Grow grantees - Spring 2024

During the Spring 2024 Grow round, the Grassroots Fund awarded $328,746 to 98 grantee groups. The grant award process happens in partnership with community reviewers, including grant readers and the Grantmaking Committee, and is rooted in a group's alignment with the Guiding Practices. Below is a list of the groups that received funding per issue area (note that more specific information on use of funding requires users to log in). You can also see grantee groups on our interactive grantee map.

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List of Spring 2024 Grow Grantees

Climate Change and Energy

New Haven Leon Sister City ProjectConnecticut
Citizens Awareness NetworkMassachusetts
Commonwealth Green Low-Income Housing Coalition/Worcester Common GroundMassachusetts
NOAH Youth Leadership CrewMassachusetts
Renewable Energy Worcester (RENEW)Massachusetts
The Permaculture Place, Inc.Massachusetts
Hallowell Conservation CommissionMaine
Maine Youth ActionMaine
Norway Community Build - Window DressersMaine
Rockland Maine WindowDressersMaine
Town of OronoMaine
WindowDressers Belfast/SearsportMaine
Winthrop Area Rotary ClubMaine
Exeter Energy CommitteeNew Hampshire
Kearsarge Climate ActionNew Hampshire
Craftsbury Energy CommitteeVermont
Greensboro Energy CommitteeVermont
West River Valley 100% RenewableVermont
WindowDressers Rockingham, VTVermont

Environmental Health

Bikeport Co-OpConnecticut
Connecticut Scuba AcademyConnecticut
Rich Dae Entrepreneur FoundationConnecticut
Friends of Belle Isle MarshMassachusetts
Islamic Society of Greater LowellMassachusetts
Lee Community GardensMassachusetts
Pollinator NetworksMassachusetts
Beech Hill Pond Watershed Survey ProjectMaine
Hogan Whitney Pond AssociationMaine
Ineza Village IncMaine

Food

Acton-Boxborough Farmers Market Massachusetts
Bibi and ni llc Massachusetts
Cambridge City Growers Massachusetts
Community Equitability Group, Resiliency Gardens Project -- 'The Growing Space' Massachusetts
Finca Luna Buho Massachusetts
Indian Lake Community Association, Inc. Massachusetts
Manos Unidas Cooperative Massachusetts
Mumbet's Freedom Farm Massachusetts
Penniman Road Community Garden Massachusetts
Riverside Garden Walk of Shelburne Falls Massachusetts
Second Church Gardeners Massachusetts
Senior Farmer Market Massachusetts
Westborough Farmers Market Massachusetts
Worcester Street Community Garden Massachusetts
Afghan Community of Maine Maine
African Women and Development Maine
Blue Hill Farmers Market PoP Club Maine
Empowered Immigrant Women Unite! Maine
Friends of Woodfords Corner Maine
Maine Foodscapes Maine
The Bridge and Beyond Maine
Unity Center for Spiritual Growth Community Garden and Grounds Maine
Vet to Vet Maine Maine
YES! Program Maine
Monadnock Understands Childhood Hunger New Hampshire
Emergence Mutual Aid Network Vermont
Northeast Kingdom Organizing Vermont
Our Community Cares Camp, Inc Vermont
The Friends of Hiland Hall Gardens Vermont
Transition Town Jericho Vermont

Land & Water

WaqfConnecticut
Community Outreach Group for Landscape DesignMassachusetts
Cummington Tree AllianceMassachusetts
Nantucket PFAS Action GroupMassachusetts
The Outsiders Reading GroupMassachusetts
Youth Climate Action of Franklin CountyMassachusetts
Juneteenth DowneastMaine
Bull Creek Common LandsVermont
Living Tree AllianceVermont

Living Economies

Ar Rahman CorporationConnecticut
Cambridge Community Land TrustMassachusetts
CEEDS4ChangeMassachusetts
Chesterbrook Community FoundationMassachusetts
CLUBOH INC. (Community Leaders United By Overcoming Hardships)Massachusetts
Community Coalition for ChangeMassachusetts
Earth Child New EnglandMassachusetts
FAMILY MovementMassachusetts
Framingham Families for Racial Equity in EducationMassachusetts
Greater Boston Chamber of CooperativesMassachusetts
Grow to ConsumeMassachusetts
Material Aid And Advocacy ProgramMassachusetts
Neighborhood Grow Plan: Growing Food Secure FuturesMassachusetts
Our Open Umbrella IncMassachusetts
Worcester Earn-a-Bike, Inc.Massachusetts
Worcester Refugee Assistance ProjectMassachusetts
Ifka Community ServicesMaine
Living With Peace InternationalMaine
Monroe Queer FarmersMaine
The Joy Truck ProjectMaine
Indonesian Community ConnectNew Hampshire
Keene Multicultural CenterNew Hampshire
Memories MadeNew Hampshire
PROJECT S.T.O.R.Y.New Hampshire
Kasandra's Community Services youth empowermentRhode Island
Land & Sea Together RIRhode Island
Black&WildVermont
EmpowR TransformationVermont
Food Not Cops Mutual AidVermont
Peace & Justice CenterVermont

Primary issue area:

  • Climate Change & Energy
  • Food
  • Environmental Health
  • Land & Water
  • Living Economies

State:

  • Connecticut
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont