Disaster Relief. Grants typically range between $5,000 – $10,000. In some limited cases they may make larger grants, but that is typically after they have gotten to know your organization over a period of time. Eligible projects include general operating or program/project grant requests within their areas of interests. Applications are due October 31. Learn more and apply HERE.
• Stork Impact Partners – Stork Impact Partners are a charitable foundation dedicated to supporting impactful organizations and projects focused on nature conservation, environmental stewardship, and sustainable solutions across the United States. Applications are due by November 30. Eligible projects include, Project Based: to design and implement or scale a multiyear project that drives impact across our strategies. Research: address gaps in our research and translate research findings into practice. Capacity Building – for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Funding available for research – up to $75,000; for project-based – up to $150,000; for capacity building – up to $150,000. Learn more and apply HERE.
• Leiter Family Foundation – The Foundation was established in 1999 to support community based non-profit organizations dedicated to preservation of habitat and environmental education. The maximum grant amount is $10,000. Applications are due December 1. Preferences will be given to community based, collaborative, and coalition projects involving a number of organizations working together to share strengths and to maximize effectiveness. Capital funding will usually not be considered. Learn more and apply HERE.

The below funding opportunities have rolling deadlines:

• Further Foundation – To apply, send an email to andre@further.org with a one-paragraph query note to see if your project is appropriate for the foundation. If the proposal is accepted for consideration, they will fold it into a docket that is considered at their annual meeting (generally fall). Nearly all of their grants are between $1,000 and $5,000. They tend to support smaller, grassroots and community-based organizations whose orientation is to apply the money directly toward realizing their goals. Environmental examples: saving wolves, forests and dolphins, and groups growing gardens, fighting toxic waste, and greening schools. Social examples: food donation, helping people find jobs, and developing skills that support people and families. It’s a rolling application. Learn more HERE.
• The Center for Behavior and Climate (CBC): Behavior Change for Climate Action Challenge 2026 – CBC has secured funds from the Agape foundation for a fifth year (with the ABA Climate Coalition as the fiscal sponsor) to increase the use of behavior change approaches to climate action at a community level through the Behavior Change for Climate Action Challenge. Climate areas of interest include but are not limited to: collective or individual actions on energy conservation, renewable energy, and electrification of cars, trucks, buses, public action (e.g., policy support, volunteering, protesting, voting for politicians supporting climate action), food choices, and blue carbon restoration. Additional innovative approaches are encouraged. Note that this grant opportunity is intended to influence adults: groups or individuals (ages 18 up). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. They do not fund environmental education projects for children (K-12). Learn more and apply HERE.